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FILE NAME: Weyerhaeuser (WEY) DATE: 1970 DOC#: WEY007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article Cover: Illinois S ta te Capitol Buildi stored. Photo: Orlando Cabanban. Editor Forrest Wilson, AIA, CSI Executive Editor Burton H. Holmes, AIA Senior Editor C. Ray Smith, AIA Associate Editors Don Raney Stephen A. Kurtz David A. Morton Suzanne Stephens (News Report) Esther McCoy (Los Angeles) Administrative Assistant Charlotte Van Voorhis Copy Editor Joyce Reback Assistant to the Editor Rosemary Lacerenza Assistant Editors Chet Mantolesky KaH Vossbrinck Editorial Assistant Rose Calomino Graphics Joel Petrower Art Director George Coderre Assistant Art Director Anne Marie Sapione A rt & Production Nicholas R. Loscalzo Architectural Drawings Contributing Editors Norman Coplan It's The Law Bernard Tomson, Hon. AIA It's The Law E. E. Halmos, Jr. Washington!Financial Harold J. Rosen Specifications Clinic Publisher Philip H. Hubbard, Jr. Associate Publisher Harrington A. Rose Wolcott H. Johnson Advertising Sales Manager Burchard M. Day Promotion Director Joseph M. Scanlon Production Manager Daniel H. Desimone Assistant Production Manager Eugene A. Lizotte Circulation Director Sue Feldman Subscription Manager 2 glggPPI C:& 'V -vtr' . THIS MONTH Progressive Architecture February 1970 im "'* ;; V m Restored National Monument Sparks Urban Revitalization Through intricate and painstaking demolition and reconstruction, the historic Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield has been completely restored, at the same time revitalizing the surrounding central, business area. The complex provides the community with a two-level underground parking garage as well as an area for performing arts and a research li brary. Ferry & Henderson, Architects. 52 mg. 'Architectural F An exquisite art g. townhouse, providt ordinary details, c carve complex and relatively small si |g reat sophisticatio tect. Alienation Rev Co-op City: Learning to Like it ; Robert Venturi, one of this country's most original and controversial architects, and Denise Scott Brown discuss the aims, achievements, and significance of Co-op City, a low-cost project that will house over? 60,000 people. The authors suggest that if carefully^ considered, Co-op City should shake up some newer planning and urban design theories. Herman J. les sor, Architect. 64 Italian architect C International's nei country the Italia By placing the disr ambiguous contexl a fresh new light. ` ;JjL& Departments Four Proposals: Rapid Economical Production f Mass Housing Your Point of View :F` f P/A News Report ..-.v. 5 Products and Liter Two Connecticut architects have developed an un- usual series of solutions related to research in housing and urban development, that will also meet the chal lenge of HUD's "Operation Breakthrough." Solutions that will permit the use of different structural tech niques with such basic materials as concrete, steel, plastics, as well as a combination of these, are illus trated. Wojciech G. and Urszula Lesnikowski, Archi tects. - Editorial ................ Specifications Clini Book Reviews . . . /Jo b s and Men . . . directory of Produi Readers' Service ( *.aas:. . W . F E B R U A R Y 1970 P /A ` ` F e b r u a r y 1970 p / a World's largest cooperative housing development. Illinois' restored State Capitol Building. parks Ition and s Capitol restored, g central immunity ge as well search li- 52 lost original Scott Brown rnificance of I house over if carefully some newer rman J. Jes' 64 Architectural Faberge' An exquisite art gallery located in a New York City townhouse, provides a rich spatial experience. Extra ordinary details, combined with a unique ability to carve complex and subtly interrelated spaces out of relatively small sites, results in an architecture of great sophistication. Hans Hollein (Vienna), Archi tect. 88 :Alienation Reveals the Familiar Italian architect Gae Aulenti, the designer of Knoll International's new Boston showroom, brings to this country the Italian display technique of alienation. By placing the displayed items in a foreign, alien, and ^ambiguous context the Knoll furnishings are seen in a fresh new light. Gae Aulenti, Architect. 96 licai loped an unch in housing, leet the chalh." Solutions, uctural techincrete, steel> ese, are illnf owski, Arch I Your Point of V ie w ....................... |P /A News R e p o r t.......................... Products and L ite ra tu re ............. ^ Editorial ............................................ Specifications C l i n i c .................... Book R e v ie w s................................. Jobs and M e n ................................. Directory of Product Advertisers Readers' Service C a r d ............... IRUARY 1970 P | 'f-BR'JARY 1970 P/A 8 25 40 50 102 104 146 148 151 I Knoll's imported display techniques. Progressive Architecture, published monthly by Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 600 Summer Street, Stamford, Conn., 06904. A sub sidiary of Litton Publications. James F. Mottershead, President; Philip H. Hubbard, Jr., Group Vice-President; Harry I. Martin, Group Vice-President; Leonard F. Miraglia, Treasurer; Kathleen A. Starke, Secretary; Henry R. Clauser, Robert W. Roose, Vice-Presidents. Executive and editorial offices, 600 Summer Street, Stamford, Conn. 06904. Subscriptions payable In advance. Publisher reserves right to refuse unqualified subscriptions. Subscription prices to those who, by title, are architects, engineers, specifications writers, estimators, designers, or draftsmen, and to government departments, trade associations, above title groups on temporary military service, architectural schools, architectural students, advertisers and their employees: $5 for one year; $S for two years; $10 for three years. All others: $10 a year. Above prices are applicable in U.S., U.S. Possessions, and Canada. All practicing architects and engineers outside these areas: $10 for one year; $16 for two years; $20 for three years. All others: $20 a year. Single copy $2, payable in advance. Reinhold Publishing Corporation, a subsidiary of Litton Publica tions. 