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rchitect2009

Volume 3 • Number 3

HIGHLIGHTS

3 The Lieb House

3 Tour Bell Labs

8 New JerseyArchitects InspireStudents

13 Member News

10 Bruce D. Turner

� A Publication of New Jersey - The New Jersey Society of Architects �

New Jersey

Architect Michael Graves Nominated for New Jersey Hall of Fame First Architect to Be Nominated; Nomination Championed by AIA-NJ

The New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) announcedSept. 15 that architect Michael Graves, FAIA, ofPrinceton, N.J., has been nominated for its Class of2010. Graves’ nomination was championed by theNew Jersey chapter of the American Institute ofArchitects (NJ-AIA). Graves -- the first architect to benominated -- was nominated in the Hall of Fame’s“Enterprise” category.

Graves was one of 30 nominees in five categories tobe selected from a pool of more than 200 candidateswho have made signature contributions to NewJersey and beyond. The announcement of the nom-inations commences voting for the Class of 2010.New Jerseyans -- as well those from around thecountry -- can vote on-line through Nov. 20 at theNew Jersey Hall of Fame Web site at www.njhallof-fame.org.

The New Jersey Hall of Fame, which celebrated itsinaugural induction ceremony in 2008, honors indi-viduals who have made invaluable contributions tosociety in the categories of enterprise, historical, artsand entertainment, sports and “general.” Theannouncement of the nominees was made at GiantsStadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

“Michael Graves is one of the most influential voicesin American architecture today,” said Stacey RuhleKliesch, AIA, president of AIA-NJ. “He has designedprojects of all types in locations throughout NewJersey, the nation and the world, including theNewark Museum and the historic renovation of theWashington Monument. In addition, his designs offurnishings and housewares have transformed howpeople view everyday objects.”

Graves’ belief that “good design should be accessi-ble to all” is reflected in the popular products -- fromkitchen appliances such as toasters and coffeemak-

ers to laundry drying racks -- that he has designedfor the Target retail chain, she noted. Though somemembers of the public may not be familiar with hisbuilding designs, many will be familiar with suchdesigns as his famous Alessi teapot with its whimsi-cal bird spout.

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23 Member Notices

The AIA NJ Design Conference!Wednesday, September 30, 2009Register Today! Online at www.aia-nj.org

Design Day 2009 will be a day of contrasts.Against the backdrop of these hard economictimes with a seminar describing the metrics ofhow the recession is impacting our profession anda dynamic learning session by Carol Doscher on

how to win work through presentations, we willhave the design inspiration of James StewartPolshek, FAIA and his career of extremely well-crafted buildings.

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Kliesch urged architects and residents of New Jersey and the nationwith an interest in architecture to cast their votes for Graves. The win-ners will be announced later in the fall and inducted at a ceremony inMay.

“The members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame are role models in oursociety,” said Bruce Turner, AIA, who coordinated the Graves applica-tion for AIA-NJ. “A vote for Michael Graves not only brings recognitionto the achievements of his distinguished career, but to the architec-ture profession as a whole. I urge all architects -- wherever they arefrom -- to cast their votes for Michael Graves.”

In the selection process for the Hall of Fame nominations, a group ofexpert panelists sorted through a master list of candidates. They thenselected a list of 25 individuals in each category, which was submit-ted to the Voting Academy. The Academy, a group of about 100 of thestate’s most prominent organizations, as well as former governors,narrowed the field to six individuals in each category.

In the enterprise category, which is open to scientists, business lead-ers, inventors, leaders in medicine, entrepreneurs and philanthro-pists, the other nominees were Mary G. Roebling, the first female gov-ernor of the American stock exchange; David Sarnoff, father of elec-tronic communications; Wally Schirra, astronaut; Paul Volcker, formerchairman of the Federal Reserve; and Alice Waters, influential chef.

“This impressive list of nominees in the Class of 2010 proves onceagain that New Jersey is fertile ground for nurturing talent,” said DonJay Smith, executive director of the Hall of Fame. “As people studythe candidates and decide how to vote, they will be learning aboutgreat role models for us all.”

Graves has been at the forefront of architectural design since hefounded his practice in Princeton in 1964. He is an influential theorist,as well as a diversified and prolific designer and an esteemed educa-tor. In addition to his involvement in Michael Graves & Associates andthe Michael Graves Design Group, he is the Robert SchirmerProfessor of Architecture, Emeritus, at Princeton University, where hetaught for almost 40 years.

Graves’ architectural practice has designed over 350 buildings world-wide encompassing many building types. Since the early 1980s, hiswork has directly influenced the transformation of architecture fromthe preoccupation with buildings that reflect the abstraction of com-mercial modernism to those that display a sensitivity to geographical,architectural and historical context.

An early exponent of post-modernism, Graves’s signature style hasbeen acclaimed for its expression of enduring design principles suchas composition, proportion, scale and unity, rather than of the latesttrend.

His wide range of project types includes large-scale master plans;corporate headquarters and office buildings; hotels and resorts;restaurants and retail stores; sports and recreation centers; health-care facilities; museums; theaters; university buildings; civic projects,including embassies, courthouses, monuments and libraries; and res-idential projects, both multifamily and private.

Graves and his firms are the recipients of nearly 200 prestigiousawards and citations for architecture, interiors and product design.Some of Graves’ awards include Fellow of the AIA in 1979, the GoldMedal from the national board of directors of AIA in 2001, the AIA

National Honor Awards for Design, the AIA New Jersey LifetimeAchievement Award and the National Medal of Arts from the Presidentof the United States in 1999.

Several New Jersey projects have won the AIA’s top project award,the AIA National Honor Award. They are the Newark Museum, as wellas the Gunwyn Ventures Offices, and the Schulman House, both inPrinceton.

In addition to the Newark Museum and the Washington Monument,some of his most famous projects include the Humana Building inLouisville, Ky.; the Portland Building in Portland, Ore.; the DenverCentral Library in Denver, Colo.; the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas-- Houston Branch in Houston, Texas; the William B. BryantCourthouse Annex in Washington, D.C.; the NCAA Headquarters andHall of Champions in Indianapolis, Ind.; Three on the Bund, a high-end restaurant complex in Shanghai, China; and Castalia, theNetherlands’ Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague.

Projects that the firm is currently designing include the St. RegisCairo, three towers on the Nile River that include a hotel, retail,offices, condominiums and apartments; and Resorts World atSentosa in Singapore, which includes six hotels, a convention center,theaters and entertainment facilities, a maritime museum, a marinawith the world’s largest marine animal park, a world-class spa andshopping malls. Both projects are under construction. Also under con-struction are the Mitchell Institute and Physics Building at Texas A&MUniversity in College Station, Texas. The Wu-Wilcox Hallsadditions/renovations at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. havejust been completed and opened to incoming students. Alter Hall atthe Fox School of Business at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa.,was completed in January, 2009.

Other New Jersey projects statewide include the Miele NorthAmericas Headquarters, Princeton, N.J.; Delaware River PortAuthority Headquarters, Camden, N.J.; U.S. Courthouse and FederalBuilding Historic Renovation and Restoration, Trenton, N.J.; LaurelHall, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.; KarnoutsosArts & Science Hall, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, N.J.; andPaul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, N.J.

Currently, Michel Graves & Associates is the architect for a majorexpansion of the Newark Museum. Called the 100th AnniversaryProject, the first phase of construction is a 450-car parking garagedesigned with a façade that will enhance the street edge. In addition,the firm is currently designing Public School No. 16, a new schoolbuilding in Paterson, N.J.

Although supported by private funds, the New Jersey Hall of Fameoperates under the auspices of the New Jersey Sports and ExpositionAuthority in East Rutherford, N.J. While the Hall of Fame currentlyexists only on the Web, plans call for a mobile museum that will takeexhibits to schools and communities around the state. In addition, theHall of Fame plans regional museums in Trenton, Newark, AsburyPark and Atlantic City.

The 2009 inductees included Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Jon BonJovi, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Althea Gibson, Jerry Lewis, GuglielmoMarconi, Shaquille O’Neal, Phil Rizzuto, Paul Robeson, Carl Sagan,Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams.

Volume 3 • 2009New Jersey Architect

Architect Michael Graves Nominated for New Jersey Hall of Fame President’s Message

Architects Tour Bell Labs, Architecturally Significant ModernistBuilding in Holmdel, N.J.

