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Today's News - December 20, 2004
EDITOR'S NOTE: ArchNewsNow is taking a break for Christmas...we'll be back next week. ----- The first of what will probably be many year-in-review reports. -- A symposium tackles urban design in arid regions. -- Bulldozing urban ills doesn't solve social problems. -- Open air malls really catching on. -- A web site devoted to adaptive re-use of big box stores. -- Portland condo proves quality and economy can deliver high design. -- L.A. condos conserve. -- Maya Lin's enchanting Tennessee chapel. -- Moving Barnes Museum will test Philadelphia's civic mettle. -- One more take on the new MoMA: it's a bore. -- Long Island architects take home "Archi" awards. -- NAMBIES United picks a winning design to battle the McMansion craze in Coconut Grove. -- A few informative (and amusing?) profiles: Eisenman; Foster; Sanaa; Grimshaw. -- Just for fun ('tis the season): cool gifts for under a tenner (and links to the places you can buy them). -- Two we couldn't resist (one from the ever-enlightening SPA): Holiday tips for architects.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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Review 2004: Architects around the world have been creating flashy 'look-at-me' buildings in an attempt to make their mark. By Giles Worsley - Foster; Libeskind; Alsop; Miralles/RMJM; etc. [imagrs]- Telegraph (UK) |
Second international symposium: "Urban Design in Arid Regions" Jan. 20-23, 2005- University of Arizona, Tucson |
Zen and the art of gloss maintenance: Social problems are not solved with bulldozers. By Elizabeth Farrelly- Sydney Morning Herald |
'Lifestyle centers' are in style: Open-air mall concept has taken off since the late 1990s- Ames Tribune (Iowa) |
Big Box Reuse: web site documents adaptive re-use projects around the country- Big Box Reuse |
The great leap forward: A new condo building is a bracing example of quality and economy. Developers, builders and architects, take note: There's a market for boundary-pushing Modernism. By Randy Gragg - Holst Architecture- The Oregonian |
''Conservation, Conservation, Conservation!'' Los Angeles' Elleven [$100 million condominium] First in Line with Governor's Call for Green Building - Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects- Business Wire |
Southern comfort: It's shaped like an ark and offers refuge for children. Jonathan Glancey is enchanted by a Tennessee chapel - Maya Lin; Bialosky and Partners [image]- Guardian (UK) |
City pinning big hopes on [Barnes] museum...Finding a great architect won't be easy...Whether the city finally gets it right today will depend on how well it understands its past mistakes. By Inga Saffron- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Big Deal: MoMA's coolly modern structure could leave visitors cold: ...a $425 million bore that will excite purists but put many others to sleep. By David Dillon- Dallas Morning News |
'Academy awards' for standouts in style: And the winners of [AIA Long Island] 'Archi' design honors this year are ... traditional projects that break the mold.- NY Newsday |
The design to stop the McMansions: Renowned architect's two connected pavilions were chosen as the best design to protect the easy lifestyle of Coconut Grove.By Beth Dunlop - George F. Reed; NAMBIES United (Neighbors Against McMansions: Big Invasive Eyesores)- Miami Herald |
Feuds? I've had a few: He's a Jew who is a close friend of Albert Speer's son; he's had blazing rows with Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind; he's used to having bitter arguments with his clients. And his new Holocaust memorial in Berlin has added to his controversial reputation... By Deyan Sudjic - Peter Eisenman- Observer (UK) |
Building bridges to the people: Sage concert hall and Grand Viaduc du Millau...gives Britain's best-known architect and the designer behind both, Lord Foster, considerable cause for seasonal celebration.- The Herald (UK) |
Lord Foster: The world's favourite architect. By Jay Merrick- The Independent (UK) |
Designing Spaces: Sanaa: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa never create the same building twice.- Newsweek International |
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw: Arts master: One of Britain's foremost high-tech architects has taken the presidency of the Royal Academy of Arts. Can the designer of the Eden Project put this revered, eccentric institution back on track? By Deyan Sudjic- Observer (UK) |
Double-Digit Sensation: Good & Cheap: Just in time for the holidays, a new exhibition ["Under a Tenner"] at the London Design Museum offers a wry twist on the gift of good design. By Linda Hales- Washington Post |
Holiday Tips for Architects: #19 - Do not arrive too early when catching a train/plane/coach/boat. Remember, you are an architect. It will not leave without you.- Small Practice Architects / SPA.UK |
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Zaha Hadid: Topping Out Ceremony, Ordrupgaard Extension, Ordrup, Denmark |
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