1970 trade mark registered. All rights reserved. Indexed in Art Index, Architectural Index. Second-class postage paid at Stam ford, Conn., and a t additional office. Volume LI, No. 2. S P B C i r i C A T I O N S O U B H O I BY HAROLD J. ROSEN Controlling Construction Pollution This column concludes that due to its contribution to air pollution, asbestos-sprayed insulation must be eliminated in future construction. Rosen is Chief Specifications Writer of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York. The hazards of air and water pollu tion are slowly being recognized as more statistical information on their effect on the human environment is coming to the attention of a con cerned citizenry. Since the pub lication of Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, people have begun to ques tion the dangerous side effects that result from chemical pesticides, au tomobile fumes, and raw sewage dumped into our streams and rivers. Industrial and human wastes, care lessly or innocently disposed of into the atmosphere or into rivers, have an effect on nature's biological bal ance that governs the production of oxygen and the growth of marine and animal life. In addition, as archi tects, we should decry the despolia tion of our environment resulting from the accumulation of physical mounds of garbage, junked cars, and industrial waste products. We should also take a closer look at our construction practices to deter mine whether we are a party to this pollution as a by-product of our de signs, and whether we can reduce or eliminate some of our own contribu tions to this problem area. Certainly in demolition of existing structures in urban centers, we should restrict the amount of dust that develops. In some European cities, barriers consisting of plastic envelopes are utilized around demol ition sites to confine the dust result ing from these operations. Perhaps our Building Departments and our Air Pollution Control Departments should institute stricter controls over such procedures. A more striking example of how architects can reduce pollution that actually contributes to fatalities is in the selection of certain sprayed-on fire proofing and insulating products. In 1900, a London physician, in performing an autopsy upon the 102 Specifications Clinic body of an asbestos-textile worker found asbestos particles in the lungs and attributed this death to the worker's occupation. Several iso lated instances occurred subsequently where an examination of the lung tissue of deceased asbestos workers indicated the presence of asbestos. In 1924 an English physician, Dr. Cooke, after an extensive autopsy and subsequent search of medical lit erature, concluded that the death of a patient resulted solely from the in halation of asbestos fibers and as signed the name asbestosis to this disease. An investigation of some 363 as bestos-textile workers in Great Brit ain in 1928 disclosed that 95, or about 25 per cent, showed evidence of asbestosis. As a result, legislation was enacted in Great Britain to re quire improvements in ventilation and exhaust systems in asbestos-tex tile plants and periodic examination of workers. Although this improve ment in working conditions length ened the life expectancy of these workers, it was learned in 1935 by Dr. Lynch in this country that as bestos workers were dying of cancer as a result of their association with asbestos. Independent investigators in many parts of the world were like wise coming to the same conclusion based on their studies of the associ ation of workers with asbestos. Dr.. Selikoff, of New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, had an opoprtunity to examine the records of members of the Asbestos Workers Union. The study covered a total of 1522 in sulation workers between 1942 and 1962. It was found that the death rate from cancer among these as bestos workers was about seven times greater than that of the gen eral white male U. S. population. These observations are staggering. In addition, one must conclude that not only are people who actually work with asbestos exposing themselves to asbestosis and cancer, but also that -.a allied tradesmen in the building con- struction industry, closely associated with this work, are subjected to this exposure. Steam fitters, electricians, carpenters, acoustical workers, ma-; sons, structural steel erectors, and others employed on projects using . spray-asbestos insulation in the area'. ', of this contamination, and who in- ^ hale these asbestos particles, are ex-;ff posing themselves and are likely can- didates for this disease. ^ Equally disturbing is the fact that- asbestos is practically indestructible;^ while it may disintegrate, it