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Today's News - Thursday, October 18, 2007

Newark on course for a major rebound after decades of decline. -- Litt has high hopes for Cleveland's first urban project to be designed by "star-quality architects." -- Landscape architecture students team with Wisconsin's American Indian tribes to bring "affordable" and "green" a little closer together. -- BMW Welt megastore opens in Munich (not much text, but lots of pix!). -- Nobel's reappraisal of Kahn: he's "reminded that works of architecture realized in honest concert with gravity cannot be matched by any Disney Hall." -- Fatima's new church accommodates huge throngs. -- Perhaps it will be a hot topic at Yale's "What Makes a Space Sacred?" conference next week. -- Another performing arts center for L.A. almost ready for its close-up. -- Hume ruminates on the three shortlisted designs for University of Toronto law school. -- Jacobs digs deep into the sad state of America's infrastructure. -- A special report on office interiors (lots of eye candy). -- Some familiar names nominated for Prince Philip Designers Prize. -- Alsop's "most audacious career move to date." -- Czech architect has a golden touch in restoring Prague's cityscape. -- Top 10 from London Design Festival. -- Call for entries: 3rd Urban Revision competition: Re:Store; and 2008 Dulux Colour Awards. -- Deadline reminder: City of the Future deadline looms. -- How could we resist: world's first toilet house will be in Korea (only $50,000/night!).

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Delirious Newark: Mayor Cory Booker is determined to exploit planning strategies and the real estate market and to help the long-struggling city rebuild after decades of decline. Developers, businesses, and, most importantly, potential residents are paying attention. By jeff Byles -- Toni Griffin; Max Bond/Davis Brody Bond; Regional Plan Association (RPA); SMWM; Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates; Justice and Sustainability Associates; Chan Krieger Sieniewicz; Mies van der Rohe; Barton Myers [images]- The Architect's Newspaper (NYC)

It's official: Developers for the new Triangle project in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood are the first in the city's history to hire star-quality architects to design a major urban residential project. By Steven Litt -- Saitowitz Natoma Architects; de Leon/Tehrani/Office dA; City Architecture; Moussavi/FOA Architects; Maas/MVRDV- Cleveland Plain Dealer

UW offers more ‘green’ for less: UW-Madison landscape architecture department, professional advisors and Wisconsin’s American Indian tribes make local reservations energy-efficient...bring “affordable” and “green” a little closer together.- The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

BMW Welt (World) megastore opens in Munich: ...described as a "car delivery and experience center." -- Coop Himmelb(l)au [images]- Motor Authority

Between Noise and Light: The Yale University Art Gallery triggers a reappraisal of Louis Kahn’s message. ...there’s a more lasting satisfaction in being reminded that works of architecture realized in honest concert with gravity...cannot be matched by any Disney Hall. By Philip Nobel -- Polshek Partnership; Joel Sanders- Metropolis Magazine

Fatima’s giant church is hiding no secrets: ...€80 million (£54 million)...new Church of the Holy Trinity can accommodate nearly 9,000 worshippers. -- Alexandros Tombazis [image]- The Times (UK)

"What Makes a Space Sacred?" to Be Pondered at Three-Day Yale Event October 25-27: "Architecture for Worship in the 21st Century" and "Constructing the Ineffable: Contemporary Sacred Architecture" -- Safdie; Tigerman; Eisenman; Scully; Beeby; Moneo; Meir; Holl; Hadid; etc.- Yale School of Architecture/Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School

The Westside of L.A. gets another star: A new performing arts complex at Santa Monica College's satellite campus nears completion. -- Renzo Zecchetto; Jaffe Holden Acoustics- Los Angeles Times

A law school site to `make spirit soar': ...University of Toronto law faculty will get what it wants, not just what it needs. By Christopher Hume -- Hariri Pontarini; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB); Saucier + Perrotte- Toronto Star

Without Redundancy: As the interstate highway system ages, are other failures inevitable? Maybe the problem that caused the I-35W bridge to fall isn’t just a bad gusset plate, or the effect of 40 years of road salt...but the result of a grand infrastructural undertaking launched at the exact moment when we stopped building things to last. By Karrie Jacobs- Metropolis Magazine

Special Report: Office Interiors: Enabling Innovation Through Office Design; High-Tech Interiors; Do You Work in a Zoo? etc. -- Design Alliance; Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle; TPG Architecture; Studios Architecture; Gensler; VOA Associates; HOK; etc. [images, slide shows]- BusinessWeek

Runners announced for Prince Philip Designers Prize: -- David Chipperfield, David Gentleman (graphic design); Robin Levien (product design); Jonathan Ive (Apple); Ron Arad (furniture design); Shelley Fox (fashion)- Design Week (UK)

Goldschmied to bail out Alsop from SMC: Troubled practice in jeopardy as it faces loss of star designer to ex-RRP [Richard Rogers Partnership] partner...most audacious career move to date.- BD/Building Design (UK)

Ladislav Lábus' golden touch: Czech architect has made a career out of restoring Prague's cityscape...finds "a good border between what's old and what's new" in all his projects.- The Prague Post

Specs and the city: Marble tables, lavish loos, a spectacle chandelier ... the London Design Festival crackled with talk of pricey one-offs and eco-friendly products. Ian Tucker picks the 10 entries with the most vision- Observer (UK)

Call for entries: Re:Store: How can all trade be fair trade? How can we find healthier ways to make exchanges in urban settings? 3rd in a series of six competitions designed to inspire ideas for a sustainable city block; registration deadline: January 15, 2008- Urban Revision

Deadline reminder: City of the Future: A Design and Engineering Challenge; submissions due November 9- The History Channel

Call for entries: 2008 Dulux Colour Awards; deadline (projects must be in Australia): February 28, 2008- Dulux Australia

World's first toilet house to be built in Korea: Guests will be able to rent the pan-shaped house to raise money for the Korea Toilet Assocation -- Sim Jae Duck [images]- Building (UK)

Morphosis: United States Federal Building, San Francisco -- Thom Mayne

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