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Today's News - Thursday, June 7, 2007

Hume hums about Toronto's new "urban beach." -- More on ROM: "Art meets architectural genius." -- A source of pride - for those who can afford it. -- A California museum comes in from the cold. -- How high Burj Dubai and possible competition in Bahrain. -- Balconies becoming obsolete in luxury high-rises (bigger closets the new big plus). -- A look at some contenders for the Hadrian Awards. -- Gehry's second NYC project: a playground! -- New UCLA hospital "embraces the idea that good architecture is an integral part of the healing process." -- Some thoughtful, some amusing memories of visits to the Glass House. -- Aspen Design Summit takes a break to re-group. -- A good reason to head to Australia's Gold Coast in September. -- Hume weighs in on Toronto's Pug Awards. -- One we couldn't resist: Predock inspires music for architecture ("architecture is just geology in drag").

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Reclaiming the lake with new HtO waterfront park: ...Toronto's new "urban beach" is the best thing to happen to the waterfront in decades. By Christopher Hume -- Janet Rosenberg; Claude Cormier; Siamak Hariri- Toronto Star

Lee Chin Crystal - Art meets architectural genius: Daniel Libeskind has produced is a controversial, bold and daring structure that is sure to spark the imagination. After all, great cities like Toronto must have the capacity to astonish. [images]- Jamaica Gleaner

ROM barriers crystal clear: The $262 million glass peaks will be a source of pride, but only for those who can afford the admission...for $2.5 million...I will provide an original sketch of the Lee-Chin Crystal on a napkin, this one with its long-lost heart drawn inside. -- Daniel Libeskind- Now Toronto

The museum that came in from the cold: Once a cast-off, the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) casts off its camouflage and celebrates the grand opening of its eye-catching new building -- Manuel Rosen- Press-Telegram (California)

This will be world's tallest building: ..projected final height of the Burj Dubai is officially being kept a secret due to competition...Another proposed supertall skyscraper, the Murjan Tower in Manama, Bahrain is planned to be 1,022 meters (3,353 ft) tall with 200 floors. -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM); Henning Larsens Tegnestue- Rediff India

Glass walls, but no stones: ...in many of the newest luxury high-rises, something is missing: The conventional balcony has left the building..."The word balcony in itself is obsolete"... -- Helmut Jahn; Richard Meier; Jean Nouvel; Hani Rashid/Asymptote; Toshiko Mori; Gruzen Samton (AP)- Journal-News (Westchester Co., NY)

Northern lights: From stone country houses to city blocks, Hazel Davis looks at the contrasting rivals for a big architecture prize...the Hadrian Awards... -- Nothern Architecture; Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall (JDDK); Haigh Architects; Dewjo'c; Anthony Snowden; John Moore and Partners [images]- Telegraph (UK)

This Gehry Work to Revolve Around Play, as in Ground: ...set to make his first foray into the world of monkey bars and swings with a new playground at Battery Park...- New York Times

UCLA Unveils Hospital of the Future: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center: ...embraces the idea that good architecture is an integral part of the healing process...-- I.M. Pei; C.C. Pei/Pei Partnership Architects; Perkins & Will; RBB Architects- UCLA News

Behind the Glass Wall: Memories of Life and Death in an Architectural Masterwork: In his Glass House, America’s most public architect, Philip Johnson, created an utterly transparent intimacy. [slide show]- New York Times

Design Summit takes a break: For the first time since 1951, the world's leaders in design, architecture and engineering won't be in Aspen for the annual...International Design Conference/Aspen Design Summit...Paepcke-inspired event will return next year- Aspen Times (Colorado)

International Urban Design Conference: “Waves of Change – Cities at Crossroads” will challenge us all to examine our towns and cities; Gold Coast, Australia, September 6-8- Gold Coast City Council (Australia)

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is belle of the ball: ...may be the smallest of the cultural projects now transforming the city, but so far it’s also the best...Torontonians voting in the third annual Pug Awards agreed... By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star

Loving The Alien: Getting Down to Earth With Tory Z. Starbuck: "People think it’s weird to do music for architecture, but architecture is just geology in drag."...An added influence...was Antoine Predock- Playback:stl (St. Louis)

-- Kengo Kuma & Associates: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
-- Zaha Hadid Architects: Kartal – Pendik Masterplan, Istanbul
-- LAB architecture studio: Guardian Towers, Danet Abu Dhabi, UAE

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