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Today's News - February 13, 2007

A satisfaction survey shows how important the arts are to small Canadian cities. -- King's offers a reality check re: AIA's Top 150. -- Egos, pathos, and tense spectacle still swirling around Gazprom City. -- Gardner just a bit disappointed with new addition to Manhattan's Museum Mile. -- Germaine Greer doesn't take to libraries that "trumpet cleverness." -- South Miami puts a temporary moratorium on McMansions (not all are pleased). -- Nashville and Elgin, IL, have big riverfront dreams. -- A Delhi "superbly" blends architecture and healthcare. -- Ikea U.S. HQ walks the talk. -- A new Miami condo will be "an organic building shaped by natural forces." -- 12 teams win competition to build energy-efficient healthy demonstration homes across Canada. -- Dyckhoff's take on
Aalto channeled by Ban. -- Q&A with architect and author of "Towards an Ethical Architecture." -- Hume has high praise for the art of architectural rendering. -- Call for entries: a mixed-use trade center in Tehran, and abstracts for international urban design conference.

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Satisfaction Survey Suggests Arts Critical to Quality of Life of Small Cities- Newswise

When it comes to the tops in architecture, it's all about how it makes people feel: ...reality check for me isn't the Top 150...It's the Other 98 -- the also-rans that were nominated by architects but didn't get enough votes to make the list of favorites. By John King- San Francisco Chronicle

Redesigning the Power Vertical: Gazprom Threatens St. Petersburg’s Skyline...The clash of egos and pathos made for a tense spectacle, but Gazprom’s financial and political motivations alone are likely to determine whether – and how – the project will proceed. -- Libeskind; Koolhaas/OMA; Fuksas; Nouvel; Herzog & de Meuron; RMJM- Russia Profile

African Art Joins the Museum Mile: Surely, it is not bad in its present configuration, but it could be far better. By James Gardner -- Robert A.M. Stern- New York Sun

Flashy libraries? I prefer to get my adventure out of the books not the building...Cavan library shares some important motifs with Peckham... but the building doesn't trumpet its cleverness. By Germaine Greer -- Will Alsop; Alice Bentley/Shaffrey Associates- Guardian (UK)

Moratorium to prevent `McMansions': Some South Miami residents Tuesday applauded...Others called the decision an example of government trumping property owners' rights.- Miami Herald

Selling ambitious $390 million [Nashville] riverfront plans likely to require a lot more ambition -- Hargreaves Associates- Nashville Business Journal

Deal for riverfront work on Elgin’s table: City poised to pay architects for plans, study to overhaul dilapidated area -- Hitchcock Design Group [images]- Daily Herald (Chicago)

Let`s run to the hospital: Delhi's Max Devki Devi hospital...intelligent architecture blending superbly with healthcare. -- Wood Associates- Business Standard (India)

Home Sweet Office for Ikea’s Workers: A space that takes cues from Swedish design to brighten the darkness...United States headquarters provides a homelike setting and a showcase for its home furnishings lines. [images]- New York Times

Fort-Brescia named architect for Regalia...an oceanfront condominium... -- Arquitectonica [image]- Coral Gables Gazette (Florida)

Canada's New Government Congratulates Winners of EQuilibrium Competition to Develop Energy-Efficient Homes: 12 winning teams will build energy-efficient healthy demonstration homes across the country. [links]- Canada NewsWire (CNW)

Celebrating the Finn de siă cle: A new exhibition puts an obscure Finnish architect back on the 20th century’s map......an architect whose work has come of age..."Alvar Aalto through the eyes of Shigeru Ban" By Tom Dyckhoff- The Times (UK)

An Ethical Plan: Vancouver architect Gregory Henriquez discusses his approach and attitudes towards the importance of the architect's ability to engage and empower a community..."Towards an Ethical Architecture"... [images]- Canadian Architect

Reality rendered: They promise a place of perfect buildings, perfect people and perfect weather: How the economic boom has made artistic rendering an art in itself. By Christopher Hume [images]- Toronto Star

Call for entries: International competition to design mixed-use Iran Industrial Trade Center in Tehran; 1st prize: €16,000, 2nd prize: €12,000, 3rd prize: €8,000; registration deadline: March 27 [in English and Farsi]- Melli Industrial Group

Call for abstracts: “Waves of Change – Cities at Crossroads” for International Urban Design Conference; deadline: March 20- Gold Coast City Council (Australia)

In Their Own Words: Abu Dhabi Cultural District: How Gehry, Hadid, Nouvel, and Ando envision their cultural venues on Saadiyat Island. [images]- ArchNewsNow

-- 3XN: Music Building / BIMhuis, Amsterdam
-- Eric Owen Moss Architects: The Stealth, Culver City, California

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