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Today's News - March 16, 2005
Concrete Canvas: an inflatable cement tent as an emergency building. -- Sydney has big plans for redevelopment, but could be heading for big headache. -- Auckland mayor takes on "shonky development and bad architecture." -- Canada finding new life for decommissioned military bases. -- Right note/sour note for Piano in L.A. and NYC. -- New and renewed Murphy Jahn's in suburban Chicago. -- Philly tower by Pelli with grand plans to reinvigorate a neighborhood. -- The last Anglican cathedral almost finished: "It is Gothic. Perpendicular Gothic, to be precise..." -- A Disney-esque theme park on the banks of the Ganges - with Indian mythological characters instead of Mickey Mouse. -- The European Commission lowers the boom on architectural competition and bidding processes. -- An interdisciplinary colloquium convenes to examine how the 60s shaped Montreal. -- Green building awards for housing - and dollhouses. -- We couldn't resist: a California gas station restroom fit for Vegas (ya gotta see it to believe it).
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Need a Building? Just Add Water: A pair of London engineers designs [Concrete Canvas] an inflatable cement tent to use as an emergency building. [images]- Wired magazine |
Psst: Sydney's future is on the line: The State Government has big plans to redevelop areas of the city, but Elizabeth Farrelly is yet to be convinced.- Sydney Morning Herald |
Mayor Hubbard serious on city design: An attempt to halt shonky development and bad architecture passing for urban renewal in Auckland City is being launched... - Gordon Moller; Julie Stout- New Zealand Herald |
Old bases soldier on as mixed-use areas: Decommissioned military sites finding new life- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art will expand and renovate: $156 million plan includes new Broad Contemporary Art Museum. - Renzo Piano- Press-Telegram (California) |
Landmarks Panel Questions Whitney Museum Plan: ...so far failed to persuade them of the need to demolish two Madison Avenue brownstones to make way for a museum expansion... - Renzo Piano- New York Times |
[Murphy] Jahn Goes On: In suburban Chicago, one developer plans a green Jahn, while an ower wants greenbacks for an older Jahn. [images]- The Slatin Report |
Philadelphians Take In Rare Sight: A Tower Rising: the building promises to propel efforts to reinvigorate the riverfront and University City neighborhood... - Cesar Pelli [images]- New York Times |
Return of the Goths: the last Anglican cathedral is nearly finished. And built to last 1,000 years. By Hugh Pearman - Stephen Dykes Bower (1943-88); Gothic Design Practice [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
NRI support for hi-tech Indian mythological park: Ganga Dham...to be set up in India on the lines of Disneyland with characters like Hanuman instead of Mickey Mouse.- Express Newsline (India) |
Public procurement: European Commission acts to enforce EU law in Spain (procedure used in the architecture competition), UK (Holyrood contracts), Portugal and Italy...- European Commission |
Montréal at Street Level: an interdisciplinary colloquium to investigate how Montreal’s cultural identity was fundamentally redefined in the 1960s. March 31 - April 2 (registration by March 24)- Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) |
NAHB Announces Winners Of 2005 National Green Building Awards - Perkins Eastman Architects- National Association of Home Builders |
Winners are announced for "The Green Dollhouse Competition": Exhibition Of Winning Designs To Take Place At Various US Venues Through 2006 [images]- Green Dollhouse Project |
One Lavish Lavatory: West Covina gas station offers regular fuel but a supreme restroom worthy of a glitzy Vegas hotel. Patrons rave after a view of the loo. - Nassar Moghadan [images]- Los Angeles Times |
Home-grown: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner Takes on the World [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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