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introduction D eborah A sher B arnstone and R obert B arnstone introduce the conjunction of architecture and sewing. real places Las Vegas: A l D onnel finds the ultimate 21st century tree. Rimouski: as seen from the highway.

On the Surface What you see is what you get:What you get is not what you see. The question at hand explores the power of architectural surface to shape and reshape the identities of both archi- tecture and place. How architecture as it appears in direct experience —be it in its immediacy as a given texture or in its remoteness as an image— gives us references and clues to the work of architecture itself and of the larger social, cultural and natural framework of its location.This two-way movement towards an inner and outer horizon endows architectural surface with the capacity to generate meaning —or ide- ology— and locates it in the crucial juncture by which it seems capable of transcending its own superficiality in many possible directions. This inquiry into the depth of archi- tectural Surface (Skin-Covering-Dress- ing-Cladding) touches upon its visible and non-visible manifestations, i.e. upon its practical, material, constructional, and representational aspects.Addressing var- ious examples and innovative ways of thinking and building architectural sur- face in contemporary practice, the pro- posed subjects may include but not be limited to the relation between Surface and— materials construction production transformation weathering appropriation meaning (cultural, social, economic) form occupation space location — the dialogue between architec- tural surface and its surroundings image —the representation of architectural images Send ideas immediately to Tonkao Panin at tpanin@dolphin.upenn.edu All submissions due February 28 2003. Go to www.onsitereview.ca for specifications.

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letters Shawn van Sluys revisits Lethbridge Modernism. Dean Russell writes from Edmonton.

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projects Quilting with glass, cedar and fir. R obert B arnstone dis- cusses his studio in Rossland, BC. H ansy L uz B etter looks at economy, quality and fit: sewing in the work of Office dA. The Lazlo Files, Harvard Graduate School of Design. E d C ullinen ’s Weald and Downland Museum Gridshell. The Hardouin House in Austin,Texas by K evin A lter . Arachne: a myth for our times, informs the work of S arah B onnemaison and C hristine M acy . Like Nothing — the drawing investigations of M artha T ownsend . Adam’s Boat — B arbara T odd traces images of boats and quilts. work in progress A ndrew K ing and A ngela S ilver design The Thread House in Calgary, Alberta Sheer Equilibrium: M ark W est clarifies a few points. F iliz K lassen introduces Pro-fusion : an online design forum. So, who needs to live in Toronto? landscape P hilip B eesely shows two installations in Nova Scotia. Sewing the landscape. C hristine M aile finds small, wild gardens in the streets of New York. observers T onkao P anin looks at the Postparkasse in Vienna and its rippling stone walls. W ard E agen discusses the stitching of space and time in the work of Frank Gehry. Weave: a look at Bruce Mau’s Life Style , and other things by S tephanie W hite . Ask her what she makes — J ill B ambury sews a tale of architecture, fashion and making garments. details T om S trickland interviews M itchell H all of KPMB about the steel tapestries on the Genome Centre at McGill Uni- versity. back page bridges Brooks Aqueduct — exerpts from W alter H ildebrandt ’ s long poem called Coming Home .

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dean russell

kevin alter

christine macy and sarah bonnemaision

andrew king

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mark west

filiz klassen

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christine maile, undercover

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tom strickland

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