The Evolution of a Specialised Practice: Consulting and Contracting in the Integrated Envelope Delivery Industry. (2nd March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simmons, Marc
• Other Names: Shelden Dennis guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 90:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2020-03-02
• Subjects: SO‐IL -- Kukje Gallery K3 -- Seoul -- Front -- Foster + Partners -- Hong Kong Airport Ground Transportation Interchange -- New York -- London -- San Francisco -- SANAA -- Grace Farms -- Connecticut -- OMA -- China Central Television -- Beijing -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center -- Athens -- Roxy -- Via -- Neil Denari -- High Line 23 -- CetraRuddy -- Lincoln Square Synagogue -- Elefront -- Rhinoceros® -- plugin -- Barclays Arena project -- AECOM -- SHoP -- CATIA/Digital Project environment -- Grasshopper® -- Zaha Hadid -- Morpheus Hotel -- Macau -- TEN Arquitectos -- Ismael Leyva Architects -- Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) -- South project -- Brooklyn -- New York -- The Century Project -- Seattle Space Needle -- Olson Kundig -- IPD (integrated project delivery) -- Brown University -- Center for Experimental Arts -- RE X -- Providence -- Rhode Island -- Adamson Associates -- Canadian Parliament House of Commons -- West Block -- Ottawa -- Canada -- Architecture 49 -- EVOQ Architecture -- 2050 M Street -- Tishman Speyer -- Kendall/Heaton Associates -- Washington DC -- School of Architecture and Planning -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) -- Home Project -- World Wildlife Fund Greece -- Athens Partnership; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2543
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract: In the last two decades the traditional relationship between architects and contractors has changed. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Front, who specialise in building envelopes, have consistently blurred these supposed boundaries to achieve the high‐performance facades on some of the most iconic architecture of these years. Front co‐founder Marc Simmons explains these fluxing relationships and their holistic design benefits.