is an ev-i|| erlasting contaminant in the atmo- fl sphere. It has been estimated that Vs| during its application as fireproofing:^ to structural steel members and metai;J| decks, about 10 per cent overshootsUp and is projected into the atmosphere.;* On high-rise structures in urban areas, spray-asbestos fireproofing hasJ been found three and four blocks jjf from the construction site, so that;|? the unsuspecting general public i s | likewise subjected to this hazard a$j well as the tradesman directly jg volved in its application. While th|sM relationship between a casual eii| counter with asbestos and possiblej development of disease in the public^ has not been established, it behooves| the architectural profession to con-:v sider other materials to perform theg|| work of sprayed-on fireproofing andjgp insulation. Not only is there a clear and pres| ent danger in the initial application of asbestos on the health of the stallers, but 30 or 40 years hence, when these buildings are torn down! the demolition operations, if properly controlled, will add more as] bestos fibers to the atmosphere, time to use substitutes for asbesto^ sprayed insulation is now. FEBRUARY 1970 P& Just six of many ways Weyerhaeuser helps to make your deck designs a little more exciting. Weyerhaeuser has broadened the design choice in laminated decking with more options than ever in sur face textures, thicknesses and ap pearance grades. And we've added ponderosa pine to our cedar and hemlock lines. Now you can specify ponderosa pine in 8, 10 or 12-inch widths that go down quickly and look stunning. In addition, we're introducing a prestaining service. Your choice of 36 standard Olympic semi-transparent stains. Plus CedartoneTM (makes pine look like cedar). With this service you can enjoy the efficiencies of factory finishing, and at the same time get an exact match on site-finished trim. Your local Weyerhaeuser Architec tural Specialty Dealer can give you the full story on our laminated prod ucts and the services that go with them. In the meantime, send us the coupon for complete technical data. O n 13 p a r i e r e ' Q o n p r ' n r / l - 5 K iS 1 & X T i--------------------------------------- ~~ I To: Weyerhaeuser Company, Box B-6719 Tacoma, Wash. 98401 Please seno me complete details on your complete line of laminated wood productsalso, your Olympic Stain Color Chart. Name Firm Address C ity ___ State _ F * /A NEWS REPI Recent Wai Capitol's W Operation l BY E. E. HALMOS West Front of C Congress put off, for i nual battle over what visibly decaying Wes Capitol building by 1 House provision of , for work on rebuildinf favor of a $250,000 ap studying the possibil: ing the West Front. ( tect Architect of the C rebuild the wall, ext< some 40 f t ; many grot AIA -- oppose this id' Philadelphia Piar Bowing to White H Congress decided ag priations bill "ridei have outlawed the "Philadelphia Plan" quota hiring of minor construction jobs. T1 left open for court t< the "goals" set by th< ment are in fact "q the Controller Genera and thus unconstituti Operation Break In approving funds f ful "Operation Brea gram, Congress dirt Secretary to preven from blocking the fabricated or factoryponents in its new ' ments. Incidentally, erful Rep. John Klucz a subcommittee he ( into HUD's "Ope through" with a somi eye to see if: (1) thei yond publicity puffer; (2) to block attempt at HUD to force son tional building code hities, (details on p. N evertheless seemed to be off to FEBRUARY 1970 P/A Goya Pecan Whistler Elm udubon Oak (custom grooved) Longfellow Chestnut Rem brandt Cherry W eyerhaeuser Craftwall paneling now available w ith a Class II flam e spread rating. And y Starting right now, you can introduce the beauty of Weyerhaeuser Craftwall paneling to most any commercial building. The L label for flame spread rating in the Class II range is now standard in our 7 /16" Craftwall line. Paneling with a Class I flame spread rating is available on order. Internal improvements are just part of the story on new Craftwall. Now you can select from a greater variety of species than ever, in 14 color tones and finish treatments. Custom Craftwall is something else again -- a whole new idea in paneling. It's the closest thing yet to architec turally matched hardwood. Now you can order Craftwall with no grooves at all. Or pick regular V-grooving. 0< select any of five grooves from 1 /4 " to 1" wide. We cal' place the grooves in any combination or spacing arrange- ft'ent your design sc Your local Weyerf J!as products and sa jnie, we would be gl ut our new 7/16 "bout our new 1/4" end u$ the coupon. Audubon Oak (custom grooved) Van Gogh Paldao (custom grooved) M'S vailable And you can custom design your own panels. : and finish treatments J trient your design scheme calls for. else again -- a whole Your local Weyerhaeuser Architectural Specialty Dealer t thing yet to architec- J as products and samples you can examine. In the meanu can order CraftwaM nie, We W0U|d be g)ad t0 provide a,| the technica| detai|s egular V-grooving. ^ out our new 7/16" Craftwall line, as .well as the latest to 1" wide. We can j rout our new 1 /4 " Forestglo and Muralwood lines. Just en or spacing arrange- j end Us the coupon. On Readers' Service Card, Circle No. 350 To: Weyerhaeuser Company Box B-6728, Tacoma, Wash, 98401 By all means, send me the facts about your new paneling lines. 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