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Today's News - February 8, 2006

Head of U.K.'s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) says good affordable housing is not a question of aesthetics or style; "What a lot of rot," says Glancey. -- New Urbanist plans to rebuild the Gulf Coast is not about creating a playground for the rich. -- A Florida city "has the potential to be a New Urbanist paradise, then opts for too-tall condos, ignoring Duany master plan. -- A Montreal symposium examines how cities are defining themselves as "design destinations." -- Chicago architects start a movement to present alternatives to Navy Pier plans. -- Four stellar teams shortlisted for Pittsburgh's riverfront cultural district. -- Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum almost ready for its close-up. -- New memorial museum to rise in Berlin. -- Moscow slowly learning to re-use its industrial bones as "machines for art." -- Is cable car plan for Dublin's waterfront a pointless gimmick or a good idea? -- A "precious bit of paradise" in Rome is in crisis. -- Standing ovation for a chair: "the most original furniture designs in a century." -- Architecture students build machines (some even work).

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Poor people, poor homes: We are told that good mass housing is not a question of aesthetics or style. What a lot of rot. By Jonathan Glancey- Guardian (UK)

Op-Ed: New Urbanist Planning Essential To Gulf Rebuilding: Many of us...were especially offended at the suggestion their agenda was to create a playground for the rich at the expense of cultural diversity, regional tradition, and working class neighborhoods. By Ricky Mathews, Publisher, Biloxi Sun Herald, Vice-Chairman, Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal- PLANetizen

A Florida City Awaits the Payoff From Its Bet on Condos: With low-rise buildings dating back to the 1800's, Fort Myers has the potential to be a New Urbanist paradise...Some people...are concerned that wealthy condo dwellers might not save the city after all. -- Andrés Duany- New York Times

The Next Design City: Bilbao Effect: As cities worldwide increasingly count on art and architecture to draw sophisticated travelers, some are defining themselves as "design destinations." Karrie Jacobs reports from Montreal..."New Design Cities" held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture -- Commerce Design Montreal- Travel + Leisure

For Navy Pier, more thinking to be done: Fortunately, there appears to be widespread disappointment in the Chicago architecture community over the plan...and a burgeoning movement toward presenting alternatives. By Blair Kamin -- Forrec Ltd.; Chicago Architecture Foundation; RTKL- Chicago Tribune

Developer/architect teams chosen to design a riverfront neighborhood within Downtown's Cultural District. -- Koning Eizenberg Architecture/Antunovich Associates/Bower Lewis Thrower/Perkins Eastman; MVRDV/Leeser Architecture/JSA Architects; Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner/Alliance/Gehl Architects/WTW Architects; Steven Holl Architects/Field Operations/EDGE Studio- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Museum’s ‘lenses’ are slowly coming into focus: Through trial and error, Nelson-Atkins is cast in a whole new light. By Steve Paul -- Steven Holl Architects; BNIM Architects; Renfro Design Group [slide show]- Kansas City Star

Finally Filling a Vacant Lot Ravaged by Tides of Terror: The former site of Gestapo headquarters will host a memorial [Topography of Terror] examining the methods used by the Nazis to enforce their rule. -- Ursula Wilms/Heinle, Wischer und Partner- New York Times

Welcome to the machine: Moscow's construction boom has seen industrial architecture earmarked for demolition, but exciting new initiatives are bringing the city's Soviet buildings back to life [as] "machine for the arts" -- Nikita Shangin; Mikhail Khazanov; Sergei Desyatov- Guardian (UK)

Liffey [Dublin] Cable Cars - Pointless Gimmick or.... [image. articles]- Archiseek (Ireland)

A Cemetery of Poets Is in Crisis in Rome: Protestant Cemetery/Cimitero acattolico...precious bit of paradise is decaying and in financial crisis, recently added to the World Monument Fund's 2006 Watch List of the 100 most endangered sites on earth.- New York Times

A Chair That Knocks You Off Your Feet: ...this museum masterpiece -- which ranks among the most original furniture designs in a century -- on the basement level of a Washington office building...at the Japan Information and Culture Center..."Japanese Design Today 100"... By Linda Hales -- Tokujin Yoshioka- Washington Post

Iowa State University class creative — by design: Architecture students build machines, learn about the possibilities of materials [images]- Des Moines Register

Good Neighbor: Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library: A new library adds to the revitalization of a once riot-torn Los Angeles community. -- Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture [images]- ArchNewsNow

Alsop Architects: Sharp Centre for Design, Toronto, Canada

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