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VOL. 21/NO. 4 AUGUST 2008

Table of Contents

PROFILE
An Enduring Contribution
Bringing history, buildings and people together in ways that make a difference to communities has become a way of life for Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company. By Kim A. O'Connell

FEATURES
The Original Green
Long before Gizmo Green existed, homes and buildings were designed and built with the idea of being compatible with the environment. By Stephen A. Mouzon

Casting Calls
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA&CA) has embarked on a program to restore a collection of plaster casts of eons-old architecture and sculpture for use in contemporary classrooms. By Eve M. Kahn

RECENT PROJECTS
Restoration: The Shows Must Go On
TMS Architects and EverGreene Painting Studios have restored a 130-year-old theater in Portsmouth, NH, unearthing and replicating "exuberant" artwork.

Adaptive Reuse: A Million to One
The 1,000,000-sq.ft. Lazarus building, a former department store in downtown Columbus, OH, has been revived by Elkus Manfredi Architects and Schooley Caldwell Associates as a mixed-use (LEED-CS gold certification) structure.

Adaptive Reuse: Rose-Tinted Vision
Consigli Construction worked with architects Amsler Mashek MacLean and Architerra, both of Boston, MA, to dismantle and move the historic Granite Building in Milford, MA, to form part of its new headquarters.

Restoration: Mid-block Marvel
A seven-year restoration of the 1892 Traverse City Opera House in Traverse City, MI, led by Quinn Evans of Ann Arbor, MI, has been a boon to the downtown revival.

Restoration: The Road to Recovery
The New Hope Diner Project at the Rhode Island Training School in Cranston, RI, is saving young lives as well as old diners.

BOOK REVIEWS
The Science of Conservation
Conservation of Modern Architecture Edited by Susan Macdonald, Kyle Nomandin, Bob Kindred; Managing Editor Jill Pearce. Reviewed by Elizabeth Corbin Murphy, FAIA

All Things Classical
The Classicist No. 7: 2005-2007, with essays by Francis Morrone, David Mayernik and Dino Marcantonio. Reviewed by Will Holloway

Queen City Landmarks
Architecture in Cincinnati by Sue Ann Painter. Reviewed by Annabel Hsin

Trading Places
Public Markets by Helen Tangires. Reviewed by Lynne Lavelle

THE FORUM
Teaching Preservation Values
By Joseph K. Oppermann, FAIA

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