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Today's News - November 23, 2004
New York's other new kid on the block puts science in a magical place. -- And, as expected, more MoMA musings: "terminally tasteful"; "shed no tears for Taniguchi the Obscure" (an interview with Taniguchi in his Tokyo office); and sorely overlooked in all the brouhaha: Kohn Pedersen Fox, the firm that put all the pieces together. -- Munich says "nein" to tall buildings. -- Money, not design, may sink Berlin's Museum Island plans. -- The idea of shipping containers for housing moving ever forward into the limelight. -- In Chicago: lessons to be learned at big-box retail development conference; and clients honored for backing good architecture. -- Norwegian architect takes on city planning in China. -- Hobbit house declared a landmark. -- Buckingham Palace invites design in. -- Commercial interiors join the LEED rating system. -- Calls for entries: U.S. Green Building Awards and Affordable Communities Awards; call for presentations for 2005 ASLA annual convention.
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Second Look: New York Hall of Science: Its power undiminished after 40 years, a 20th century cathedral to science is about to be rediscovered as a luminous addition debuts this week. By Fred A. Bernstein - Harrison and Abramovitz (1964); Polshek Partnership Architects (2004) [images]- ArchNewsNow |
Science in a magical space: Architect Todd Schliemann covers all the angles while shedding light with his Japanese-inspired addition to the New York Hall of Science. By Justin Davidson - Wallace K. Harrison; Polshek Partnership Architects- NY Newsday |
Shock of the new, or chill of the morgue? The terminally tasteful new Museum of Modern Art in New York. By Hugh Pearman - Yoshio Taniguchi [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Radical Restraint: Yoshio Taniguchi's masterfully understated redesign of New York's Museum Of Modern Art shows that landmark buildings need not be brash to be brilliant- Time Asia |
Found In Translation: For the Museum of Modern Art...Kohn Pedersen Fox was responsible for translating Yoshio Taniguchi’s minimalist concept into a buildable construction. Here’s a sampling of technical solutions that are integral to the museum’s new image and experience.- The Architect's Newspaper (NYC) |
Munich Says "Nein!" To Tall Buildings: A win for democracy as vote sets height limit for Bavarian capital- International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) |
Cost may sink Berlin's Museum Island restoration scheme: "We have nothing against the architecture. It's simply a question of finance" - David Chipperfield [image]- Guardian (UK) |
Innovative Recycling of Shipping Containers Provides Needed Housing (TV Report Transcript) - Floramae McCarron-Cates/Cooper-Hewitt; Giuseppe Lignano/Lot-ek; Mark Strauss/Fox & Fowle Architects [images]- Voice of America |
December 1 Conference: “Large-Format and Big Box Retail Development: The Chicago Story”- Real Estate Center, DePaul University |
Chicago architecture honored: Chicago Architecture Foundation recognized the clients who made possible Millennium Park, new buildings at the Illinois Institute of Technology and a bold new condominium tower. By Blair Kamin - Perkins & Will; Dirk Lohan; Koolhaas; Jahn; Muller & Muller; Jaume Plensa/Krueck & Sexton; Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge; Gehry- Chicago Tribune |
Norwegian architect plans new city in China: Karl Johan Grebstad Hon Kong-based firm is planning a place to live for 180,000 Chinese.- Norway Post |
Tolkien house wins listed status: Despite having no special architectural qualities, 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford is to be a Grade II listed building. [images]- BBC News |
Royals hail bus as style at its best: Design has its day at Buckingham Palace with a Routemaster, phone box and Mini - but barely a hint of the avant-garde- Guardian (UK) |
U.S. Green Building Council Introduces LEED(r) for Commercial Interiors Green Building Rating System- Environmental News Network |
NAHB Announces Call for Entries for 2005 National Green Building Awards; deadline: December 15- National Association of Home Builders |
Affordable Communities Awards to Local Communities That Reduce Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing - US Department of Housing and Urban Development; deadline: March 15, 2005- RIS Media |
Call for Proposals/Presentations for ASLA 2005 Annual Meeting; deadline: January 14- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) |
In His Own Words: Luxembourg's New Concert Hall by Christian de Portzamparc [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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Exhibition: Yoshio Taniguchi: Nine Museums, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City |
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