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Today's News - April 7, 2005
A new research center makes science a part of everyday campus life. -- The malling of America re-christened "lifestyle centers": visions of Main Street(s), USA. -- Traditionalists maul Mayne over his Alaska Capitol design. -- An architect defends his fees (at approx. $71/hour...sounds pretty reasonable to us). -- Starchitect as pop star: "Gehry in all his animated glory" on "The Simpsons." -- An open (and irreverent) letter to Philip Johnson. -- Lautner's Chemosphere house returned to all its glory (Koolhaas is designing the guesthouse). -- French and Chinese architects discussing Chinese architecture. (Recommendation? Follow the French, not American "pattern.") -- No roads and no conservatives (but lots of conservation) at Arcosanti. -- For Japanese architect Hitoshi Abe early success is a mixed blessing. -- In the hands of architects, industrial metal mesh takes an artful turn.
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Discovery and Collaboration = Chemical Reaction: University of Missouri-Columbia Life Sciences Center. By Gregory Blackburn, AIA - Anshen+Allen Architects/BNIM Architects [images]- ArchNewsNow |
The Mall Goes Undercover: ...rechristening themselves "lifestyle centers." This new look may remind you of something: a vibrant urban street. [images]- Slate |
Capitol intrigue: 'Traditional' architects challenge Capitol design - Thom Mayne/Morphosis; mmenseArchitects; Marianne Cusato [images, links]- Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) |
Comment: San José bus shelter architects picking up unfair criticism: Recent articles...emphasize a lack of understanding about who architects are and what their fees include....It is easy to belittle professionals and criticize their cost. By Lewis S. Fisher/Fisher Heck Inc. Architects- San Antonio Express-News |
Culture of celebrity embraces pop-star architects: I know. I saw one on "The Simpsons." ...Frank Gehry in all his animated glory, designing a right-angles-be-damned concert hall for Springfield, hometown of Bart et al. By John King- San Francisco Chronicle |
An Open Letter to the Dean: Our irrepressible columnist takes an irreverent look at the legacy of architecture's most famous (and irrepressible) gadfly. By Philip Nobel - Philip Johnson- Metropolis Magazine |
Eight sides to this story: Perched high above the city, publisher Benedikt Taschen inhabits the John Lautner house Chemosphere, an octagonal design that's part Jetsons, part Bond and vintage L.A. Modern. - Escher GuneWardena Architecture [images]- Los Angeles Times |
Chinese, French architects talk about Chinese cities: city development has been following an "American pattern"...recommended the French pattern... - Zhang Yu; Liu Kaiji; Paul Andreu; Bertrand Lemoine- People's Daily (China) |
In your own backyard: No roads, no conservatives: Experimental community strives to become self-sustaining - Arcosanti/Paolo Soleri- ASU Web Devil |
Hitoshi Abe comes to terms with the burden of success: Winning the contract to design a 50,000-seat stadium would be a major coup for any 30-year-old architect....really a mixed blessing: "Hitoshi Abe: Body" runs until May 14 at Gallery Ma, Tokyo- Daily Yomiuri (Japan) |
Industry and Art Unite in Metal Mesh: ...objects made primarily of stainless steel wire mesh, an industrial material more likely to be seen in parking garage gates... - Shaw/Jelveh Design; Tod Williams & Billie Tsien; Jeanne Gang; Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen; Lorcan O'Herlihy- Washington Post |
Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem: A new museum tells a dark story, and then bursts through to the light. - Moshe Safdie and Associates [imagaes]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Morphosis: Cooper Union, New York City
-- Erik Møllers Tegnestue: Hotel Skt. Petri, Copenhagen, Denmark
-- Letter from the Editor: Exploring Copenhagen and environs |
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