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Today's News - February 22, 2006
Destroying architecture is now a war crime (per article yesterday, perhaps Moscow's mayor should pay heed). -- Melbourne housing estate design a copy? Architects are livid, but "copyright a grey area when it came to landscape architecture." -- Hong Kong scuttles plan for one of the world's largest cultural centers - not a fair deal for developers. -- Movie studio has big plans (and a billion dollars) for Long Island City waterfront. -- Asia Society goes global; starchitects included. -- Montreal's white elephant airport may become a swan. -- A "political activist masquerading as an architect" wants to see affordable housing on the covers of magazines. -- A traveling exhibit of affordable housing solutions. -- In Qatar, a design conference calls for Arab architects to stop "heritage cloning." -- Hadid wins Beirut project - not just for the prestige. -- Gehry at his "most thoughtful, sensitive and...Canadian." -- A traveling exhibit of affordable housing solutions. -- Architectural League Emerging Voices 2006 to be heard in NYC and Washington, DC. -- One we couldn't resist: An Oath for City Planners, Developers and Architects.
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Rocked to our foundations: The wanton destruction of culturally important buildings is now a war crime: This is an important moment, argues Robert Bevan in his powerful new book, The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War.- The Times (UK) |
Melbourne arbours ideas that our architecture's a steal: ...that love-it-or-hate-it structure that looks like steel dinosaur ribs covered in bougainvillea – has been copied for a Melbourne housing estate. And the designers of the South Bank Arbour are livid. -- Denton Corker Marshall [image]- The Courier-Mail (Australia) |
Hong Kong Halts Plans for Arts Center: The decision is a setback for several major museums... Pompidou Center...Guggenheim...Museum of Modern Art had been vying for the right to run museums at the cultural center... -- Foster & Partners [image]- New York Times |
Silvercup Studios Sets $1 Billion Complex: ...six-acre project on the Queens waterfront...soundstages, commercial space and housing...will incorporate the restoration of the landmark New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company building. -- Richard Rogers Partnership [image]- New York Times |
Asia Society Plans Bold Projects to Increase Its Global Presence: ...more than $100 million in new projects, including a $52 million center in Hong Kong designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien and a $40 million center in Houston by Yoshio Taniguchi.- New York Times |
Mirabel may take off as theme park: Can the white elephant that is Mirabel airport become a swan? French investors are prepared to stake at least $100 million that it can...spacious terminal converted to an indoor activity centre called AeroDream (Reveport) by 2007.- Montreal Gazette |
Creating dignity by design: “Wouldn’t it be great to see affordable housing on the covers of magazines, built within the necessary budgets?”..."political activist masquerading as an architect"... -- Dan Pitera/Detroit Center for Collaborative Design- National Catholic Reporter |
Weisman Art Museum hosts HOME House Project, showcases designs for affordable living: The traveling exhibit has brought the issue of affordable housing to the forefront.- Minnesota Daily |
Arab architects "should shun heritage cloning": Thought-provoking presentations on the current conflicts in Arab architecture, intricacies of branding...were among the highlights of Tasmeem Doha 2006, the third annual international design conference... -- Khaled Asfour; Bruce Mau; Mario Gagliardi; Ibrahim al-Jaidah- Gulf Times (Qatar) |
Zaha Hadid to build Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB [American University of Beirut]: ...design was ultimately chosen for its attention to detail on all fronts - not just because of the prestige attached to having a Hadid building on the campus. [image]- The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
Gehry doesn't expect more T.O. projects: But architect ex-pat still loves hockey...Art Gallery of Ontario...is Gehry at his most thoughtful, sensitive and - dare one say it? - Canadian. By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star |
Architectural League Emerging Voices 2006: for the first time, lecture series will be presented in NYC and Washington, DC in collaboration with the National Building Museum. -- Eric Bunge & Mimi Hoang/nARCHITECTS; Teddy Cruz/estudio teddy cruz; Jeanne Gang/Studio Gang Architects; Annie Han & Daniel Mihalyo/Lead Pencil Studio; Mark Goulthorpe/dECOi; George Yu/George Yu Architects; Thomas Bercy & Calvin Chen/Bercy Chen Studio; Frank Escher & Ravi GuneWardena /Escher GuneWardena- Architectural League of New York |
Oath for City Planners, Developers and Architects: May I have the right to not have to live in one of my own buildings. Were I given good fortune to live to be almost 100, may I know when to stop designing... By Edward Lifson- Chicago Public Radio |
Symbol and Celebration: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture: Modern design, vibrant colors, and symbolic interior elements help create a new cultural destination in Baltimor's Inner Harbor and museum district. -- The Freelon Group/RTKL [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Unveiling: Frank O. Gehry: Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Institute,Las Vegas
-- Saucier + Perrotte: Menkčs Shooner Dagenais, Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montreal |
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