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Today's News - Thursday, September 20, 2007

LEED-ND pilot project taking root in Florida. -- Czech Republic's first low-energy housing hits south Bohemia. -- A British design guide for sustainable communities. -- Farrelly on Australians' tidiness syndrome and the "revenge of the shinies.," -- A call for the right lights Edinburgh's architecture. -- Plans for a steel and glass pyramid atop an Alpine peak. -- Prague's newest hotel is a real perl. -- Hanoi's architectural past inspires the future. -- In Miami's Design District a condo of cubes owners configure. -- An Irish house that hides in plain sight. -- Now design is selected, a row rises around Omagh memorial. -- Britain's first vertical theme park. -- New sculpture building newest addition to Yale's environmental agenda. -- Mostafavi on future of Cornell's College of Architecture and the politics of change. -- Gluck is outspoken as he points the way to socially responsible practice. -- Gorlin on his "seamless" career. -- First look at Chicago's 2016 Olympics logo.

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Green Neighborhood Planned In So. Florida: From the grounds of Plantation's Fashion Mall, one of the country's first green communities will rise...321 North...new LEED for Neighborhood Development [LEED-ND] pilot program -- ADD Inc,; ID & Design International; EDAW; WET Design [links]- NBC 6 WTVJ (Florida)

Low-energy housing hits south Bohemia: Borová Lada project reportedly is first of its kind in the Czech Republic...The Environment Ministry has tried for years to get more eco-friendly projects jumpstarted. -- Adam Rujbr- The Prague Post

Key design guide goes on web: English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation launch new Urban Design Compendium in print and online...design guide for creating quality places that are sustainable and promote community cohesion.- Building (UK)

Neat, tick. Tidy, tick. On the brink of death, tick: ...in Sydney, a grave tidiness outbreak in the '70s turned the city from a bustling provincial town...into a glassy, refrigerated CBD...Now, the same symptomatology has struck the Rose Bay waterfront...It is all dreadfully well-intentioned...Tidy, but hideous. Revenge of the shinies. By Elizabeth Farrelly- Sydney Morning Herald

City needs some bright ideas: It seems that when it comes to lighting up at night, Edinburgh simply can't get it right...has been blasted for "indifference" to showcasing its architecture at night...- The Scotsman (UK)

High-living Swiss plan to make a mountain out of little Matterhorn: Steel and glass €100m (£70m) pyramid for Alpine peak to take it above 4,000 metre mark - and attract wealthiest tourists -- Heinz Julen; Mario Botta; Herzog & de Meuron- Guardian (UK)

New jewel shines in Old Town: Shimmering Hotel Perla...practically everything in the newly opened hotel can be traced back to the gem. -- Mimolimit [images]- The Prague Post

Looking for future inspiration in the past: Hanoi’s rich architectural heritage is providing inspiration for today’s architects as the city rapidly develops...Ernest Hebrard’s arrival in 1921, after which the profile of French architecture in Hanoi changed dramatically. -- Hang Vuong Huy/Archipel- NhanDan (Vietnam)

Self-made condo conversions: This condominium complex takes a bottom-up, user-generated approach to constructing residential space. -- Oppenheim Architecture & Design [images]- Business 2.0

An Irish House Hides in Plain Sight: This house blends in, in a way a classic pitched-roof cottage does not. -- Dominic Stevens [images]- New York Times

Omagh memorial in inscription row: Any new memorial to victims of the 1998 Omagh bomb must represent what really happened, relatives have said. -- Sean Hillen/Desmond Fitzgerald [links to images]- BBC News

Tripod promises thrills in Birmingham: Designs for Britain's first vertical theme park [VTP200] are backed by the leader of Birmingham City Council -- RTKL/Arup/WSP [images]- Building (UK)

Sculpture building opens for Architecture School: ...a landmark piece in terms of Yale’s environmental agenda. -- KieranTimberlake- Yale Daily News

Mohsen Mostafavi Gives Views on College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) Future: ...his views on the school’s soon to be constructed building, the politics of change, and the future of the college. -- Koolhaas/Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)- Cornell Daily Sun

Peter Gluck’s Social Work: An outspoken architect points the way to socially responsible practice by building his own designs. [images]- Metropolis Magazine

ArchRecord Interview: Alexander Gorlin: ...his career has marked a “seamless” progression in scale. [slide show, video]- Architectural Record

New Chicago 2016 logo unveiled: Chicago’s desire to land the 2016 summer Olympic Games has taken the form of a six-pointed star. -- VSA Partners [image]- Crain's Chicago Business

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