Volume 3 • 2009 New Jersey Architect

The Lieb House has shipped out

By Fred B. Adelson, Ph.D.Professor, Art Department, Rowan University

“Architecture is fragile… the most fragile of media,” said RobertVenturi as he stood near the bay at Barnegat on March 12. The LiebHouse, an iconic design of the architect’s early career, was about toembark on a 95-mile journey from Long Beach Island to Long Island.Designed between 1967 and 1969, this modest vacation home wasVenturi’s first realized residential commission for a client who wasn’tfamily or friend but a successful manufacturer of dental equipment.The 1,835 square-foot house had narrowly escaped a developer’sbulldozer when it was moved six weeks earlier from its original site on30th Street and parked at the end of 16th Street. A crowd that includ-ed Denise Scott Brown, his wife and partner; a documentary film crew;reporters and media photographers; and islanders who had neverseen such activity on a cold winter’s morning had assembled to givethe home a bittersweet send-off.

Continued on page 5.Lieb House going under Brooklyn Bridge during move from LBI.

Though most had seen photos of the Bell Labs building designed byFinnish-American architect Eero Saarinen -- or even studied it inschool -- few of the architects who recently toured the shuttered build-ing in Holmdel were prepared for the awe-inspiring scale and dramaof the building, which is nearly a quarter mile long and once housed7,500 employees, a small city unto itself.

The group of about 60 architects attended a tour sponsored by theEmerging Professionals program of the Newark and Suburban sec-tion of the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects(AIA-NJ). The tour included presentations by Saarinen expert PeterC. Papademetriou, and Ralph Zucker, president of Lakewood, N.J.-based Somerset Development, the contract purchaser for the build-ing.

“It’s immense compared to what I thought it would be,” said self-con-fessed Saarinen fan Elizabeth Drake, AIA, principal of ElizabethDrake Architect in Cedar Knolls, N.J.

The modernist landmark, which was completed in 1962 and expand-ed in 1966 and 1982, is considered the state’s most important exam-ple of post-World War II modernist architecture. It was closed in July2006 and listed for sale by owner Alcatel-Lucent. The site was namedto Preservation New Jersey’s list of the “10 Most Endangered HistoricSites in New Jersey” that same year.

The tour was part of an ongoing effort by AIA-NJ to call attention tothe architectural significance of the building and the need to preserveit.

“Bell Labs is symbolic of an era of great corporate headquarters thathoused thousands of people under one roof,” said Ricardo Soares,AIA, LEED AP, who chaired the event. “But even more important isthe role of the building -- as well as Saarinen’s other works, such asthe Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the TWA terminal at JFK -- as rep-resentative of the genius of the architect. In preserving Bell Labs, weare preserving a piece of art.”

AIA-NJ’s efforts to preserve the building go back more than a year toa three-day multidisciplinary charrette (a collaborative design ses-sion) held in April 2008 by a group of organizations including AIA-NJthat developed approaches for the preservation and sympathetic andsustainable reuse of the building. The charrette report, published the

following December, recently won a state historic preservation award(http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/4sustain/awds2009.htm#awd8) .

Zucker credited the charrette report with reaffirming his vision for theproperty and with guiding the company in its formation of a preserva-tionist approach to its redevelopment. The property had previouslybeen considered too difficult to preserve, and earlier plans had calledfor demolishing most of the huge structure and replacing it with small-er office buildings and single-family homes.

During the tour, Zucker presented his company’s conceptual plans forthe property, which include preserving the building and the equallysignificant landscape design by Sasaski, Walker and Associates andadapting it for retail, office, hotel/conference center and residentialuses.

“We were very influenced by the charrette,” Zucker said. “One of thereasons we became involved was because of the charrette’s vision,which demonstrated that the building has great flexibility. Almost any-thing you want to do with it will work.”


Ralph Zucker (center), president of Somerset Development, the contract purchaser forBell Labs, tours the Holmdel, N.J., building with a group of architects from the NewJersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ). Ricardo Soares (right),AIA, LEED AP, chaired the event.

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The tour was preceded by a presentation by Papademetriou, a profes-sor of architecture in the College of Architecture + Design at NewJersey Institute of Technology in Newark. He pointed out that manyfeatures of large corporate headquarters that are now commonplace,including mirrored-glass facades, interior gardens and central atriums-- in this case five stories high -- were first used by Saarinen at BellLabs.

“Saarinen used a heterodox visual language that spanned a range ofpossibilities when everyone else was fitting in a package,”Papademetriou said. He went on to quote architect Robert Venturi,FAIA, on Saarinen: “‘With everyone else you could tell what they weregoing to do, but with Saarinen’s office, you never knew.’”

In addition to their awe at the grandeur and innovative nature of thedesign, however, the architects also reported feeling sombered by thesight of what they viewed as a melancholy monument to a bygonecentury of American technological supremacy.

The list of technological wonders developed at Bell Labs is breathtak-ing, including data networking, the transistor, cellular telephone tech-nology, solar cells, the laser, digital transmission and switching, com-munications satellites and microwave transmission. The “Big Bang”theory of the origin universe was confirmed there by Bell Labs scien-tists who discovered the cosmic background radiation supporting thetheory.

Also of interest to the architects were accounts of life in the buildingprovided by James Canham, who was the facilities manager for 17years. Canham reported that the building was so large that it had itsown micro-climate, telephone exchange, post office, bank, dry clean-er, medical staff and fire department. He also told of scientists wholiked to launch paper airplanes from the railings of the corridors intothe vast open space of the atrium.

The architects asked many questions but one in particular perplexedthem: Why had such an inspiring building -- a building that played suchan important role in the history of American technology -- been allowedto fall vacant?

The answer, Zucker said, is that so few people are familiar with it. Setback from the road at the center of a 472-acre campus, it was nearlyinvisible to passersby. With AIA-NJ’s award-winning charrette, howev-er -- and now with the architects’ tour -- AIA-NJ is working to build aconstituency of support for the preservation of one of the state’s mostsignificant architectural masterpieces, as is Somerset Developmentwith a design that will open up the structure, and “invite the communi-ty in,” as Zucker put it.

“The building may be empty, but it’s not dead,” observed ChristopherJ. Gnash, AIA, director of architecture for the Morris Companies inRutherford, N.J., upon touring the humming boiler room. “Its heart isbeating.”

The tour is one of several building tours held each year by the AIANewark and Suburban section’s Emerging Professionals program. Formore information, visit the AIA-NJ Web site at http://www.aia-nj.org.The Bell Labs charrette is also available for download from the AIA-NJWeb site http://www.aia-nj.org/PDFs/news/bell_labs_final_report.pdf.

Architects Tour Bell Labs, Architecturally Significant Modernist Building in Holmdel, N.J.

The Atrium of the Bell Labs building in Holmdel, N.J.

Peter C. Papademetriou, an expert on Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whodesigned the Bell Labs building in Holmdel, N.J., delivers a presentation on Saarinen toarchitects from the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ)in the atrium of the modernist landmark.



With concerns about the quality of its original construction, potentialcompromises from extensive leaks causing water damage, and effectsof transporting the building by barge along the Atlantic coast, Venturi’sremarks resonated on many levels. Like an anxious mother, DeniseScott Brown, announced: “We are watching after one of our children.”

The move was choreographed by Jim Venturi, the architects’ son anddocumentary filmmaker, and Frederic Schwartz, a New York-basedarchitect. Through their efforts, Drs. Robert Gotkin and DeborahSarnoff, who very much admire Venturi and Scott Brown’s work andhave an extensive collection of their home furnishings, acquired thetwo-story house. They paid for its removal to Glen Cove where theNew Jersey shore home will join the Kalpakjian House, a stunningVenturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown residence dating from 1983 to 1986that the doctors had purchased in 2003; its spectacular site on LongIsland Sound had already been zoned to accommodate a secondhome. Thus, the Lieb House retains the water views of its original con-text, making this an ideal adoption.

In a telephone conversation before the house left New Jersey, JudyLieb, the original client’s wife, thought it was very exciting and declared:“It is like they are bussing it up the Nile!” Wolfe House and BuildingMovers of Bernville, PA safely oversaw its removal from the lot inBarnegat, placement on the barge, and ultimate unloading. A crew ofGerman Baptists using specially designed radio-controlled equipmentoperated a dolly that drove the building onto the barge and then even-tually guided it over the embankment at its Long Island destination. Itcertainly provided compelling footage for “Learning from Bob andDenise,” an upcoming documentary about Venturi and Scott Brown’sarchitectural career.

