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Today's News - September 19, 2005
DVDs: Corbu would be pleased. -- China begins an "experiment in ecologically balanced living." -- "The Incredibly Bold, Audaciously Cheesy, Jaw-Droppingly Vegasified, Billion-Dollar Glam-Rock Makeover of Coney Island" (we couldn't top that headline). -- Alsop "audacious" in Edmonton (and up against Stout, Hadid, and Erickson). -- Wexner Center's extreme makeover: "Architects expect buildings to have faults, like children" Eisenman mused. -- Big plans for Brooklyn Bridge park - but only for those with big bucks? -- Welsh Assembly HQ finally assembled (it took long enough). -- Kansas City decides to keep new arts center's great sightlines. -- A new whaling museum is a "magical architectural space." -- A Deco treasure in Manila wins big. -- Shotgun houses: "one of the prime reasons that New Orleans matters architecturally." -- A new book reconsiders Saarinen. -- Shared angst: Rochon lunches with Pollack and Gehry. -- Small dollhouses with big, green dreams.
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Building in Green: Can China move 400 million people to its cities without wreaking environmental havoc? Eco-urban designer William McDonough says yes—and Beijing is listening.- Newsweek International |
The Incredibly Bold, Audaciously Cheesy, Jaw-Droppingly Vegasified, Billion-Dollar Glam-Rock Makeover of Coney Island: A first look at its not-preposterous future. -- Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects [images]- New York Magazine |
A thrilling daydream trip through four possible futures: Alsop's audacious Edmonton Art Gallery-in-a-bag ensures competition is no rout for Stout -- Hadid; Erickson [image]- The Edmonton Journal (Canada) |
Extreme Makeover: Museum Edition: In extensively renovating the Wexner Center...Ohio State University trod gingerly, striving to preserve Peter Eisenman's architectural intent. -- Arup [images]- New York Times |
Proposed Brooklyn Park Draws Class Lines: Some of the most spectacular views of the city are being offered to wealthy New Yorkers who will reside in towers above the proposed Brooklyn Bridge park. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; James Carpenter Design Associates [images]- New York Times |
Made in Wales: After a tortuous inception, Richard Rogers' controversial Welsh Assembly is with us at last. By Jonathan Glancey [image]- Guardian (UK) |
Plans revive arts center’s original site: Proposed Lyric Theatre location dropped in favor of return to vision for 16th and Broadway...Decision lauded, but questions remain. -- Moshe Safdie [image]- Kansas City Star |
On Nantucket, a whale of a museum: Enchanting design helps tell story of historic industry...This is a magical architectural space. By Robert Campbell -- Martin Sokoloff; Amaze Design; A-Point Design- Boston Globe |
Pride of Place: Far Eastern University campus in Manila wins Unesco 2005 Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Award. By Augusto Villalon -- Pablo Antonio (1939); Pablo Antonio Jr.; Augusto Villal˘n [image]- Philippine Daily Inquirer |
Shotgun house a unique, ingenious and dazzling style: ...one of the prime reasons that New Orleans matters architecturally. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune |
Reconsidering Eero: Saarinen died young and very much out of critical favor, but the judgment of history seems to have turned for this long-neglected master. Q&A with Jayne Merkel, author of new book "Eero Saarinen" [images]- Metropolis Magazine |
Will build to shoot: ...Sydney Pollack has made an intimate documentary about his long-time friend Frank Gehry. Lisa Rochon talks to the director and his subject- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
From small houses...big ideas: Homes Built for Dolls Showcase "Green" Materials, Methods -- Anderson Brule Architects; Andrea Traber Architecture + Sustainability; Hermannsson Architects; Yasuo Tokuoka; Laura Schwartz & Associates; Murdock Young Architects [image]- Mercury News (California) |
Op-Ed: Modern Ironies: Notes on Losing the Bunshaft's Travertine House (1963). By Kenneth Caldwell [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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