Masonry Magazine April 1995 Page. 6
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COVER
BELL COMMUNITY Center manages to fit a public center onto a park setting, which is often times a difficult task. The designer must decide whether to make the building that appears a part of nature, or almost ignore the site. Wolff/Lang/Christopher Architects did neither. Instead the architects created a building that acknowledges its setting, yet maintains its own identity. They preserved the park, reinforcing its positive element in the community center program. A courtyard establishes the major public entrance. Where the courtyard meets the park, an entry tower serves to collect pedestrian park traffic, then a colonnade directs circulation into the new community center. A large, multipurpose room is visually linked to the courtyard, reinforcing the building's connection to its park setting. A skylit lobby terminates the highly visible circulation spine and entry elements, and introduces the repetitive, dominating forms of the structure. On the cover is a fine example of the split-faced concrete and vertically-scored block masonry used. Photo complements of National Concrete Masonry Association.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
James E. Amrhein, Masonry Institute of America; Gregg Borchelt, Brick Institute of America; Mario Catani, Dur-O-Wal, Incorporated; Ken Dash, National Association of Brick Distributors; Howard Droz, Smith Hinchman & Grylls; Stewart Earle, Ontario Masonry Industry Promotion Fund, Kenneth Gutschick, National Lime Association; Al Isberner, Consulting Materials Engineer; John Melander. Portland Cement Association; Garth W. Miller, Masonry Consultant: Colin Munro, Chartered Masonry Consultant; Charles Ostrander, Illinois Masonry Institute; John P. Ries, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute; Robert Van Laningham, National Concrete Masonry Association
MCAA PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Justin Breithaupt, Jr., Non-Stop Scaffolding: Mark Larsen, Thorleif Larsen & Son (Chairman); Wilbert Schmidt, Jr., Schmidt Brick & Stone Contracting: Warren Wind, Glashaus, Incorporated
6 MASONRY-MARCH/APRIL, 1995