Dubbed the SS Lieb, the home floated off on its overnight voyage,heading up the Jersey coast toward New York Harbor. The next morn-ing, March 13, a few hundred gathered at South Street Seaport towatch it pass under the Brooklyn Bridge. The signature elements of thesupergraphic “9” on the front façade and the halo-like rounded windowon the west side were prominently visible against the late nineteenth-century marvel of cable suspension engineering. The “bold little . . .box” conveyed a monumentality that exceeded its physical dimensions.

By early afternoon, the Lieb House had arrived at Morgan Island, theformer J.P. Morgan estate on Long Island’s posh North Shore, awaitingplacement to the side of the Kalpakjian House with its dramatic viewslooking out on Long Island Sound to the east and the Manhattan sky-

line on the west. These two Venturi houses are an ideal art historycourse comparison: oval v. cubic design, two-story floor plans rein-forced by the exterior materials to differentiate their levels, and publicrooms on the second floor to take maximum advantage of the distantscenery. Denise Scott Brown mentioned how the “new” view from theelevated deck and living room of the Lieb House will suggest a Rothkopainting.

Under the direction of Frederic Schwartz, who has worked with theVenturis since the mid-1970s, Drs. Gotkin and Sarnoff are pursuing avery sensitive and respectful restoration of the property. In email cor-respondence to this author, Dr. Gotkin wrote, “we have decided to keepthe structure as it was (and still is) – 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms onthe first level. Much of what we do in the interior will be to ‘restore’ and‘spruce up’ a 40+ year old house. The 2nd level will still be all white.”On the exterior, he acknowledged: “There are some major water-proof-ing issues with which we must deal; the outdoor deck on the secondlevel and the roof must be taken up and drainage issues addressed. .We plan to restore the exterior as close to the original as we can ” Thiswill mean bringing the house back to its two color (dark gray on thelower level and white above) wood-grain shingle siding. In referenceto its iconic “9” and the front door with its oval window, Dr. Gotkin stat-ed: “We will restore the original proportions.” Although there isn’t a firmtimetable, it is hoped that the work (other than landscaping) will becompleted by the end of September.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this summer, the Lieb House is finallyenjoying well-deserved recognition. Though the vacation home nolonger sits on East 30th Street in Barnegat, it is ultimately a story ofsuccess for architectural preservation. Nonetheless, the incident doessend a bracing message to our architectural community that there is avigilant need to identify significant properties, especially mid-centurymodernist buildings, before a crisis arises. New Jersey cannot looseany more of its architectural history.

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The AIA NJ Design Conference

Design Awards Jury

Amale Andraos, WORK Architecture CompanyEric Lautzenheiser, AIA, ACHA Francis Cauffman ArchitectsRafael Pelli, AIA, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

2009 AIA/NJ Design SubmissionRequirementsThe AIA New Jersey Annual Design Awards Program brings publicand professional recognition to architectural projects which exhibitdesign excellence. Architects are invited to submit their work forreview by the distinguished Design Awards Jury.

ScheduleSeptember 11, 2009 Deadline to submit Design Awards

entry form and fee September 28, 2009 Submit project boards to the

Princeton Theological SeminaryAuditoriumbetween 10:00 am and 4:30 pm

September 29, 2009 Design Awards Jury convenesSeptember 30, 2009 Exhibition of design submission

boards and announcement of DesignAward winners at 5:45 PM

January 9, 2010 Presentation of the Design Awards atthe Awards Dinner held at ThomasEdison State College, Trenton, NJ.

Submission RequirementsFor each project, submit one 40" by 40", 1/4" thick foam core designsubmission board displaying drawings, photographs, sketches andnarrative to fully explain the project. Models may not be submitted.

On a 2" identification strip at the bottom of the design submissionboard provide the project name, project location, architect's firm nameand owner's name. The identification strip must be covered at thetime of submittal until after the jury has completed its deliberations. Itwill be removed for the exhibition. The material covering the informa-tion strip could be masking tape, or black 20# paper and should beeasily removable without damaging the board. The Architect's firmname must be covered while the projects are being judged or theboard will be disqualified. The project name may appear on the Boardin photos, sketches etc.

The Design Board submission must be accompanied by a disc that isclearly marked with the firm and project name and contains the follow-ing items:

1. Four to six JPEG images of the project. Each image must have twofiles; a "high resolution" and a "low resolution" version. The "low res-olution" file must conform to the following size requirements: a max-imum of 350 pixels wide and/or a maximum of 350 pixels high savedas a JPEG file.

2. A text file with the description of your project saved as a PDF file.The description should be one to two paragraphs in length, maximumone page.

Should your project win an award, you must submit a release fromeach photographer or copy write owner for AIA NJ to use the JPEG

photos that you submitted. The release form will be sent to the win-ners. Execution and return of this release form is required as a condi-tion for publicizing award winners’ photos. No award winner photoswill be publicized without the return of an executed release form.

All design submission boards that meet the submission requirementswill be exhibited.

Design submission boards must be submitted between the hours of10:00 AM and 4:30 PM on Monday, September 28th, to the AIA/NJrepresentative at the Princeton Theological Seminary Auditorium,Princeton NJ. Specifics will be sent upon receipt of the DesignSubmission Registration Form. Deadline to register a project isSeptember 11th.

Design submission boards must be removed at 6:30 PM onSeptember 30th at the conclusion of the Design Conference program.

Eligibility for AIA Members ONLY. Non AIA Architects are not eligi-ble to participate.

1. Built and un-built architectural projects completed since January 1,2007 may be submitted.

2. Architects with offices and licenses in New Jersey may submit proj-ects located anywhere in the world.

3. Architects with offices outside of New Jersey may only submit proj-ects located in New Jersey.

4. Submissions are encouraged for all types and sizes of projects.

5. Each project may be awarded in only one category.

Design Awards Categories1. Different categories are designated for Built and Un-Built projects.

A) Unbuilt Projects: Those projects where the design work has beencompleted and the construction has not yet been completed. In thiscategory, design documents only may only be submitted.

B) Built Projects - Open Category: Any completed project.

C) Built Projects - Preservation Category: Projects where the primarydesign objective was the "restoration" of a historic building or struc-ture.

D) Built Projects - Design/Build Category: Any completed projectwhere the Owner held a single contract with an entity responsible forboth the design and construction of the project.

2. The Design Awards Jury may make awards in two categories:Honor and Merit.

3. The Jury may make more than one award in each of the categories.

PublicityDrawings, photographs, slides and JPEG images of each winningproject will be used for unrestricted publicity on the AIA/NJ web site,in other approved AIA/NJ publications and at the discretion of AIA/NJ.Each winner must clear all drawings, photographs, slides and jpegimages included in the submission for future reuse and reproductionby AIA/NJ.


The AIA NJ Design Conference

Schedule9:30 � 10:00 AM Registration / Coffee / Design

Boards on Display

10:00 � 12:00 PM Building Tour

On a Princeton campus tour, thestately gothic and brand-newWhitman College by Porphyrios willbe contrasted by the soaring titaniumof Frank Gehry’s Science Library. Between these opposite ends of anarchitectural spectrum you can alsoenjoy buildings by Vignoli, Venturiand Pei, Cobb & Freed

12:00 � 1:00 PM Lunch / Networking / DesignBoards on Display

1:00 � 3:00 PM SESSION 1

Carol Doscher – President, Graceworks

Geoff Webb – Vice President andCFO, Graceworks

The Human Connection:Bring Your Presentation to LifeMs. Doscher & Mr. Webb will providea unique approach to presentation,leadership and communication training. The seminar is an interactive experience that willdemonstrate how to connect withyour audience; make technical material come to life and incorporatethe use of graphics and props wisely. It promises to be an interactive, oneof-a-kind experience that will teachyou to make the human connection.

3:15 � 4:15 PM SESSION 2

James Stewart Polshek, FAIA,Senior Design Counsel of PolshekPartnership Architects

Seeking Anonymity: 50 Years of anArchitect�s LifeMr. Polshek will discuss his lifelong conviction about the importance of modesty and generosity in thepractice of architecture. He will do soby describing his fifty year intellectualjourney from Akron, Ohio, to NewHaven, Copenhagen, Kyoto, andfinally New York.

4:30 � 5:30 PM SESSION 3

Luke Tilley, Regional Economic Advisor,Federal Reserve Bank ofPhiladelphia

The Current Economic State andImplications for the FutureMr. Tilley will be discussing currenteconomic conditions and outlookgoing forward. He will cover the mostrecent economic data and itsimplications for the outlook, forfinancial markets, and the role of theFederal Reserve. Topics will includethe national economy as well as thelocal region.

