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Today's News - July 19, 2005
Swarthmore's green science center is a campus magnet. -- Gehry and Grand Avenue: Norman Lear Center and LA Times (with unusual spot of humor) put out a call for ideas for 16-acre park. -- At least the Serpentine Gallery offers an outlet for adventurous architecture in London. -- Manhattan's Penn Station plan (finally) pulls a team together. -- British team beats out the big names in arctic base competition. -- Finalists selected for transformation of Charlottesville, VA, trailer court into a "green" - and affordable - community. -- More on Meier's San Jose City Hall: a "metaphor for government transparency" (too bad it's just a metaphor). -- Home runs too easy to hit in Philadelphia: whose fault is it anyway? -- Time for Portland to consider exporting its "creative economy." -- Hadid wins in Nicosia - but will it be built? -- Call for entries for Seniors Housing Awards. -- The man behind the design of "little houses made of ticky-tacky" - not as ticky-tacky as they were once considered.
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Rethinking Form and Function: Swarthmore College Unified Science Center becomes an intellectual and social magnet for an entire campus. -- Einhorn Yaffee Prescott; Helfand Architecture [images]- ArchNewsNow |
Commentary: Grand Internvention: Pump genius into our park...Long before the sure-to-be iconic Gehry building was announced, the park-to-be had attracted a wish list of civic hopes...it's not too late to bust things open for an eruption of creative energy... By Martin Kaplan -- Rockwell; Rybczynski; Moule; Polyzoides- Los Angeles Times |
Think Again, Please: The Times Opinion Manufacturing Division has embraced [Martin Kaplan] essay's call for a new round of brainstorming about what to do with the 16-acre park that will be the Grand Avenue project's centerpiece...Norman Lear Center will shepherd submissions. [links]- Los Angeles Times |
Editorial: Yes to more Gehry: The Grand Avenue project now anchors Gehry to Los Angeles and its architectural future. Having taken so long to embrace him, the city now can't imagine letting him go.- Los Angeles Times |
...where [has] our spirit of adventure gone: Disgracefully, Britain can boast no buildings by most of the great modern architects....In this depressing context, one must applaud the Serpentine Gallery's determination to commission summer pavilions by a whole range of adventurous architects. -- Alvaro Siza/Eduardo Souto de Moura; Hadid; Libeskind; Niemeyer- New Statesman (UK) |
Penn Update: Moynihan Moves -- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum/James Carpenter Design Associates; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [images]- The Slatin Report |
Team Chosen for Project to Develop [$930 million] Transit Hub: Farley Post Office/Moynihan Station...project includes not only a train station but also a major block of space for retail, office or residential use. -- Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum/James Carpenter Design Associates- New York Times |
Base on skis wins polar contract: The British Antarctic Survey's new base will be produced by an engineering and architecture consortium in the UK...RIBA is staging an exhibition featuring the leading entrants... -- Faber Maunsell/Hugh Broughton Architects [images/video]- BBC (UK) |
Urban Habitats Competition Jury Selects Finalists: ...realistic, innovative, universal models for multifamily housing that prevent gentrification and displacement. -- Chris Genter/Susanne Schindler; Metropolitan Planning Collaborative; Anderson Anderson Architecture [images]- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville/Charlottesville Community Design Center |
San Jose City Hall: With light-infused design, Meier sought metaphor for government transparency- Mercury News (California) |
Homer haven: The Philadelphia Phillies' park is taking hits for its dimensions. But is there a solution? -- Ewing Cole/HOK Sport- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Portland has design expertise; it must learn how to export it...the creative economy here is arguably one of our only major economic growth sectors. By Randy Gragg -- Felt Hat; Portland Design Exchange; Tom Kundig; Kathryn Gustafson- The Oregonian |
A modern vision for Nicosia: first prize was given to...Zaha Hadid and her associates Christos Passas and Saffet Bekiroglu...With the proposed plans Nicosia and Eleftheria Square in particular will be a polar of attraction...Don’t hold your breath though...- Cyprus Mail |
Call for Entries: NAHB 2006 Best of Seniors Housing Awards Design and Marketing Compeition; deadline: September 30- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) |
The wizard of Westlake: The concept may be nearly extinct in the Bay Area, but Ed Hageman designed homes for people who never thought they could afford one [images]- San Francisco Chronicle |
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-- Under construction: Raimund Abraham: JingYa Ocean Entertainment Center, Beijing, China
-- Randall Stout: Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
-- Design Hotel: Niall D Brennan & Associates: The Morgan, Dublin, Ireland |
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