VOLUME 112 · T h is iesue ie i;:,ub lish ed in a nat. io n a l and western editlon. Ent.ered as...
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I !11!~1~111111111 3909947 3909940 • bra Per 213 5 News 13 People 65 Projects 71 Products 95 Edi torials 150 Ideas 155 Abroad 177 Excerpts 185 Books 251 Forum Cover: Desig n by Ray Komai, based on San Francisco's J ohn Hancock Bu ilding ( story. page 104) . 252 Editoria!, su bscription, and advertising datn. 248 Advertising in de..x. Pub l ished mont. hly by TIME !Ne. Time & Li(e Building, Rockerellcr Center, New York 20, N .Y. Th is iesue ie i;:,ub lish ed in a nat.ional and western editlon. Ent.ered as eecond-cnss mntter nt New York, N.Y. and nt nddi- ilona l ma i ling offic!eK. Su becrlpt lon price $6.50 n ycnl'. 10 1960 T1Mi, l NC . J\ 11 l"iKhitt reserved. • VOLUME 112 NUMBER 4 CI TIES San Francisco 's changing cityscape 98 Ll.lthowgh some of the old city's charm may have been sacrificed to the local bitilding boom, planners and ci,tizens are now comino to the rescue. San Francisco's newest tower 104 Ll.s the western development of a Chicago style, S.O.M.'s John Hancock B,t ilding enriches the city's romantic architectural continuity---a criticism. San Francisco's $100 million contest 112 In the keenest itrban renewal competition yet, the city will choose one of these nine projects for its Golden Gateway project. LI.ET OF ARCHI TECTURE A me dal f or Mies van der Rohe 132 This rnonth the A.I.A. honors a pioneer of modern architecture who is still pioneering. His redevelopment of Lafayette Park in Detroit shows how. Rooms f or worshi p 140 F,·om the office of H arold Spitanagel comes this trio of handsome interiors, each /or a different den01nination, all in S ioux Falls, S. D. BUSINESS OF BUILDING A.T.&T.'s architectural quest 120 Building's bi ggest client, camtiously seeking, has yet to find what niessage architectitre ,night put into buildings for the. wondrous telephone industry. The client and the architect 123 Satirist Robert Osborn portrays a classic relationship-a gallery. What next in shopping centers? 129 The economics have been ohanging-tlie stress now is on /ong-ter11,, steady gains rather than q1ticl c, spec1tlative profits. The new rivals: architects and designers 138 Now that architects design carpets and industriai designers tackle arcT,itecture, bui/ding olients wonder who prop cr ly does wllat. J'ECTlNOLOGY The problem of the sealed building 144 ObUoatory ai,· conditioning begets hostility 1t11l ess • it ·is spccifically designed /01· part· iO'ltla,· kinds of space.
Transcript of VOLUME 112 · T h is iesue ie i;:,ub lish ed in a nat. io n a l and western editlon. Ent.ered as...
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!11!~1~111111111 ~ 3909947 3909940
•bra Per 213
5 News
13 People
65 Projects
71 Products
95 Edi torials
150 Ideas
155 Abroad
177 Excerpts
185 Books
251 Forum
Cover: Design by Ray Komai, based on San Francisco's J ohn Hancock Buildin g ( story. page 104) .
252 Editoria!, subscription, and advertising datn.
248 Advertising inde..x.
Published mont.hly by TIME !Ne. Time & Li(e Building, Rockerellcr Center, New York 20, N .Y. T his iesue ie i;:,ublished in a nat.ional and western editlon. Ent.ered as eecond-cnss mntter nt New York, N.Y. and nt nddiilonal mailing offic!eK. Subecrlptlon price $6.50 n ycnl'. 10 1960 T1Mi, l NC. J\ 11 l"iKhitt reserved.
• VOLUME 112 NUMBER 4
CI TIES
San Francisco's changing cityscape 98
Ll.lthowgh some of the old city's charm may have been sacrificed to the local bitilding boom, planners and ci,tizens are now comino to the rescue.
San Francisco's newest tower 104
Ll.s the western development of a Chicago style, S.O.M.'s John Hancock B,tilding enriches the city's romantic architectural continuity---a criticism.
San Francisco's $100 million contest 112
In the keenest itrban renewal competition yet, the city will choose one of these nine projects for its Golden Gateway project.
LI.ET OF ARCHI TECTURE
A me dal f or Mies van der Rohe 132 This rnonth the A.I.A. honors a pioneer of modern architecture who is still pioneering. His redevelopment of Lafayette Park in Detroit shows how.
Rooms f or worshi p 140
F,·om the office of H arold Spitanagel comes this trio of handsome interiors, each /or a different den01nination, all in Sioux Falls, S. D.
BUSINESS OF BUILDING
A.T.&T.'s architectural quest 120
Building's biggest client, camtiously seeking, has yet to find what niessage architectitre ,night put into buildings for the. wondrous telephone industry.
The client and the architect 123 Satirist Robert Osborn portrays a classic relationship-a gallery.
What next in shopping centers? 129 The economics have been ohanging-tlie stress now is on /ong-ter11,, steady gains rather than q1ticlc, spec1tlative profits.
The new rivals: architects and designers 138 Now that architects design carpets and industriai designers tackle arcT,itecture, bui/ding olients wonder who propcrly does wllat.
J'ECTlNOLOGY
The problem of the sealed building 144
ObUoatory ai,· conditioning begets hostility 1t11less •it ·is spccifically designed /01· part·iO'ltla,· kinds of space.