5:30 � 6:30 PM RECEPTION

J. Robert Hillier, FAIAStephen J. Carlidge, AIADesign Conference Co-Chairmen

Last chance to view the DesignSubmissions Announcement of the WinningDesign Projects

6:30 PM Event Concludes

REGISTRATION FORM IS ONLINE AT www.aia-nj.orgWe’ve gone green! You must register online for attendance and design submission.

It’s simple and will only take a few minutes.

Back up web address for access to registration database:www.regonline.com/2009DesignConference

ACE Program Seeking to Expand in New Jersey

The highly successful ACE (architecture, construction and engineer-ing) Mentor Program of America, in which building industry profes-sionals, including members of the New Jersey chapter of theAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ), serve as mentors for highschool students seeking careers in the building industry, is seeking toexpand in New Jersey.

The ACE program is seeking design and construction professionals tobe mentors for the program, which now serves approximately 100 stu-dents in eight teams throughout the state, said Diana Eidenshink,manager of affiliates for the national organization. The program isseeking to double the number of participants.

“The program has been a huge success in New Jersey, thanks to thegenerosity of our volunteer mentors, cooperating businesses and par-ticipating schools and colleges,” Eidenshink said. “We want to expandthe program to accommodate the growing demand from students whoare interested in careers in the building industry.”

The mission of the ACE program is to enlighten and increase aware-ness of high school students to career opportunities in architecture,construction and engineering and related areas of the design andconstruction industry through mentoring, and to provide scholarshipopportunities.

Industry professionals volunteer to become mentors in order to intro-duce high school students to their professions.

Teams comprised of five to 25 students and their mentors are organ-ized like an actual design team, with students being guided through amock design project. Mentors provide direction as the students worktoward a final project, introducing them to the careers, industry vocab-ulary and various roles that companies play in the construction indus-try.

An example is Cumberland County, where four representatives of thearchitectural firm of Manders Merighi Portadin Farrell in Vinelandrecently served as ACE mentors for 12 students from five area highschools. The students worked with their mentors on a program ofactivities ranging from construction site tours to learning sessions withindustry experts.

In addition, the team worked on a project that simulated a “real-life”situation. The mentors typically select either proposed building proj-ects or projects that respond to community planning proposals.

This year, the Cumberland County students and their mentors met atleast twice a month at Cumberland County College in Vineland todesign an on-campus residence for visiting faculty. Last year, the stu-dents worked on a project that examined the impact of a new motorsports park in Millville, N.J.

The students recently presented their unique designs for the facultyresidences to ACE participants from other parts of the state, as wellas parents and mentors, in formal year-end presentations held atRowan University’s College of Engineering in Glassboro, N.J. A simi-lar program was held in northern New Jersey.

The leader and coordinator for the program in Cumberland County isLarry Merighi, AIA, principal and partner of Manders Merighi PortadinFarrell Architects in Vineland. The other mentors were GeorgeBongiorno, Steven Graham and David Manders, AIA, who are alsowith Manders Merighi Portadin Farrell.

Merighi became involved in the ACE program five years ago after par-ticipating in a number of “career days” at local high schools, where hespoke with students with an interest in architecture. Through the ACEprogram, he has since worked with more than 75 students, at least 30percent of whom are pursuing careers in architecture or engineering.

“I realized that one hour of my time was not enough,” he said. “I want-ed to really spend time showing these kids what a career in architec-ture or engineering could mean. Whether or not they select careers inthe building industry, their participation will make them more informedconsumers with a deeper understanding of the built environment.”

In addition, the program awards scholarships to students pursuingcareers in the building industry. At the Rowan event, Vineland HighSchool senior Robert Carpenter received a $5,000 scholarship fromHill International, a management and construction firm based inMarlton, N.J. He will pursue an electrical and computer engineeringdegree at Rowan. Three other students received $500 scholarships.

“The program instills confidence, helping students figure out whatthey want to do with their lives and shaping their careers from the out-set,” said Merighi. “Mentoring is a great way to help them find theirvoices so that they can one day make their marks in the world.”

Students and building industry professionals who are interested inparticipating in the ACE program should contact Diana Eidenshink at203-323-0020. Alternatively, they may register on the Web site atwww.acementor.org.


New Jersey Architects Inspire Students Through Mentoring Program

www.aia-nj.orgwww.aia-nj.orgwww.aia-nj.orgCumberland County ACE Mentor program participants with mentor Larry Merighi, AIA(left), of Manders Merighi Portadin Farrell Architects in Vineland, N.J.


New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) Announces“Canstruction” Event Will Be Held at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Annual Design Contest Benefits Community Food Programs

The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) has announced that Canstruction, its annual design exhibitionand contest to benefit community food programs, will be held for thefirst time this year at the Prudential Center in Newark N.J.

Through their “Jersey Hockey Fights Hunger” initiative, the NHL’sNew Jersey Devils will host Canstruction, along with their annual fooddrive to be held during the Devils game on Nov. 14 vs. Washington atPrudential Center at 7 p.m. Almost six tons of food was collected lastyear by the Devils through their food drive and coaching clinics, whichprovided skills session for kids in exchange for canned food dona-tions.

The New Jersey exhibition is part of a national AIA-sponsoredCanstruction event in which teams of architects, engineers and stu-dents mentored by these professionals compete to design and buildgiant structures made entirely from full cans of food. The structurestake 8 to 12 weeks and thousands of cans of food to create. Thestructures will be built during an eight-hour “Build Day” on Friday, Nov.13, and will be on display throughout the Prudential Center con-course.

The event gives architects the opportunity to display their talents whilealso serving as a benefit for the hungry. Following the exhibitions, theimmense 10- by 10- by 8-foot high structures are dismantled and allof the canned food is donated to charity. The themes of this year’scompetition will be the New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Center, theCity of Newark or hockey.

The design competition is held under the auspices of the Society forDesign Administration (SDA), an affiliate of the national AIA organiza-tion. This will be 11th year for the design competition in New Jersey,which in recent years has been held at the Harborside FinancialCenter in Jersey City, N.J.

In New Jersey, the food is donated to the Community Food Bank ofNew Jersey (CFBNJ) for distribution to community food programs.Last year, more than 40,000 pounds of canned food and $6,426 incash were donated. Canstruction is the CFBNJ’s largest and mostsuccessful event, said Tim Vogel, director of food sourcing for thefood bank.

“This competition allows architects to indulge in two of the activitiesthey enjoy most -- designing new structures and giving back to thecommunity,” said Kevin McCormick, AIA, chairman of theCanstruction committee. “With the current state of economy, morepeople than ever are in need of the food bank’s services. We aredelighted that AIA-NJ can make a contribution.”

Last year, the juror’s favorite design, entitled “Answer the Call to EndHunger” took the form of an iconic red British-style telephone booth.Other winning designs included a New York Giants helmet entitled“Tackling Hunger,” a model of the new Meadowlands Stadium entitled“MEALOlands FOODball Stadium” and a jack-o-lantern.

The food bank, based in Hillside, N.J., distributes more than 23 mil-lion pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving 1,656non-profit programs including 436 programs served by its partner dis-tribution organizations. Through their combined efforts, they assistmore than 750,000 people in 18 New Jersey counties.

Since the inception of Canstruction 10 million pounds of food hasbeen donated to aid in the fight against hunger. Initiated by theDenver, Seattle and New York chapters of the SDA in 1992-1993,Canstruction now has more than 130 individual competitions sched-uled to take place during the 2009-2010 cycle.

For more information on the New Jersey event, contact KevinMcCormick at 973-753-3572.

Juror’s favorite from the 2008 Canstruction contest in New Jersey: “Answer the Call theEnd Hunger,” created by Parette Somjen Architects of Rockaway, N.J.


Bruce D. Turner of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New JerseyChapter Appointed to National Role

Community Committee Will Advise Board on IncreasingMember Value.

Bruce D. Turner, AIA, of the New Jersey chap-ter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ), based in Trenton, N.J., was recentlyappointed to the 2009 Community Committeeof the national board of AIA.

Turner, of Bruce D. Turner, Architect ofVineland, N.J., has been a member of AIA-NJsince 1985 and of AIA-NJ’s South Jersey sec-

tion since 1986. He served as president of AIA-NJ in 2005 and presi-dent of the South Jersey section in 1995 and from 2000 through thepresent. He has also served on AIA-NJ’s Public AwarenessCommittee for eight years.

As a member of the AIA Board Community Committee, he will becharged with advising the board on a broad range of issues and ini-

tiatives bearing on the integration, facilitation and communication ofthe relationships of members to AIA, to each other and to society.

