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Today's News - April 19, 2006
Industrial beauty and a "ribbon in the sky" in NYC and U.K. -- Suburban boundaries sprawl everywhere. -- In Philadelphia (and elsewhere), city center living is good, but what about schools? -- NYC loves architects. -- It's time to bring the U.N. building back to the future. -- Chicago's Freedom Museum might be a bit too gray, but it tells an important story. -- Foster does Madrid. -- Architects in Bangkok to offer free house designs at Architect Expo in May. -- An ode to Seidler (be sure to read the comments). -- Conferences in Australia and California offer heroism and trends. -- A new book peeks behind the Stirling Prize scene. -- Bauhaus Kolleg offers EU urbanism. -- Survey shows workers want a hand in the design of their spaces (should we be surprised?).
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High Line Aspirations: The Park of the Future: Q&A with Joshua David, co-founder of...nonprofit group behind this unusual and innovative urban transformation. By Andrew Blum [podcast]- BusinessWeek |
The unpronounceable masterpiece of the Industrial Revolution: Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct...a a ribbon of water in the sky...a 200-year-old prefabricated structure of supreme elegance and durability. By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Save the world: Miami-Dade considers cropping in on precious farmland by changing boundary line... As suburbia sprawls farther out past the suburbs, more than just the earth is turned...it is also happening all across the country. By Beth Dunlop- Miami Herald |
Schools left behind in Center City boom: They are priced out of the market, delaying expansion as waiting lists grow. Condos and dining are not enough. By Inga Saffron- Philadelphia Inquirer |
City of Design: Architects Love NY: Planning Commission chair Amanda Burden is helping to make New York a great place for architects from around the world...talks about how good design, and bringing architects to New York, is good for economic development. By Andrew Blum [podcast]- BusinessWeek |
Building for the future: The UN headquarters is an architectural reminder of international collaboration and deserves to be brought back to full, functioning life...a glorious time warp, an international wonderland... By Jonathan Glancey -- Wallace K Harrison; Le Corbusier; Oscar Niemeyer- Guardian (UK) |
Freedom's Just Another Word for Another New Museum: New York couldn't get its Freedom Museum off the ground. Chicago's is already open. By Lynn Becker -- VOA Associates; Gallagher & Associates [images]- Repeat (Chicago) |
Norman Foster to design two Madrid buildings...in the new Justice Campus being created in the capital in the Valdebebas Park.- Typically Spanish |
15 architecture firms preparing to offer housing designs for free...to prospective homebuilders attending Architect Expo 06 organised by the Association of Siamese Architects May 2-7- Bangkok Post |
Harry Seidler - a man who lived by real values: ...legacy is the reminder that we can always work towards something better, something beyond and something more beautiful.- On Line Opinion (Australia) |
Designs on reaching for the stars, not being one: Heroism was rather the order of the day at this month's Royal Australian Institute of Architects conference, in an art-school black kind of way. By Elizabeth Farrelly -- Wolf Prix/Coop Himmelb(l)au; Clive James- Sydney Morning Herald |
Radical Craft: The Second Art Center Design Conference: A few themes emerged...revealing some undercurrents of activity and intention that may come to be recognized as "design trends" before long. -- Chee Pearlman; Maurice Cox; Wolf Prix/Coop Himmelb(l)au; applied minds; Stefan Sagmeister;- Core77 |
Stirling stories: Which buildings should have won? What do judges get up to on the big night? And why do we even need the Stirling Prize? Ellen Bennett digs for dirt in a new book celebrating the award's 10th anniversary -- Wilkinson Eyre; Sudjic; Cullinan; Giles Worsley; Grimshaw; Alsop- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Bauhaus Kolleg: EU-Urbanism: ...will examine the effects of the expansion of the European Union on cities and urban culture in Eastern Europe; application deadline: July 31- Bauhaus Dessau Foundation |
87% of workers believe they should help design their workplace...new survey shows- Online Recruitment (UK) |
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Legorreta + Legorreta: Sheraton Abandoibarra Hotel, Bilbao, Spain |
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