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On Site review issue 10 2003 publisher

Introduction: Architecture + Weight Michael Carroll and Ana Rewacowicz, guest editors Issue 10 of OnSite is devoted to the notion of weight and architec- ture.The array of articles attempts to balance both – the heavy and the light . Architecture can be expressed through permanent immobile buildings grounded to the earth, or ephemeral portable structures that rest lightly on its surface. This issue alternates between these opposite viewpoints. We feature side by side, the weighty sheet metal constructions of Jacques Bilodeau with Peter Yeadon’s speculation on architecture in the age of nanomatter; construction photographs of Rick Joy’s minimalist rammed earth houses stand in contrast with Marie-Paule Macdonald’s overview of transportable environments. Our contemporary architectural neurosis is articulated by Paul Lau- rendeau in his article,‘Architecture Psychoanalysed’. Whether heavy or light, Buckminster Fuller’s question still holds — ‘How much does your building weigh?’

The Association for Non-Profit Architectural Fieldwork (Alberta)

guest editors Michael Carroll Ana Rewakowicz editor Stephanie White

cover images: Susan Dobson Martin Ruiz de Azua

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Battersby + Howat Architects Jacques Bilodeau Michael Carroll Ella Chmielewska Susan Dobson Aliki Economides Kevin de Forest Julian Haladyn Juan Manuel Heredia Paul Laurendeau Filiz Klassen

Tom Martin Marcus Miller

Myron Nebozuk Patkau Architects Ana Rewakowicz Rick Joy Architects Owen Rose Saucier + Perron architectes Hayub Song Terry Tremayne Lois Weinthal Stephanie White Peter Yeadon Carl Zimmerman

Mark Guard Architects Marie-Paule Macdonald

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Lot 15. From the series Home Invasion , 1998/99 by Susan Dobson.

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