The focus of the committee for 2009 will be on what AIA can do to helpincrease member value, especially in light of the current economicdownturn. The goal will be to identify actions that can be piloted in2009. Turner will serve on a subcommittee that will also focus onmembership issues.

“I’m very excited about this appointment, which will give me theopportunity to broaden my horizons beyond what is happening withAIA in New Jersey, as well as to make a contribution to the professionat large,” Turner said.

Turner is the sole proprietor of his firm, which provides architecturalservices to residential, commercial, retail and municipal clients. Heholds a bachelor’s of architecture degree from the University of NotreDame in Notre Dame, Ind.

Bruce D. Turner, AIA

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Limitation of Liability Clause Protection is Potentially Eroded by NJ Trial Court Decision

Most architects, at least those with good professional liability insur-ance brokers and claims handlers, are aware of the protections thatcan be afforded by contractual limitation of liability clauses. In thepast, some professional liability carriers have even provided premiumdiscounts for insureds who regularly include such a clause in theirprofessional services contracts. One such clause, which has beenupheld by both New Jersey courts and the United States District Court(“USDC”) for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, reads as follows:

The OWNER agrees to limit the Design Professional's liability to the OWNER and to all construction Contractorsand Subcontractors on the project, due to the DesignProfessional's professional negligent acts, errors or omissions, such that the total aggregate liability of each Design Professional shall not exceed $50,000 or theDesign Professional's total fee for services rendered on thisproject. Should the OWNER find the above terms unacceptable, an equitable surcharge to absorb theArchitect's increase in insurance premiums will benegotiated.

Until recently, such limitation of liability clauses have been routinelyupheld here in New Jersey. For example, the writer once moved forand obtained Summary Judgment in a multi-million dollar roof col-lapse case on behalf of a New Jersey architect, who shall remainnameless, where our client's contract provided that his limit of liabilitywas his fee or his policy limit, whichever was less. His fee wasaround $200,000.00. Accordingly, the Court dismissed this matteronce our client had paid the $210,000.00 into Court. That decisionwas not appealed.

The seminal case upholding limitation of liability clauses in NewJersey is Marbro, Inc. v Borough of Tinton Falls. The most relevantUSDC case is the Eastern District case of Valhal v SullivanAssociates. Any decent professional liability lawyer who representsdesign professionals here in New Jersey should be familiar with thesecases. You should regularly be including a limitation of liability clausein your contracts. Please consult with an attorney in order to obtainthe benefit of a limitation of liability clause that is appropriate for yourpractice and professional liability insurance policy limits.

Sadly, notwithstanding the long tradition of the enforcement of limita-tion of liability clauses by the courts of New Jersey, a recent unreport-ed trial court decision in an Essex County venued case has heraldeda possible erosion of the strength of such clauses. There, the trialcourt refused to enforce a limitation of liability clause containing thefollowing language:

The Client hereby agrees that to the fullest extent permittedby law that the total liability of [the design professional] to Client for any and all injuries, claims, losses, expenses or damages whatsoever arising out of or in any way related tothe Project or this Agreement from any cause or strictliability, breach of contract or breach of warranty shall notexceed the total compensation received by [the design professional] under this Agreement. There is no explicit orimplicit warranty relating to the work performed except thatthe work will be performed pursuant to generally acceptedstandards of practice in effect at the time of performance.There is no understanding or agreements except asexpressly state herein.

In that case, where the claim was in excess of $2,000,00.00 and thelimitation of liability was capped at $130,000.00, the Court did not find

Marbro persuasive, citing this provision of the Professional ServiceCorporation Act, N.J.S.A., 4A:17-1 et seq., which expressly providesthat any officer, shareholder, agent or employee of a professional cor-poration “shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable forany negligent or wrongful acts” committed while rendering profession-al services on behalf of the corporation. There is little doubt that theCourt found the disparity between the amount of the claim and the lia-bility cap to be “unconscionable”, notwithstanding the fact that thePlaintiff was a large community association that had been represent-ed by counsel in negotiating the contract that contained the offendinglimitation of liability clause. The Court made the following comment indoing so:

By adopting such expansive language, the Legislature madevery clear that individual professionals stand “personally andfully liable and accountable” for their wrongful conduct andmay not shield themselves by legal conventions - in thiscase, incorporation - from full, personal liability. While theProfessional Service Corporation Act has as its mostimmediate object the avoidance of corporate insulation forerring professionals, its broad expression of policy thatprofessionals must fully answer for their conduct isunmistakable.

The Court used the “broad expression of policy” that it found in theProfessional Service Corporation Act to avoid the strict application ofwhat, heretofore, has been a solid limitation of liability clause in NewJersey. Thankfully, this decision is not yet the controlling law in NewJersey, as it is at odds with Marbro and the oft cited case from theEastern District, Valhal. However, if this decision is appealed, it wouldpresent an opportunity for the Appellate Division to revisit the SuperiorCourt precedent established in Marbro.

Also, given the propensity of courts to strictly limit the application oflimitation of liability clauses, and in order to blunt the likely argumentthat the scope of the clause is limited, your attorney should draft thedefinition of the “architect” or “design professional” that is to obtain thebenefit of such a clause to be as expansive as possible, i.e., your firm,the design professional in responsible charge of the project, the sign-er and sealer of any design documents prepared for the Owner, youragents, servants and employees.

What is the average design professional to take away from this? Youshould still include properly worded limitation of liability clauses inyour professional services contracts, but you should be less sanguinethat such clauses will provide the desired protection, especially wherethe spread between the contractual cap on liability and the claim inquestion is seven figures and the claimant is a consumer, or a groupof consumers, as opposed to a big bad corporation.

- Lawrence Powers, the author, is the Co-Partner in Charge of theConstruction Law Group at the New Brunswick, NJ based law firm ofHoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas, LP and is counsel toAIA-NJ, NJSPE, and NJASLA.


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Member NewsVincent Marquardt, AIA, Achieves LEED Accreditation

Vincent Marquardt, a Project Architect withRSC Architects in Cliffside Park, New Jersey,earned LEED Professional Accreditationfrom the U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC) on May 26, 2009. Mr. Marquardtjoins several other RSC employees whohave made a commitment to environmental-ly-sustainable architecture and construction

by achieving the status of LEED Accredited Professionals

Mr. Marquardt has 18 years of experience in the architectural designindustry, and has been employed with RSC Architects since 2005. Hisexperience includes projects with municipal and state agencies, edu-cation facilities, healthcare services and luxury home developments.As a Project Architect, he is responsible for a project from theschematic design phase through construction, during which time hecontinually monitors the contract document process and coordinateswith sub-consultants. He is adept at space planning, performing codereviews and creating construction details.

Mr. Marquardt has a Master of Architecture degree from VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University and a Bachelor of Fine Artsdegree from the College of William and Mary. He is a licensed archi-tect in both New Jersey and New York, and is an active member of theAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA). In addition, Mr. Marquardt iscertified with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards(NCARB).

Founded in 1971, RSC Architects is a full-service architectural firmthat provides programming, planning, external and interior design,and construction administration. More information about the companycan be found at www.rscarchitects.com.

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Tarantino Architect Now LEED Accredited

Tarantino Architect has always been GREEN! Now we can add cre-dentials to our knowledge and experience. Lawrence Tarantino hasacheived a specialization as a LEED Accredited Professional, plusTarantino Architect is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign. Leed Professional Accreditation distinguishes building pro-fessionals with the knowledge and skills to successfully steward theLEED certification process.

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DMR Architects Hosts Three Paramus High School Juniors asPart of Annual Career Day Mentorship Program

Program Helps Students Decide on Careers in Architecture andInterior Design

DMR Architects, a leading full-service architectural firm dedicated toprogressive, innovative and sustainable, high-quality design, recentlyhosted three juniors from Paramus High School as part of theParamus Rotary Club's 20th Annual Career Day program. The pro-gram aims to help high school students decide on a career path bygiving them firsthand experience in a variety of professional settings.

The students were able to tour DMR's office, get a feel for the designand production process, learn about the firm's sustainable initiativesand ask questions about the realities of working at an architecturefirm, including the variety of career opportunities available in the officeand throughout the vocation.

"This is the second year we've hosted students as part of the CareerDay program and it has proven to be a very rewarding experience foreveryone involved," said Patrick LaCorte, senior vice president atDMR. "The students have the opportunity to see what a typical work-day is really like, and the educational commitment it takes to becomean architect. Our staff members are given the chance to mentor thenext generation of architects and interior designers, something wetake very seriously."

