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Today's News - August 4, 2005
U.S. Green Building Council wins prize for construction innovation. -- Meanwhile, the New York Times HQ decides seeking USGBC LEED certification "is not worth the cost or the fuss." -- San Francisco's future as foreseen 46 years ago riles readers today. -- Ripping roofs off of malls: "lifestyle centers" gaining favor in suburbia. -- Lots of poetic prose for planned glass skyscraper in Leeds (but no mention of who designed it). -- A new classic in the works for Manhattan's classical Central Park West. -- Rome finds a site and architects for Holocaust Museum. -- New efforts raise hopes for Wright's Ennis House. -- Hooked on Case Study Houses. -- A look at the "roles architects should play in public policy-making." -- Q&A with an architect-turned-planning commissioner. -- An interview with Nathaniel Kahn. -- Seidler is an Australian - again (it only took 19 years).
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U.S. Green Building Council to Receive 2005 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology: USGBC to be Honored at Reception and Program October 24 at the National Building Museum- Yahoo News |
At [New York] Times Tower, Great Gray Lady Gets Less Green: ...decided that it is not worth the cost or the fuss to get [LEED] certified -- Renzo Piano/Fox & Fowle Architects; Norman Foster; Cook + Fox Architects- New York Observer |
Readers riled up by a Bay Area that never was: Even after 46 years, a stack of theoretical maps can stir the emotions. By John King- San Francisco Chronicle |
Malls, alfresco: Quaint stores, shaded walkways, and grass update shopping centers...''lifestyle centers"...are gaining a foothold in suburbia -- Gorman Richardson Architects; Shook Kelley- Boston Globe |
Leeds thinks big with 520ft glass skyscraper: Most ambitious project yet in regeneration of city centre will include shops, offices and homes- Yorkshire Post Today (UK) |
Tall and Shorter Towers Set for Mayflower Site: ...full block between Central Park West and Broadway...$1 billion project secret for months...designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and S.L.C.E. Architects... [image]- New York Times |
Rome to build Holocaust museum at Mussolini's villa (AP) -- Luca Zevi and Giorgio Tamburrini- Ha`aretz (Israel) |
Three Groups Join in Effort to Save Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House: striking 1924 building in Los Angeles suffered critical damage in a 1994 earthquake and again in heavy rains last winter. [image]- New York Times |
A Modern dream come true: Michael LaFetra is passionate about restoring 20th century classics, but his latest project is something new: building Pierre Koenig's last design. -- Schindler; Abell; Kappe; James Tyler [images]- Los Angeles Times |
Architecture and Public Life: George Metzger, AIA, president of the Boston Society of Architects explores the ways in which our elected and appointed leaders intentionally or inadvertently shape the design of public buildings...and the roles architects should play in public policy-making. [audio]- Architecture Radio |
Q&A: Santa Monica Architect Hank Koning Talks About His New Role as Planning Commissioner -- Koning Eisenberg [images]- The LookOut (Santa Monica, CA) |
An interview with Nathaniel Kahn ["My Architect"] in Edinburgh- Archiseek (Scotland) |
Architect a born-again Aussie: Harry Seidler will have his Australian citizenship reinstated 19 years after he lost it.- The Age (Australia) |
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-- Santiago Calatrava: Fordham Spire, Chicago
-- Moshe Safdie: Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, Jerusalem
-- Pugh + Scarpa: Solar Umbrella, Venice, California |
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