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Today's News - February 28, 2007

Urban infill housing project in West Hollywood is a high-style oasis. -- U.K. construction industry steps up to the plate with its own Green Buildings Council. -- Chicago and L.A. Olympic bids tempered with temporary stadium fixes "to avoid the white elephants" other host cities have suffered. -- Seattle might get taller and denser - if affordable housing is attached. -- At Clark Institute, while Ando expands, Selldorf picked to renovate. -- Artistic picks for Indianapolis Museum of Art's 100-acre park. -- Corbu show in Cleveland is a reminder that his city planning schemes weren't wrong, but the "the mediocrity of the knockoffs" he inspired were. -- A possible farewell to Chicago's Farwell Building could make other landmarks fair game for façadectomies or worse. -- With a dearth of architectural history being taught, Dyckhoff welcomes Worsley traveling fellowship. -- Kurokawa may enter Tokyo governor race, and wants city to withdraw from 2016 Olympics bid. -- Call for entries: Rose Fellowships and Europe 40 Under 40. -- New book offers words of wisdom to young architects. -- Miami, Bombay/Mumbai; Shanghai: exploring the "Art Deco axis."

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Urban Oasis: Gardner 1050: Simple forms and refined materials add high style to a speculative urban infill housing project. -- Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA)- ArchNewsNow

Construction sector rises to challenge of building eco-friendly homes of the future: Companies say going green will help the planet - and generate higher profits -- UK Green Building Council- Guardian (UK)

A makeshift idea for the Olympics: Chicago and L.A. have the same notion for the 2016 Summer Games: temporary stadiums...to avoid the white elephants that have plagued Sydney and other host cities. By Christopher Hawthorne -- Ben Wood; Goettsch Partners; David Jay Flood [images]- Los Angeles Times

Seattle may get taller — at a cost: Developers should be able to build taller than current zoning allows if they pay for public amenities such as affordable housing...- Seattle Times

Clark Art Institute selects architect for museum renovations...on the museum's original 1955 building as part of its ongoing building project. -- Daniel D. Perry (1955); Selldorf Architects; Tadao Ando- Berkshire Eagle (Massachusetts)

Artists Chosen For Indianapolis Museum of Art's [100-acre] Fairbanks Art & Nature Park -- Mary Miss; Marlon Blackwell; Edward L. Blake- Inside INdiana Business

Former assistant finishes Le Corbusier's last work: ..."Architecture Interruptus"...at the Wexner Center for the Arts...a reminder that the problem with so many buildings and city planning schemes inspired by Le Corbusier lies not with the architect's work itself, but the mediocrity of the knockoffs it inspired... By Steven Litt -- Jose Oubrerie- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Endgame: Is the Fix in for the Farwell? The end of the Farwell Building is as close as March 8th, the date of a special Commission on Chicago Landmarks session called to reverse a January Commission vote stopping demolition. By Lynn Becker -- Philip Maher (1920s); Lucien Lagrange Architects- Repeat (Chicago)

The man who prized history: Tom Dyckhoff welcomes a travel fellowship in memory of the critic Giles Worsley that will encourage the study of the architectural past- The Times (UK)

Architect Kisho Kurokawa may enter Tokyo governor race: ...intends to push for the withdrawal of Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games and would promote the relocation of the functions of the capital.- Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

Call for entries: 2007 Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowships to increase the quality and quantity of affordable housing and improve the quality of life for residents in their communities; first deadline: April 1- Rose Fellowhip

Call for entries: Europe 40 Under 40 Architecture and Industrial Design Awards; deadlines: August 1 (architecture), October 1 (industrial design)- Chicago Athenaeum/European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies

Book review: Words of wisdom on design: In his new book [“Letter to a Young Architect"] architect Alexandros Tombazis advocates environmentally respectful buildings- Kathimerini (Greece)

Far East of South Beach: A new book and a recent Miami Beach event highlight the connections between three cities that have a lot to learn from each other...The Art Deco axis...Miami, Bombay/Mumbai; Shanghai -- Navin Ramani; Rahul Mehrotra; Ben Wood [images]- The Slatin Report

Herzog & de Meuron: Forum, Barcelona, Spain

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