DMR Architects has undertaken a number of mentorship roles recent-ly, including hosting a tour of the Carlstadt Public School in BergenCounty, which DMR designed, for the Emerging Green BuildersCommittee of the U.S. Green Building Council.

"We are focused on promoting and advocating for environmentallyresponsible, cost-effective design and construction and are pleasedto take every opportunity to showcase our work in sustainable designfor up-and-coming architects and others who would consider the pro-fession," DMR's Director of Sustainability Pradeep Kapoor said. "Byencouraging today's students to consider architecture as a professionand being frank about the realities of the job, we are giving them valu-able information to help them make a decision about their own future,as well as encouraging the future of sustainable building design."

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Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst, & Doukas LLP

Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP of New Brunswick,NJ announces that four of our attorneys passed the LEED exam andare now LEED Accredited Professionals, certified by the GreenBuilding Institute. Anthony Iacocca, Richard Gaeckle, Jacob Grouserand Vincent Carita, play significant roles in the firm’s recently formedGreen Building practice group, led by Partner Lawrence P. Powers.By serving the construction, municipal, environmental and real estateindustries, the Green Building practice group gives our clients a dis-tinct advantage in confronting the multitude of legal issues presentedby this emerging market. For more information visit www.hoagland-longo.com.

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KSS Architects Designs Second Major Renovation forCornell University School of Hotel Administration

Five years after the completion of theacclaimed Beck Center addition toCornell University’s Statler Hall,which houses the university’s world-renowned School of HotelAdministration, KSS Architects isback in Ithaca, N.Y. The firm, withoffices in Philadelphia and Princeton,N.J., is designing the Statler Halltower renovation, which began con-struction last September.

David Zaiser, AIA, KSS’ partner-in-charge for the project, said SHA considers the 14,000-square-feetproject to signify the true completion of KSS’ previous addition andrenovation to Statler Hall.

“It was an honor when the School brought us back,” Zaiser said.“Statler Hall will become an even more prominent and engaging placeto be on campus when the renovation is completed.”

Formerly a part of an auditorium and theater, the existing tower will beconverted into new programmatic spaces to support SHA’s growingCenter for Hospitality Research, Center for Hospitality Real EstateStudies and Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. The projectchallenged KSS to create new floor plates within a tightly constrainedtower space that then have to align with existing floor levels in the restof the building. KSS also cantilevered several floors to gain usablespace and fit multiple programs in the tower’s small footprint.

To capitalize on Statler Hall’s location at a main entrance to Cornell’scentral campus, KSS increased SHA’s connection to the campus witha dramatic three-story glass curtain wall that opens up the tower’s for-merly windowless facade. The design also adds public gatheringspaces in the tower, including a roof-level multipurpose room that willbe accessible via a high-speed elevator.

“The assembly space on the top floor will have one of the best viewsanywhere on campus,” said Allan Kehrt, FAIA, KSS partner and proj-ect designer of the renovation.

The construction cost for the tower renovation project is $8.3 million.The total project cost is estimated at $11.6 million. The tower renova-tion project is scheduled for completion in December 2009.

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RMJM designs $1 billion, green development in Turkey

Amid projects going on hold or being cancelled outright, RMJM’sgroundbreaking $1 billon, mixed-used development in an up-and-coming new Atasehir district of Istanbul is moving ahead.

Designed by architects working together in our New York and newIstanbul studios, this project will be the first, LEED-certified mixed-used development in Turkey and features:

A 60-story tower, 1,500 residential units, a five-star hotel, offices andconference facilities with landscaped public areas and parking facili-ties;

“Green,” sustainable elements such as rainwater collection sites, windturbine technology, cooling water pools, and a co-generation plant ; A design that draws on the unique context and culture of Istanbul,including a spectral tiled facade, ranging from terracotta to blue towhite;

Stunning panoramic views of the Bosphorus Strait, Princes’ Islandsand the Sea of Marmara.

The 372,000-square-meter development, which is expected to serve20,000 people, is scheduled to be completed in 2011.

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O’DONNELL & NACCARATO RECOGNIZED WITH ENGINEERINGAWARDS

O’Donnell & Naccarato, the Philadelphia-based consulting structuralengineering firm, has been honored in regional professional awardprograms. The firm consulted on a range of projects that garneredhonors including:

·At its 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Program, theDelaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers (DVASE) recog-nized with three awards for projects that O’Donnell & Naccarato pro-vided consulting structural engineering services for:

Temple University’s Tyler Mini Arts Campus that recently opened inPhiladelphia, PA was recognized with an Outstanding Project Awardin the New Building ($30M - $100M) category.

Capital Health System’s Replacement Hospital in Hopewell, NJ wasrecognized with an Award of Merit in the New Building over $100Mcategory.

Episcopal Academy’s Class of 1944 Chapel was recognized with anAward of Merit in the New Building under $30M category.

· At their 2008 awards dinner The Subcontractors Association ofDelaware Valley (SADV) once again recognized the firm asOutstanding Engineer. This is the second time in three years thatO’Donnell & Naccarato has been recognized by SADV. The firm alsowon the same award in 2006.

“Being recognized by our industry peers in the Delaware Valley vali-dates the way we approach our work,” said Nick Cinalli, President andCEO, O’Donnell & Naccarato. “To us, this award represents our com-mitment to providing the highest quality service to our clients.”


Member News


Secaucus Recreation Center Opens for Business

The Secaucus Recreation Center officially opened for business onFebruary 22, 2009 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated bySecaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell. Designed by RSC Architects ofCliffside Park, N.J., the new multimillion dollar recreation center moreclosely resembles a high-end fitness club than the antiquated build-ings often associated with town recreation centers. The beautifularchitecture and multitude of amenities of the new facility has elicitedhigh praises from members and staff alike.

The state-of-the-art center includes weight training and fitnessmachine areas, an aerobics studio, and a member’s lounge to relaxin before and after a workout. A multi-purpose gym that houses a full-length basketball court is surrounded by an elevated three-lane run-ning track. One of the highlights of the facility is the Olympic-sizeswimming pool. Complete with an observation deck, the pool is ahybrid design that can be used by the community for swim meets, aswell for recreational use. A 3 ½-foot-deep center plateau allows foractivities such as aerobics, aqua therapy and child swim lessons.Underwater benches extend along the middle of the long walls and anoverflow trough creates a fast, wave-less pool ideal for competitions.Technical features such as a UV disinfection system, fully-automatedvacuum sand filter and heat recovery system round out the high-techdesign of the

Complementing the interior aesthetics of the center, the exterior fea-tures red ground face block, ornamental landscaping and a translu-cent curtain wall system to refract light and fill the interior space withevenly-diffused daylight. This design feature prevents harsh glare andreduces peak-time electric costs.

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Using Solar Energy to Preserve Rare BooksKSS Architects Completes ReCAP Expansion and Begins NextPhase

PRINCETON, N.J. – Award-winning architectural design firm KSSArchitects has completed a project that helps preserve both the envi-ronment and valuable books from Princeton University, ColumbiaUniversity and the New York Public Library. The latest expansion ofthe Research and Collections Preservation Consortium (ReCAP),located on the Forrestal Campus of Princeton University, uses solarenergy to help power the high-density, environmentally-controlledlibrary storage facility.

The existing facility comprised a series of four 15,000 square-footrefrigerated modules that held 7.5 million library items. The latestexpansion, completed in March, added a fifth module, whichincreased ReCAP’s total area to 85,000 square feet and total capaci-ty to 10 million items.

To meet the technical and protection requirements of preservation,ReCAP must maintain a temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit and35 percent relative humidity. KSS and their consultants designedeach module with temperature and humidity monitoring systems andload-bearing, maximum foreseeable loss (MFL) walls to withstandextreme conditions such as fire.

The project includes several sustainable design features. The facility’shigh cooling demand, which reaches peak loads on sunny days,made it an ideal candidate for a significant sustainable design feature:solar panels. Five thousand solar panels, capable of generating 370kilowatt-hours, were installed on the roofs of both the new and exist-ing modules.


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KSS principal Scot Murdoch, AIA, who managed the project, said,“Clients such as ReCAP can help offset their energy usage and reducethe need for grid-supplied energy by using photovoltaics.”

A third party, First Solar and PPL Corporation, has been engaged tofinance, install and manage the panels. First Solar and PPL then sellsthe energy to ReCAP at a reduced price. ReCAP is one of the first proj-ects to take advantage of New Jersey Clean Energy Program’s SolarRenewable Energy Credit (SREC) Pilot Program, which is changingthe way solar energy systems are funded by basing rebates on ener-gy production. In return, users will have lower costs and faster paybacktimes.

