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Today's News - November 11, 2004
Christian de Portzamparc waxes poetic about his new concert hall in Luxembourg. -- Two studies: building material shortages and cost increases and a lack of knowledge of green building standards; Charlotte wins the prize for worst sprawl. -- Is there a real plan for rebuilding Lower Manhattan? -- Denver reinvents itself with a mass transit system. -- Playa Vista had big plans; results are something else. -- Two thumbs-up for Britain's first permanent architecture gallery at the V&A. -- A new "urban metropolis" planned for Las Vegas. -- Perhaps a candidate for over-the-top architecture and "boffo hall of fame." -- Another classic building converted for living in San Francisco - a welcome trend. -- Dublin community building built strong - and with heart. -- MoMA's rooftop garden "an ironic comment on the art of landscape architecture itself." -- Architecture for Humanity wants to set down Canadian roots. -- New American Home: universal design meets Mediterranean style. -- 100 people, ideas, and trends that are worth looking forward to include LEED-meister, Gehry's vodka bottle, and prefab trailer chic.
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In His Own Words: Luxembourg's New Concert Hall by Christian de Portzamparc [images]- ArchNewsNow |
Material Shortages Driving Price Increase in Project Bidding; Executives Concerned with False Claims and Lack Knowledge on Green Building Standards According to PinnacleOne Survey of Construction Industry- Business Wire |
Study ranks Charlotte worst in sprawl: Low-density suburbs eat up farmland, increase pollution- Charlotte Observer |
Hard Choices but No Overall Plan on 9/11 Rebuilding: What does it mean to rebuild Lower Manhattan?...there is a growing sense that each decision to finance one project effectively starves another. By David W. Dunlap- New York Times |
Newcomers Reinvent Denver With an Unlikely Idea: Trains. Mass transit systems get tougher to build as cities age and grow, planners say...that logic has been turned on its head.- New York Times |
Playa Pique: Playa Vista...1,085-acre housing development immediately south of Santa Monica is a striking example of the discrepancy between bright vision and on-the-ground reality...had been one of the great promises of New Urbanism. - Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Stefanos Polyzoides, Dan Solomon [images]- The Slatin Report |
Buildings within buildings: Britain's first permanent architecture gallery opens at the mighty Victoria and Albert Museum. ...From Palladio to Zaha Hadid via Richard Rogers and Norman Foster, this is a fast 'n' friendly romp through the history of architecture. By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Architecture comes home at last: The V & A is taking architecture seriously again, with exciting plans for its own building and a thrilling new gallery. By Giles Worsley- Telegraph (UK) |
MGM Mirage plans massive Strip project: 'Urban metropolis' would contain hotels, condominiums, retail shops - Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn Architects- Las Vegas Sun |
Over-the-top architecture: But don't think that more recent times haven't given us some architectural extravaganzas as well...sure to find a place in this boffo hall of fame. By Arrol Gellner - Samuel and Joseph Newsom (1886); John Eberson (1920s)- San Francisco Chronicle |
Once a telephone building -- now a place to call home: Even if such conversions become a full-scale trend, they're not a cure for the city's housing crisis...But it's still a trend to be welcomed. By John King - Coxhead and Coxhead (1908); Huntsman Architectural Group- San Francisco Chronicle |
Strong building with a caring heart: A new [Dublin] community centre aims to achieve a balance between something that people want and something that can't be damaged. - Henchion-Reuter Architects- Irish Times |
A Rooftop Garden With Synthetic Green: Museum of Modern Art...two roof gardens...camouflage garden is an ironic comment on the art of landscape architecture itself. - Ken Smith [images]- New York Times |
Architecture for Humanity looking to start Canadian office - Cameron Sinclair- Canadian Architect |
The New American Home 2005 Blends Universal Design With Mediterranean Splendor: featured at International Builders’ Show hosted by the National Association of Home Builders, Jan. 13-16 in Orlando. - Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects; Saxon-Clark- RIS Media |
Fast Forward 2005: The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005. - Rick Fedrizzi/U.S. Green Building Council; tiered work spaces; Gehry's vodka bottle; Jennifer Siegal/trailer chic; etc.- Fast Company |
Beauty in Garbage: Naka Incineration Plant...real-time science museum and tourist destination. By Fred A. Bernstein - Yoshio Taniguchi [images]- ArchNewsNow |
Second Look: George Washington Bridge Bus Station / Pier Luigi Nervi, 1963: One of Nervi's few completed projects outside Italy is a superb example of the poetry he wrought from ferro-concrete. By Fred A. Bernstein- ArchNewsNow |
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-- TEN Arquitectos/Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos, SC: Educare Sports Facilities, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico |
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