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Obituary: Giorgio Cavaglieri, Urban Preservationist, 95: ...helped start and define the city’s preservation movement... Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village...generally regarded as the first real instance of successful historic preservation in New York City.- New York Times |
Obituary: Denis Kuhn, 65, Restored New York Landmarks...Not all projects look to the past. -- Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects- New York Times |
Culture shines in city rivalries: The Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne are increasingly being seen as setting the creative benchmark, sparking Sydney's envy as Melbourne reaps 20 years of big-picture city planning that has encouraged innovative architecture... -- Richard Florida; Elizabeth Farrelly- Brisbane Times (Australia) |
Finalists announced: Winner to design Museum of Science and History. By David Dillon -- Thom Mayne/Morphosis; Shigeru Ban; Polshek Partnership; Snohetta; Ralph Appelbaum- Dallas Morning News |
Die Another Day: The cycle of codependence between critics and stars does a disservice to both public and profession alike...Here we go again. A celebrated firm...completes a long anticipated project...the building is not perfect. Architecture is hard — they’ll do better next time. Right? By Philip Nobel -- Diller Scofidio + Renfro- Metropolis Magazine |
Transplant Recipient: Copenhagen’s waterfront gets new life with a planning infusion from Amsterdam. By David Sokol -- Sjoerd Soeters; Jørgen Bach/Arkitema; Force4 [images]- Metropolis Magazine |
For the People: Restoring Philadelphia's 'Hidden' Schuylkill: "Other cities are celebrating their riverfronts, and that's what we're trying to do now.'' -- Joseph Syrnick- Bloomberg News |
Architects visit their foes' citadel: New Urbanists...have arrived in Philadelphia for the annual Congress for the New Urbanism...have stormed the great citadel of Modernism: the PSFS Building... By Inga Saffron -- George Howe/William Lescaze (1932); Duany Plater-Zyberk- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Town in country - battling sprawl: "Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville" by Witold Rybczynski...casts an unsentimental eye on New Urbanism and shows how market forces conspire against its admirable, progressive goals. By Inga Saffron [slide show]- Philadelphia Inquirer |
For Sale: Condo With Chicken Coop: Catering to Americans' desire to live "green," developers around the country are creating communities on or adjoining farms...[not] necessarily in the boondocks. Some are in suburbs or near cities. [slide show]- Wall Street Journal |
Brown’s ‘eco new town’ will fail green test: Northstowe to be ‘nowhere near’ zero carbon- Building (UK) |
Quest for green, yet engaging, public building: ...the fact this "mine's greener than yours is" rumble is happening is a good sign...Sydney is crying for a comparable gesture: tangible proof that buildings can be seriously green and seriously engaging. By Elizabeth Farrelly -- Richard Francis-Jones- Sydney Morning Herald |
Fairfax County Ponders Restrictions on Big-Box Stores: ...looking at making big-box stores build up instead of out, fit better into existing neighborhoods and leave less of a blemish on the environment -- and the eye.- Washington Post |
An over-the-top restoration: Condo hybrids Vancouver's latest housing innovation ...bold contemporary condos discretely placed on top of restored historic buildings. By Trevor Boddy -- Gair Williamson [images]- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Healing Architecture: More and more hospitals in India are realising the importance of healing architecture...The Three Ns...nature (green plants), natural light and natural air... -- HOSMAC; RRP Architects; Edifice [images]- Express Healthcare Management (India) |
House that council rejected twice by the city's planning board has won a major design award: "I think this serves as a lesson to them and it shows that we [architects] do know what we're doing." -- Richard Murphy [image]- The Scotsman (UK) |
24th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Award Winners Represent Best of Global Design Community: 20 Winners from 6 Countries [images, links]- International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) |
Eminent design: A small, youthful team of architects from Milwaukee has won two of the top three 2007 Design Awards from AIA Wisconsin... By Whitney Gould -- Johnsen Schmaling Architects; AG Architecture; HGA; KEE Architecture; Zimmerman Architectural Studios; Potter Lawson; Kubala Washatko; Kahler Slater [slide show]- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Under Construction: Zaha Hadid Architects: Cagliari Contemporary Arts Centre, Cagliari, Italy |