The ReCAP partners expect the facility will ultimately comprise 11modules. KSS is currently designing the next phase of ReCAP, whichis known as Module 8.

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Asher Associates Architects to Transform Ocean City NJ�sBayside Center

Changes are coming to Ocean City’s focal point for learning about theJersey Shore environment – the popular Bayside Center. The City ofOcean City has contracted with Asher Associates Architects to prepareplans to revitalize the building and grounds.

It should come as no surprise that Ocean City selected AsherAssociates to update and renovate the Bayside Center, a building dat-ing back to 1916 as the home of Harrison and Isabelle Diesel. Formore than 15 years, Asher Associates Architects has created a nameat the Jersey Shore for its award-winning designs that celebrate his-toric coastal vernacular. Projects include the Ocean City Yacht Club,Avalon Yacht Club and numerous homes in towns up and down thecoast including Avalon, Stone Harbor, Ocean City, Longport andBrigantine.

The firm’s design ideology is characterized by buildings that are sensi-tive to and have a deliberately gentle impact on streetscape and com-munity. Each project is approached within the context of its neighbor-hood and the surrounding milieu. The design approach to the BaysideCenter will be no exception.

“We’re interested in bringing back one of Ocean City’s grand old beau-ties,” says Mark Asher, principal of Asher Associates. “The buildingitself is important in the city’s history. Our approach is to preserve andenhance the existing historic elements of the structure, while at thatsame time update and improve the public programming and exhibitspaces.”

“The Bayside Center renovation project is important not only to theCenter and its programs, but to the city as a whole,” explained JimRutala, Ocean City’s Business Administrator. “It offers an opportunityto improve the property aesthetically and functionally while promotingthe public’s knowledge and enjoyment of Ocean City’s vibrantbayfront, and enhancing visitors’ understanding of the bay ecology,”Rutala added.





Architecture in New JerseyContinued from page 17.

In 1995, Cape May County purchased the 1.35-acre property, locatedon the bay at 5th Street, from the Wheaton family, who bought thehouse and grounds in 1958. The county turned it over to Ocean Cityto operate as an environmental center. With its sweeping views of theGreat Egg Harbor Bay from its dock and porches, the Bayside Centerfeatures an array of exhibits, displays and information. Or visitors cansimply enjoy the views of wildlife and water recreation. The third floor“Osprey’s Nest” is an ideal bird watching spot in the summer.

The principal of Asher Associates Architects, LLC since its inceptionin 1993, Mark Asher, has 25 years of experience as an architect. "Weare very aware that our designs, whether for a home or a public build-ing, are intimately intertwined with the lives of our clients," said Asher,who set his sights on architecture as a young man when he wouldsketch seashore houses while summering with his family in OceanCity. A lifelong sailor on the Great Egg Harbor Bay, Asher feels astrong personal connection to the work of the Bayside Center. “TheCenter inspires us all to respect and appreciate the beauty of thecoastal environment. After all, that’s what brings us back here yearafter year. It’s very exciting to play a part in restoring this historic build-ing for future generations to enjoy.”

Asher Associates Architects, with offices in Stone Harbor, N.J. andJenkintown, PA, has become the premier architectural firm at theJersey Shore. Recently the Cape May Historic PreservationCommission awarded a Certificate of Merit for Outstanding NewConstruction for a design in Cape May City which mirrored historicdesign elements from the surrounding community. The firm was voted"Best of the Shore" by Philadelphia Magazine in 2006 and its workhas been featured in numerous publications.

For information on Asher Associates Architects, call (215) 576-1413 orvisit www.asherarchitecture.com.

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From top to bottom, Princeton’s Butler will be a living environ-mental laboratory

At the moment, the roof aboveDormitory A of the redeveloped Butler Collegecomplex at Princeton Universityis a "green" roof only in the mosttechnical sense of the phrase.

The 14 varieties of hardy sedumplanted on the Butler rooftopearlier this year have nowexploded into a kaleidoscope ofcolor. The contrasts in thepalette of the many-huedrooftop garden are only expect-ed to intensify as summer turnsto fall.

When 283 Princeton undergrad-uates move into Butler Collegethis September, they will beentering a 113,000-square-footcomplex integrating sustainabili-ty features from top to bottom,including the green roofs on more than half of its buildings and astormwater cistern that will collect and recycle rainwater to irrigatecourtyard landscaping.

"Green roofs provide many ecological and aesthetic benefits, fromcooling the roof surface, to helping ease the urban heat-island effect,and creating a wildlife habitat," said rising Princeton University seniorJessica Hsu, a civil and environmental engineering major. This sum-mer, she compared temperatures of green and conventional roofsacross campus using infrared technology as a PrincetonEnvironmental Institute (PEI) summer intern, along with faculty men-tor, Eileen Zerba, a senior lecturer in ecology and evolutionary biolo-gy and director of undergraduate laboratories at PEI.




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Hsu well appreciates the beauty of Butler's green roofs. As she sur-veyed the scene on a recent afternoon, she thought also of the slewof hidden sensors that Zerba, staff and other students from PEI hadinstalled the previous summer.

The integrated monitoring system of sensors within roof layers, Zerbapointed out, was designed to compare energy performance andstormwater runoff of green and conventional roofs. It also makes theroof complex a living laboratory. In University-led studies to be con-ducted over the next few years, researchers will learn just how muchenergy can be conserved and stormwater runoff reduced by compar-ing green features with conventional ones at Butler.

"It's so exciting to be part of a project like this where we are going tolearn so much," Hsu said. "This will help guide us to take real meas-ures to help the environment."

The building, designed by Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partnersof New York, is green outside and in -- its external envelope is 30 per-cent more energy efficient than construction codes require, and muchof its interior space is illuminated by natural light.

"The design of Butler College meshes perfectly with the University's objectives to balance sustainable growth with needed expansion,"said Mark Burstein, the University's executive vice president. "Notonly does this newly constructed college tie a quadrant of the campustogether, but the collaboration between the building architect and thelandscape architect has set a new standard for Princeton."

The University's Campus Plan and Sustainability Plan, both finalizedin 2008, are aimed at balancing sustainable growth with parallelimprovements in infrastructure, transportation and open space. Theyemphasize sustainable building design, expanded landscaping andreforestation, stream restoration, increased conservation and recy-cling, and improved water management.

Green roofs have been installed atop portions of Butler's dormitoriesA, C and D, with the monitoring equipment, including a weather sta-tion, on A. Green roofs -- also called vegetated roof covers -- are thinlayers of living plants that are established on top of conventionalroofs. Properly designed, they are stable, living ecosystems that repli-cate many of the processes found in nature.

While the roofs on the structures were being set up last summer, fac-ulty and students from PEI installed instruments to measure heat flux,soil moisture and temperature. The crew included Stephanie Hill ofthe class of 2010 and Reid Fritz and Megan Prier of the class of 2011.The measurements will provide the basis for research on stormwaterrunoff -- how the quantity and quality of the water coming off the greenroofs might improve the water quality and ecological balance acrossthe University, in Lake Carnegie and throughout the local watershed.

The data they collect, coupled to mathematical models, also will help determine how energy efficient the green roofs are and provide infor-mation for retrofitting and construction of future roofs. "What's won-derful about this design is that we will be able to fully quantify andanalyze benefits of green roofs," said Zerba, the principal investigatoron the project.

Weather readings and building measurements will be logged continu-ously. The data will be processed, stored and transmitted through an

Ethernet connection. Real-time data, including infrared measure-ments contrasting the surface temperatures of the green and conven-tional roofs, will be displayed on a new website that is under develop-ment.

The fact that the building's very structure offers unique learningopportunities, Burstein said, is a perfect embodiment of the goals ofthe University's residential college system.

Butler College will join Whitman and Mathey colleges as a four-yearresidential college when it opens in September. This will complete theUniversity's transition to the new residential college system that willfeature three four-year colleges paired with three two-year colleges.Four of the newly constructed buildings on the Butler site will be partof the residential college, with Wilf Hall housing a mixture of Butler,upper-class and independent students.

"The residential college system attempts to enhance both the under-graduate living and learning experience at Princeton," Burstein said."The new Butler College will play a vital role in enriching theUniversity's intellectual life."And beauty is also a key part of the equa-tion. The five contemporary two- to four-story dormitories, construct-ed on the site of the old Butler College residences, are adorned withwarm red brick accented with limestone.



