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Enduring Values, New Combinations
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Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy – Michael and Jeannette Saalfeld P ’14, ’17, Energy Lab
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International College Elementary School
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‘A‘ali‘ikūhonua Creative Arts Center
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Indian Mountain School – Student Center
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KIPP Columbus – Battelle Environmental Center
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American International School of Johannesburg – Aquatic Center
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Charles River Middle School
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International College Middle School
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Interlochen Center for the Arts – Dance Building
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American International School of Zagreb
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Northfield Mount Hermon School – Gilder Center
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Jacob’s Pillow – Perles Family Studio
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American School Foundation of Guadalajara
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Governor’s Academy – Bill ’67 and Peter ’71 Alfond Coastal Research Center
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Bourne Intermediate School
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J.F.K. Elementary School and Holbrook Middle-High School
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Saigon South International School
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David Mindess Elementary School
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Lili‘uokalani Center
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The Perkiomen School-Student Center
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Credits
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Enduring Values, New Combinations Imagine, three different architecture offices, all working in the same American city and in fact in the same neighborhood—clustered together as design studios so often are, likely in some former industrial district gone chic. The first of the trio is a legacy firm, with racks of awards on the shelf and roots that stretch back to the glory days of high modernism; the second, a boutique design office, global in reach and prodigious in formal invention; and the third, a scrappy startup, nimble and resourceful, driven above all by a powerful social mission. To anyone involved with the building business today, these brief profiles should sound familiar. Each one represents a major archetype of the profession in the twenty-first century, as common as it is distinct from the others. Before revealing the punchline here it might be worth considering how these three came to be, and how, despite their geographical proximity, they manage to operate in such disparate ways. The Legacy Firm is a product of the immediate postwar years: the European-trained architects that mentored its founders stressed a collaborative, comprehensive approach, giving the office a sound organizational structure and allowing it to serve a broad institutional clientele. By contrast, the Boutique Design Office didn’t emerge until the turn of the millennium; formed in the rarified intellectual climate of the 1990s, that studio tends to put an emphasis on bold concepts and clear-eyed analysis, and its keen aesthetic sense helps it adapt to urban settings across the world. As for the Scrappy Startup, it was formed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse—the designers’ focus on ecology and equity is shared by many of their contemporaries, while their in-depth knowledge of materials and building systems means they can deliver high-quality results even with modest budgets and tight turn-around times.
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HPA Energy Lab
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‘A’ali’ikuhonua Creative Arts Center
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Charles River Middle School
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International College Preschool and Middle School
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Northfield Mount Hermon – Gilder Center
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Northfield Mount Hermon – Gilder Center
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Governor’s Academy – Bill ’67 and Peter ’71 Alfond Coastal Research Center
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Saigon South International School
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Lili‘oukalani Center
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The Perkiomen School – Student Center