ArchNewsNow

Home Yesterday's News Calendar Contact Us Subscribe

Today's News - Friday, April 27, 2007

Next Generation winners propose "Lunar-Resonant Streetlights" (very cool). -- Shortlist for Barnes is "a younger, more rarefied group than usual for Philadelphia." -- Hadid and Heatherwick win big in Azerbaijan. -- A preview of Chicago's Spertus Institute: "not a vanilla building." -- Updating a modernist building with "respectful lightness." -- A look at HOK's 7 towers in Songdo City, Korea. -- Johnson's Glass House is a "sleek, machined and feline as a Porsche," says Russell. -- Reconsidering memorials once again. -- Manhattan schist could be a moneymaker for 2nd Avenue Subway. -- Design is more than just "tarting up goods to boost sales." -- Weekend diversions: Campbell says Adjaye's "African Cities" is worth a look. -- King says "Robert Moses and the Modern City" is worth a read. -- Deadline reminder: Van Alen Institute New York Prize Fellowships.

To subscribe to the free daily newsletter click here

Civil Twilight Team Wins 2007 Metropolis Next Generation® Design Prize: San Francisco design collective awarded $10,000 for energy-conserving "Lunar-Resonant Streetlights" proposal. [images]- ArchNewsNow

Short list of all-star architects for the Barnes: Designers for the art museum are a younger, more rarefied group than usual for Philadelphia...list is notable for its absence of signature form-makers... By Inga Saffron -- Tadao Ando; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Kengo Kuma; Rafael Moneo; Thom Mayne/Morphosis; Tod Williams Billie Tsien- Philadelphia Inquirer

Hadid and Heatherwick win big contracts in Azerbaijan: Signature designers each win high-profile contracts in the world’s fastest growing economy- Building (UK)

The New Spertus Lightens Up: ...preview of Krueck and Sexton's spectacular new Spertus Institute, brings Chicago's Michigan Avenue historic district into the 21st Century...not a vanilla building... By Lynn Becker [images]- Repeat (Chicago)

A stylish update for a modernist beacon: Children's Crisis Treatment Center expansion plan...treads with respectful lightness on the original architecture... By Inga Saffron -- Elizabeth Fleisher/Roth & Fleisher (1949); Erdy McHenry Architecture [images]- Philadelphia Inquirer

HOK's towers of Songdo City: ...seven buildings in the new business district of Incheon, South Korea -- Kohn Pedersen Fox; Dong-Il Architects; Baum Architects [images]- Building (UK)

Peekaboo House by High-Flying Philip Johnson Opens to Public: ...Glass House...is sleek, machined and feline as a Porsche. By James S. Russell- Bloomberg News

Mortar and Memory: Virginia Tech Ponders a Building's Future: ...whether Norris Hall will be renovated, razed, or transformed into a memorial for the dead is uncertain. Memorializing other tragedies, on and off campuses, has often been a difficult process, marked by contention and tumult.- The Chronicle of Higher Education

Developers Mull Uses for Rare Rock Excavated for Tunnels: Construction on the Second Avenue subway line is kicking into gear...prompting developers, contractors, and architects to consider various uses for the rare rock that will be excavated...expensive rock, known as "Manhattan Schist," could be used for the construction of a grand project in the region.- New York Sun

Design takes over, a fly swatter at a time: It used to be all about tarting up goods to boost sales. Now, design is driving every aspect of your life. Sarah Milroy speaks to the visionaries behind the movement -- Bruce Mau; Paola Antonelli; Richard Florida; IDEO; Roger Mandle/Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); Roger Martin/Rotman School of Management; Patrick Whitney/Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) [slide show]- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Small peek at vast continent: [David Adjaye] looks home at 'African Cities'...visually stunning and worth a visit...If you go, don't miss the much smaller exhibition..."Desert Ecotourism"... By Robert Campbell- Boston Globe

Book review: He may not be PC, but he sure could plan a city: "Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York" edited by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson...a revelation that resonates far beyond the shores of Manhattan. By John King- San Francisco Chronicle

Remidner -- Call for applications: Van Alen Institute New York Prize Fellowships for experimental practice and research in public architecture; deadline: May 9- Van Alen Institute

Hudson World Bridge: An architect's proposal to span the Hudson River would be a gathering place like no other. By Fred Bernstein -- Eytan Kaufman [images]- ArchNewsNow

-- Gehry Partners: Counceling Center, Danish Cancer Society, Aarhus, Denmark
-- Winning Project: 3XN and UNStudio: Light*house, Aarhus Harbor Front, Aarhus, Denmark

Note: Pages will open in a new browser window.
External news links are not endorsed by ArchNewsNow.com.
Free registration may be required on some sites.
Some pages may expire after a few days.

Yesterday's News