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Today's News - September 17, 2004

High praise for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (and a look at an embarrassing mish-mash of design credit). -- Holyrood: the final report (at last). -- Master plan for Philadelphia's Navy Yard is a "wow" - why can't the city do the same with the rest of the waterfront? -- General Motors is a key player in Detroit's renaissance. -- Chicago's most endangered historic structures. -- Options for hurricane-damaged historic properties in Florida. -- An artful renovation of Wesleyan University's Roche-designed gallery. -- An Archigram maverick joins HOK corporate fold. -- Libeskind (and his London exhibition) reviewed (are his "architectural powers deserting him?"). -- The Council for European Urbanism opens shop in Germany. -- An Algerian designer "whose name oozes cool" is the "it" boy of the Paris design world. -- Ireland and Greece make their marks in Venice.

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Natural Wonder: Douglas Cardinal's Rough-Hewn Mountain Of a Building Channels The Spirit of the Earth [National Museum of the American Indian]. By Benjamin Forgey [image]- Washington Post

A Missing Architect's Lasting Footprint: [National Museum of the American Indian] was to have been the crowning commission of Cardinal's professional life. Instead, it became a bitter disappointment. By Benjamin Forgey - GBQC- Washington Post

Holyrood report criticises civil servants [links to full report, time line, webcam]- The Scotsman (UK)

Navy Yard points way for Penn's Landing: Reading through...master plan for Philadelphia's former Navy Base, you can't help being wowed by its smart, comprehensive, civic-minded vision... By Inga Saffron - Robert A.M. Stern Architects; EDAW; Cathers & Associates,; Kelly/Maiello; Daroff Design; Urban Engineers- Philadelphia Inquirer

G.M. Helps to Drive a Detroit Revival: ...preliminary plans for a 25-acre mixed-use development on land it owns adjacent to [Renaissance Center]...to redevelop the mainly blighted riverfront...long on the sick list of American cities - is set for a turnaround. - John Portman (1970s); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill- New York Times

List of Chicago area’s 14 most endangered historic structures links mogul’s mansion and grungy garage- Crain's Chicago Business

Damaged historic properties do have options- Sun-Herald (Florida)

State of the Art: To meet the needs of experimental media, Wesleyan University renovates its Kevin Roche gallery. By Fred A. Bernstein - Belmont Freeman Architects [images]- Interior Design magazine

Size does matter as Peter Cook joins HOK: Archigram veteran and Stirling-shortlisted architect will next week launch a surprise career in commercial architecture- BD/Building Design (UK)

Ever decreasing circles: Are Libeskind’s architectural powers deserting him? John McKean examines the evidence" "Space of Encounter: The Architecture of Daniel Libeskind" until January 23 at the Barbican, London- BD/Building Design (UK)

Council for European Urbanism Deutschland founded at conference in Görlitz / Zgorzelec: Many participants plead for a sharper profile- International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU)

Rahmouni rocks! Designer takes Paris by storm: Algerian brings a touch of North Africa to his projects- Daily Star (Lebanon)

Irish make big impression at Venice Biennale: ...what better project to represent Ireland than O'Donnell and Tuomey's transformation of Letterfrack Industrial School? By Frank McDonald [image]- Irish Times

Greece participates in the Venice Biennale with an exhibition entitled "Paradigmata." - Aristide Antonas; Hariklia Hari; Philippos Oraiopoulos; Zafos Xagoraris- Art Daily

Metamorphosis and Transcending Hype: Observations from the Field: The Venice Biennale offers a message of optimism and exuberant anticipation for architecture in a post-9/11 world -- for the most part. By Margaret Helfand, FAIA [images]- ArchNewsNow

Chic and Green: A conversation with the architect at the forefront of moving modular prefab (and green) houses into the mainstream with Glidehouse. - Michelle Kaufmann [images]- ArchNewsNow

-- Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), Italy
-- René van Zuuk Architekten: Arcam, Amsterdam
-- Santiago Calatrava: Athens Olympic Sports Complex
-- Book: Shigeru Ban By Matilda McQuaid, Phaidon Press

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