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Today's News - January 6, 2006

Big business in New Jersey and schools in Oregon go "green" and save greenbacks. -- Low-cost high tech helps bring poor rural areas into the 21st century. -- Super Bowl sparks Detroit's downtown regeneration. -- Cincinnati is a hot spot of architectural "aha" moments. -- Plans for Chicago tower threatens an architectural treasure; called "architectural taxidermy...a Disneyland type of preservation." -- In Japan, first building faces the wrecking ball in earthquake resistance data scandal. -- A rising British star to design Wexford Opera House "conceived as a secret opera house." -- Shabby charm of Philadelphia's Navy Yard is perfect for retailer's corporate identity and aesthetic sensibility. -- Architectural blessing and bomb Forgey blesses Meier's Burda Museum and calls a Washington, DC, project a smart idea that turned into a "schlocky" bomb. -- Stainless steel begins to steal the show in India. -- Ground Zero overseer faces a "daunting trio of tasks." -- Ban's Nomadic Museum being rebuilt in Santa Monica - from scratch (NYC builders were a bit too heavy-handed with their welding). -- Boston design schools are shaping the future of design education. -- Vote for the new Seven Wonders of the World from a shortlist of 21.

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It pays to be green: The "green" building fad is taking off in New Jersey...bastions of Big Business... are now building with recycled materials, conserving energy,,,a bottom-line consideration,,,- New Jersey Herald News

Green buildings start to sprout cash for classrooms: Schools are discovering that energy-efficient structures save on costs over time -- BOORA Architects; SOLARC Architecture and Engineering- The Oregonian

Low-cost lamps brighten the future of rural India: LED lighting, like cellphones, is another example of a technology whose low cost could allow the rural poor to leapfrog into the 21st century.- Christian Science Monitor

The Final Drive: Detroit has just a few more weeks to put the finishing touches on its downtown renovations for the Super Bowl...can boast of genuine improvement in a district many had given up for dead. By John Gallagher- Detroit Free Press

Designs turn the heat up on a hot spot: Greater Cincinnati's growing rep as an architectural hot spot...architectural "aha" moment, along with the foundation for architectural tourism on a seriously grand scale. Mayne/Morphosis; Libeskind; Hadid; Graves; Eisenman; Gehry- Cincinnati Enquirer

New York Life Building in jeopardy: ...developer has proposed a 50-story office tower next door that would encroach onto the footprint"It's architectural taxidermy...a Disneyland type of preservation." By Kevin Nance -- William Le Baron Jenney (1893); Lucien Lagrange [images]- Chicago Sun-Times

Demolition of Chiba apartment begins in wake of shaky condo scandal: ...in the wake of an earthquake resistance data scandal...first dismantlement to begin since the scandal arose. -- Hidetsugu Aneha- Mainichi Daily News (Japan)

Keith Williams Architects to design Wexford Opera House: ...conceived as a secret opera house, nestling into the backlands within Wexford's Medieval street pattern. [image]- Archiseek (Ireland)

Outfitting a ruin: Retailer Urban Outfitters is overhauling a Navy Yard workshop but saving its shabby charm...Rarely has an architecture and landscape design so thoroughly embodied a company's corporate identity and aesthetic sensibility. By Inga Saffron -- MS&R; D.I.R.T. Studio; SAAW- Philadelphia Inquirer

Museum Has Transparent Intentions: Richard Meier's design for the Frieder Burda Museum...is one of the architect's most satisfying creations...schlocky Gallery Place, the worst disappointment of my critical year. By Benjamin Forgey- Washington Post

Steeling the show: ... from high-profile buildings to...gleaming bus shelters down to the lowly garbage bin, stainless steel is surfacing across cities in India.- Business Standard (India)

Overseer of the Ground Zero Memorial: Anne Papageorge faces a daunting trio of tasks in overseeing the construction of the ground zero memorial, its museum and its cultural facilities.- New York Times

"Ashes and Snow" in Santa Monica: Shigero Ban‘s monumental structure of cargo containers, cardboard tubes and a million tea bags...Though the “Nomadic Museum” was designed to be recyclable, New York builders erred and welded the structure together, so it had to be “trashed"...- The LookOut (Santa Monica, CA)

Lesson Plans: Fundamental shifts in the direction of Boston design schools are shaping the future of design education. By Mark Pasnik [PDF]- Architecture Boston

7 Wonders of the World Campaign Announces 21 Finalists...selected by an international panel... -- Zaha Hadid; Tadao Ando; Cesar Pelli; Yung Ho Chang; Harry Seidler; Aziz Tayob- Interior Design LiveWire

-- Jean Nouvel: Torre Agbar, Barcelona
-- Kisho Kurokawa: Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo

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