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"Harry Cobb has done a beautiful job with the new Butler dorms,"University Architect Ron McCoy has said. "This is an intimate ensem-ble of contemporary buildings that are thoroughly integrated into thespatial rhythms, forms and textures of the traditional campus. Thebuildings definitely reflect the maturity and sophistication of their archi-tect, with elegant details and varied patterns of brick and stone. Thesepatterns and details will connect the buildings with the intricacies of WuHall and our Collegiate Gothic traditions."

Cobb said he purposely sought to enliven the architecture through twounprecedented features -- irregularly spaced wave-like undulations onthe buildings' fronts that allow for larger bedrooms in upper-classsuites and the narrow bands of limestone that add richness and tex-ture to the building's brick surfaces.

Form and function, he said, are intertwined.

"Our primary goal has been that the new Butler College residence hallsshould unambiguously reaffirm to their inhabitants and to all whoencounter them Princeton's commitment to nurturing the several typesof community that these buildings are designed to serve: first the com-munity embodied in the group of individuals who share a suite; second,the larger community embodied in the group of residence halls thatcompose the college; and finally, the all-inclusive community embod-ied in the group of colleges that compose the University," Cobb said.

In designing the building, Cobb explained, he pursued a two-fold strat-egy. "First, we have seized the opportunity to extend and strengthenPrinceton's rich tradition of space-shaping campus buildings -- a tradi-tion most vividly embodied in the superb residential quadranglesdesigned almost a century ago by Charles Klauder and Ralph AdamsCram," Cobb said. "And second, we have introduced new design ele-ments that together constitute a contemporary analog to the wonder-fully varied eventfulness of those much-loved Collegiate Gothic build-ings."

The two L-shaped Butler buildings to the west -- 1967 Hall andDormitory A -- will have an open courtyard that faces Elm Drive. On theeast side of the complex, a C-shaped structure formed by dormitoriesC and D and Wilf Hall encloses an amphitheater courtyard on threesides called Memorial Court. This latter courtyard not only houses a5,000-gallon underground stormwater storage tank to collect rainwaterrunoff from the roofs to irrigate the landscaping, but also provides a

unique gathering place.

"The Butler College amphitheatre is a contemporary courtyard land-scape that provides open-air access between different building levelsto create a landscape center for the new residential college," saidMichael Van Valkenburgh, principal of Michael Van ValkenburghAssociates, the landscape architect. "Ramped grass paths createaccess along arced stone walls, resulting in a dynamic and embracingspace for studying, socializing or larger special events."

Construction on the dorms began in June 2007. In addition to the new buildings in the complex, the structures that make up the collegeinclude: Wu Hall, the dining hall and social center; 1915 Hall, an exist-ing dorm; and Bloomberg Hall, which has been an upper-class dorm.The group of classes that generously supported Butler in the past andfor which previous dorms were named -- 1922, 1940, 1941 and 1942halls -- has been honored with the naming of Memorial Court, which ispaved with bluestone salvaged from the original buildings. A walkwayin the complex will be named for another one of the college's formerdorms, Lourie-Love, which honored Donald Lourie and George Love,members of the class of 1922.

Alumni also have supported the green roof monitoring project. It hasreceived funding from the High Meadows Foundation, which was co-founded by Carl Ferenbach, a 1964 Princeton graduate who is a mem-ber of the University's Board of Trustees, and his wife, Judy. Other sup-porters include PEI, the Community-Based Learning Initiative and theUniversity's facilities department.

The Butler green roofs are not the first at the University. The green roofon Sherrerd Hall, completed in fall 2008, holds that distinction. There,plant-filled trays have been installed to reduce water pollution, energycosts and the emission of greenhouse gases that result from heatingand cooling.

For her senior thesis, Jessica Hsu would like to help add a third greenroof to campus; she would like to design a green roof for theArchitecture Building. She feels lucky to be at a place that will encour-age her to tackle such a project.

While some of her classmates chose summer projects near the wateror in the forest, Hsu insists she likes spending time conductingresearch on a hot roof. "It's better to be up here," Hsu says, standingon the green roof atop Butler A. "Look at the view!"


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IN MEMORIAM

CARLETON BERRIAN RIKER, JR.ASSOCIATE EMERITUS AIANovember 26, 1919 – July 12, 2009

In 2007, AIANJ was prepared to present to those assembled at the annual AIAConvention, the Carleton Berrian Riker, Jr. we knew. The purpose was to gain emeri-tus status for Carl even though he was not a licensed architect. Our reasoning was thathe given thousands of hours of his time to AIANJ and AIANewark and SuburbanArchitects in support of our members to promote a better public understanding of ourprofession. AIANJ believed those years of service were worth recognition on a nation-al level.

At the time I wrote Carl that his leadership as a tireless worker for section and thechapter is what we all should strive for! We wanted to make sure that those assembledat the event became aware of Carl’s legacy as we saw it-a legacy that allowed 534other long time associates from around the nation who because of Carl were now ableto call themselves Associate Emeritus AIA members.

But as Paul Harvey use to state, “here is the rest of the story”:

Carl was born in 1919 in a not too little house located on a small rise above ScotlandRoad in South Orange, New Jersey. I know that after his elementary and high schooleducation that he was already in the United States Army before President Rooseveltasked Congress for a Declaration of War on December 8, 1941. Many of us have seenthe proud picture of a young Carl as part of the army’s 19th Engineers guarding theCalifornia coast from possible attack that day. His leadership skills were apparentlynoticed and it was off to Officers Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA, followed byTank Destroyer School at Camp Hood, TX, where as an instructor he was promoted to1st Lieutenant and then assigned to duty in England and France. He obtained the rankof Captain while in the reserves after returning stateside in 1945.

Louise Horn also from South Orange, though Carl did not know her at first caught hisfancy as he flipped through the pages of the Columbia High School year book. A datewas arranged and as they say the rest was history. As newlyweds, they went out to thewiles of suburbia in the late 1940’s building their little dream home, in ChathamTownship. Over the years, with numerous additions, this little nest became the sprawl-ing red ranch house that Carl affectionately called “this old house”.

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Carl’s history as a support person in the architectural profession began with schooling inNew York City and Newark where he honed his drafting skills, and then used them to workfor some of the premier architects in the suburban Essex and Morris Counties. Names likeAlfonso Alvarez, AIA, Emil Schmidlin, AIA, Paul Drake, AIA, Elmer Tuthill, AIA, HarveyConvery, AIA, Harry Weaver, AIA, Robert Hessberger, AIA, and retiring just two short yearsago at age 87 from the office of Robert Heintz, AIA.

While his affiliations and memberships were many, the one we fondly remember is that forover 60 years he was with us in the AIA. Carl loved to retell his story on how he met themany architects of the AIA. It seems that in 1946 his first “boss” Mr. Alfonso Alvarez, AIAtook him to a meeting and introduced him to a colleague, Harold Glucksman, FAIA andthen Carl knew two architects. By the end of that evening he knew 25 Architects! Year afteryear, the list grew and we grew to appreciate his total involvement and commitment in ourorganization. Before AIANJ Design Days we had a three day convention and trade showin Atlantic City. It was there that the handbook was given to the members and every adver-tisement from the consultants, suppliers and contractors in these issues was obtained byCarl’s and Louise’s hard work.

Carl was the keeper of the history of the section and photographed everything and every-one except himself, well except once. We had created the Herman C. Litwack, FAIA Awardto honor another tireless member Herman C. Litwack, FAIA. When it came time presentthat award for service to our organization to the very next recipient, Carl stood ready to takethe picture. When his name was read and his family came out from behind, the surprisewas complete and the picture of that always beaming smile made the evening for all of uspresent.

Carl passed away peacefully on July 12th in the home he had built with Louise who hadpredeceased him and that they both loved so much. By is side was his family, his sonWilliam and his wife Anna, his daughter Louise Riker Ferrara and her husband Gregoryand grandchildren Taryn Ferrara, Joanna and William Riker, his sister Martha Riker Trundleand her husband James and many nieces and nephews.

Carl also leaves a legacy of church, community and professional involvement and mem-bers of the AIA. The Section and Chapter are making donations in Carl’s memory to theAIANJ Scholarship Foundation and members if they so choose can do the same or to acharity of their choice to honor this fine and gentle man.

William M. Brown, III, AIARobert Cozzarelli, AIAJerome Leslie Eben, AIAJoseph Flock, AIA

Note: the writers are Past Presidents of AIA Newark and Suburban Architects

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