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Today's News - November 1, 2006
It's a case of they-said-he-said in London 2012 Olympics rift/no rift. -- The former chairman in his own words. -- A Canadian report offers city-building lessons from the U.K. -- Campus notes from all over: University College Dublin seeks EOI's for campus gateway project. -- A new study demonstrates the financial, environmental, and psychological benefits of green school design. -- Campuses use architecture to emphasize collaboration. -- Indiana campus is serious about green. -- Despite what other critics have said, Jones finds Nouvel's Musée du Quai Branly "simply thrilling." -- A close look at what the Tate Modern got right and MoMA got wrong. -- Dublin gives the go-ahead to second gateway tower. -- New trend in retail: no window shopping allowed - i.e., if you don't already know what we sell (or you're over 16), you're not welcome. -- Libeskind may be designing the biggest hotel in Copenhagen, but three big names have been invited to submit design for hotel in the best location. -- Lincoln Center has big plans for adjacent Harmony Atrium (climbing wall not included). -- Four of Melbourne's rising architectural stars are "adventurous, provocative, and media-savvy." -- Hess reflects on his hits and misses in 20 years of architectural criticism. -- Perkins + Will acquires a legendary firm. -- A bullring designed by Picasso could be on Malaga's horizon.
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London Olympics Organizers Deny Rift Over Construction Projects: ...after Jack Lemley, who quit as project leader last month, reportedly blamed political infighting for his departure. -- Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA); Robert McAlpine- Bloomberg News |
Q&A with Jack Lemley, the Boise engineer [who] resigned...his high-profile post as chairman of construction for the London 2012 Olympics...why he doesn't regret it; Boston's Big Dig; the Chunnel... [audio links]- Idaho Statesman |
Building Successful Cities: Lessons from the United Kingdom: The U.K. is impressing urban advocates with the coherent and comprehensive strategies it has adopted for building successful cities -- notwithstanding the lack of local autonomy... [free registration & link]- Conference Board of Canada |
Expressions of Interest: University College Dublin Gateway Project International Architectural Competition for cultural, academic, leisure and business facilities, representing the start of a 15-year UCD Campus Development Plan; EOI deadlline: December 6- University College Dublin |
Study Shows Energy-efficient School Design Lowers Operation Costs, Increases Test Scores and Improves Indoor Air Quality: ...detailed analysis of 30 green schools...demonstrates that the total financial benefits of green schools are 20 times greater than the initial cost... [link to full report]- American Institute of Architects (AIA) |
On Campus: Sharing Space, Sharing Ideas: The return of the roundtable to college campuses is accompanied by architect-designed buildings with an emphasis on collaboration -- Frank Gehry; Foster and Partners; Charles Correa/Goody, Clancy and Associates; Little [slide show]- BusinessWeek |
Indiana University South Bend 'building green': IUSB may seek 'sustainable' housing. -- The Troyer Group- South Bend Tribune (Indiana) |
To Timbuktu, and beyond: Critics have declared it clumsy, misguided and even racist. But, argues Jonathan Jones, Paris's new Musée du Quai Branly is quite simply thrilling -- Jean Nouvel [image]- Guardian (UK) |
Tate Modern’s Rightness Versus MoMA’s Wrongs; MoMA is a beautiful building that plainly doesn’t work. The Tate Modern is a plain one that is working beautifully. -- Herzog and de Meuron; Yoshio Taniguchi- New York Times |
Planning Permission for €800 millio Point Village Granted: ...signature building "The Watchtower" which, along with the U2 Tower, will form a maritime gateway to the city of Dublin. -- Scott Tallon Walker [image]- Archiseek (Ireland) |
Are We Shopping? Is This a Store? It’s hard to window shop without the windows. But in malls across the country, chains forgo window displays for town house look and shack chic...that make it impossible to see inside.- New York Times |
Leading Architects Design Tivoli Hotel: Foster and Partners, Pickard Chilton, and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners have each been invited to propose a design for the hotel...in the north corner of the famous pleasure gardens.- Wonderful Copenhagen |
Lincoln Center Picks Husband-and-Wife Team for Harmony Atrium Redesign: “If the climbing wall stays, we go.” -- Tod Williams Billie Tsien; Michael Bierut/Pentagram- New York Times |
Out of the box: They're adventurous, provocative and media-savvy - Gina Morris talks to four of Melbourne's new architectural stars. -- Andrew Maynard; Peter Ho/PHOOEY Architects; Simon Knott/BKK Architects; Cassandra Fahey/Cassandra Complex- Sydney Morning Herald |
A few critical hits and misses during 20 years of critiques: I've had a front-row seat for one of the greatest urban shows of the last century: the arrival of the mature suburban metropolis as the dominant urban form in America...Have I gotten it wrong or right more often? By Alan Hess- Mercury News (California) |
Perkins + Will Acquires Design Firm: CNI Design was founded in 1988 by Jo Carmen, Jay Nordsten, and Clara Igonda.- Interior Design Newswire |
Taking Picasso's Bullring by the Horns: A bullring that was the only building ever designed by Pablo Picasso may be built in the artist's home town...Malaga... (AP) -- Antonio Bonet; José Manuel García Pérez [image]- Washington Post |
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-- Design Hotels: Park Hotel Tokyo, Shiodome Media Tower, Tokyo, Japan -- René van Zuuk Architekten: Art Pavilion, The Imagination, Zeewolde, The Netherlands |
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