TY - BOOK AU - Cassell,Stephen AU - Yarinsky,Adam ED - Architecture Research Office. TI - ARO: Architecture Research Office. T2 - New voices in architecture SN - 1568983670 AV - NA737.A76 A4 2003 U1 - 720.922 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Princeton Architectural Press KW - Architecture Research Office KW - Local N1 - Include Bibliography; ARO's applied research / Stan Allen -- US Armed Forces Recruiting Station / Times Square, New York, New York -- Paper Wall, Artists Space / New York, New York -- Facts plus / Sarah Whiting -- Colorado House / Telluride, Colorado -- War Remembrance Memorial / Columbia University, New York, New York -- The daily practice of collaboration / Guy Nordenson -- SoHo Loft / New York, New York -- Qiora Store and Spa / New York, New York -- Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology / New York, New York -- Just design / Philip Nobel -- N2 - The process of investigation, analysis, and testing makes Architecture Research Office (ARO) as much a laboratory as an elegant design firm. Faced with the design of something as simple as a wall, ARO takes an approach completely different than that of most architects. What makes a wall? What is it made of? Need it be flat? Continuous? Impermeable? Tall? Might it be made of small pieces of paper that lock together? Or modular interconnecting plywood panels? This approach to making architecture, to shrinking the distance between thinking and building, is much evident in their work, which manages to be simultaneously thoughtful and sensual. ARO, the first monograph on the work of this award-winning firm, features work ranging from self-directed research (including their paper wall and modular wall projects), to exhibition design, to commercial interiors, to the popular Armed Services Recruiting Station in Times Square, to the stunning Colorado House in Telluride. All of these projects challenge design conventions, but still delight the senses with their unusual materials, careful detailing, and unexpected spatial discoveries. Extensive photography of the completed works is coupled with thorough documentation of the design process to illustrate the interdependence between ARO's rigorous design method and their innovative designs. Critical essays by Stan Allen, Sheila Kennedy, Philip Nobel, Guy Nordensen, and Sarah Whiting discuss various aspects of ARO's work ER -