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Today's News - Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Will it be back to the drawing board for Miami's Bicentennial Park? -- Bayley's blissful musings on Liverpool's graceful to garish to grandiose architecture. -- New bling for Dallas skyline (weather reports included). -- Hume fumes over Toronto's single-story creep and growing suburbanization. -- Despite complaints, Dhaka University defacing its architectural heritage. -- Santa Monica neighbors get riled over plans for modern in historic district. -- Prefab gaining clout in U.K. -- Billy Graham Library "is not very illuminating" (though kids will like the cow). -- ROM's new piano will be in the key of Libeskind (and a pix to prove it). -- The Wright stuff drawing crowds to Florida Southern College. -- Inventive recycle bins may be in store for Springfield, MO. -- More voices raised in protest to Chinese artist sculpting Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial (never mind the architect is the nation's oldest women/minority-owned design firm). -- Boddy sees the future of urban development in the Urban Development Institute (UDI) award winners. -- King ponders San Francisco's oil spill and welcomes two new books. -- Hawthorne starts a series walking the streets of L.A. with those who see the cityscape in unusual or provocative ways. -- 2007 American Architecture Awards Winners on view in NYC. -- Call for entries (U.K. only): Next Generation Architects. -- Editor's note: we hear NYC is considering a "pigeon czar"...doesn't every city have one?!!?

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Revised Miami Museum Park plan to be unveiled: Miami city officials are concerned that plans for a redesign of Bicentennial Park are too elaborate and pricey...tussle over the plan reflects different notions of what a city park should be. -- Cooper, Robertson & Partners; Civitas; Herzog & de Meuron; Grimshaw [image]- Miami Herald

Grand Designs: From the graceful to the garish and the grandiose, Liverpool's unique architectural character is the key to its past - and future. By Stephen Bayley -- Edwin Lutyens; Gilbert Scott; John Foster Jr.; Jesse Hartley; Walter Aubrey Thomas; Briggs and Wolstenholme; Willink and Thicknesse; Denys Lasdun; YRM; Gerald Beech; WilkinsonEyre; César Pelli; Piers Gough; Harvey Lonsdale Elmes; 3X Neilson [slide show]- The Times (UK)

Fitting squarely into skyline trends: New downtown buildings are saying 'look at me' in lights...Dallas' latest pieces of skyline bling... -- Morrison Seifert Murphy [video link]- Dallas Morning News

City sleeps as single-storey stores creep: ...not squander land with one-floor retail and junk food outlets. These structures, which highlight the growing suburbanization of the city, are inappropriate and wasteful. By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star

Dhaka University (DU) Defies Building Rules and Codes: Defacing the distinct features of architectural works...Though leading architects and academics expressed concern...authorities have never paid heed to their concern. -- Muzharul Islam (1954) [images]- The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

In historic district, a conflict builds: A resident's plan to erect a two-story modern structure in Santa Monica's Ocean Park area riles neighbors. -- Michael W. Folonis- Los Angeles Times

Prefab clout: Are Huf houses good enough to beat off their younger, cheaper rivals -- Huf-Haus; Scandia-Hus; Swedish House Company; Baufritz; Dan-Wood- The Times (UK)

At Billy Graham Library, Man and Message Are One and the Same: ...overall effect is not very illuminating, presuming devotion rather than creating it. -- Jenkins, Hancock & Sides; Itec Entertainment- New York Times

In the key of Libeskind: From the architect behind the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, a 16-foot-long piano may become a showstopper...ROM is also awaiting delivery of a stairwell chandelier... [image]- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Tourism Force: Wright Designs Draw as Many as 30,000: Florida Southern College's collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture...the world's largest collection of his architecture... [images]- The Ledger (Florida)

Evolution of an Enterprise, Chapter 27: GRN:BOX competition, sponsored by the Young Architects Forum and meant to bring unique recycling bins to downtown Springfield. -- Mitchell/Mardis/theworkshop 308; Harrold/Dake-Wells Architecture; Hood/Selser Schaefer Architects [images]- Springfield Business Journal (Missouri)

California NAACP, Black Artists Protest Asian Sculptor for King Memorial: ...protesting the selection of a Chinese artist as the lead sculptor of a giant statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D.C., instead of a black artist. -- McKissack & McKissack- BlackAmericaWeb.com

Kudos for campuses and condos: The major themes shaping urban development are on display in this year's UDI [Urban Development Institute] awards. By Trevor Boddy [slide show]- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Oil spill reaffirms how the place shapes us and we shape the place: ...I welcome two recent books that make the connection in fresh ways..."The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area" by Richard Walker; "After the Storm: Bob Walker and the East Bay Regional Park District" by Christopher Beaver... By John King- San Francisco Chronicle

Blogger Geoff Manaugh [Bldgblog] sees L.A. through the sights and sounds of Culver City: Its studios, geology, social scene serve as a microcosm of what makes the metropolis. By Christopher Hawthorne- Los Angeles Times

2007 American Architecture Awards Winners on View in New York: ...includes work by 34 firms: Among them, Olson Sunberg Kundig Allen Architects; Marmol Radziner + Associates; ArchLAB; Jonathan Segal Architects; Morphosis; and Pentagram Architecture; November 15-December 14...- Interior Design Newswire

Call for entries: Next Generation Architects and Pipers Award (U.K. only); deadline: December 14- The Architecture Foundation (UK)

-- Coop Himmelb(l)au: BMW Welt, Munich, Germany
-- Pascal Arquitectos: Mourning House, Mexico City

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