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Today's News - February 1, 2005

More tributes to the "godfather" of American architecture. -- The rest of the news seems to have a decidedly British/Scottish accent: A timely festival examining the future of London while Lord Rogers wonders if Thames Gateway will be built by architects or vandals. -- Prince Charles imports an urban advisor from the U.S. -- Nordic countries (and Uruguay) at the top of the heap in an environmental sustainability survey. -- Scottish architects launch a sustainable building program. -- Transformations: In Shanghai, a village for creative types born from an industrial site. -- New life for London's "grubby museum mile." -- Dublin barracks to become an "urban village." -- Big plans for historic theater in New York's Harlem. -- Foster a favorite for Scottish "FBI," but not all are pleased. -- A Brit takes home the $100,000 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture awarded by University of Notre Dame's School of Architecture.

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Remembering Their Godfather: What were Philip Johnson’s greatest contributions to architecture? Thirteen architects respond. - Betsky; Libeskind; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Pelli; Tschumi; Smith-Miller; Riley; Hadid; Gwathmey; Eisenman; Vinoly- New York Magazine

Philip Johnson: A tireless promoter of new: Irreverent and controversial, the celebrity American architect's influence extended around the world, including to Canada. By Lisa Rochon- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Philip Johnson: America's champion of the new in architecture. By Christopher Grimes and Edwin Heathcote- Financial Times (UK)

Philip Johnson's synagogue design blends beauty, apology: ...more a work of art than of utility.- Journal-News (Westchester Co., NY)

Feburary 16: The Future of London festival: A one-day festival of architecture and argument at the Museum of London - Massimilano Fuksas; Future Systems; Farrell; Hugh Pearman; etc.- Future Cities Project

Comment: Dan Dare and doll's houses: Will it be the architects or the vandals who build Thames Gateway? By Richard Rogers- Guardian (UK)

Royal standard: Hank Dittmar [US transport planner] detests cars and admires John Prescott. Prince Charles's new urban design adviser talks about housebuilding, shopping malls and suburbia- Guardian (UK)

Nordic Countries Claim Four of Top Five Spots in Environmental Sustainability Survey: Finland claimed the top spot...U.S. No. 45...Britain was No. 66. (AP)- Environmental News Network

RIAS launch Sustainable Building Accreditation Scheme- Archiseek (Scotland)

Born-again buildings: Bridge 8: A lifestyle redevelopment of an industrial site, converting it into a complex housing professionals working in various creative fields, shows the way Shanghai can preserve its past instead of demolishing it - HMA Architects & Designers- Shanghai Daily

£35m boulevard to transform grubby museum mile: It would become a glamorous boulevard - Dixon and Jones [image]- Guardian (UK)

€400m Clancy Barracks [Dublin] project aims to build 'urban village' of 1,000 homes- Irish Independent

Groups Vie to Reimagine Historic Theater in Harlem: ...seven teams...are competing to reimagine the site as a major new entertainment-hotel-residential complex. - Fox & Fowle; Davis Brody Bond; Lee Harris Pomeroy/Roberta Washington Architects [images]- New York Times

Foster favourite to design HQ of 'Scottish FBI': ...not everyone has welcomed Foster’s interest.- The Times (UK)

Quinlan Terry/Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects awarded the third annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture by the University of Notre Dame's School of Architecture. [images]- South Bend Tribune (Indiana)

-- Philip Johnson 1906 - 2005
-- Book: Gehry Draws

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