Today’s News - Thursday, September 12, 2019
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● Walker and #OurHomesOurVotes2020, a coalition of 600 organizations, tell the presidential candidates ahead of tonight's debate: "It's time to talk about housing." At last week's climate town hall, all 10 "were well-prepared on climate issues. Now they need to do the same for the U.S.'s affordable housing crisis."
● Wainwright reviews "Push," a "powerful documentary about a UN investigator travelling the planet to get to the bottom of the global housing crisis," and "lays bare a $217 trillion scandal."
● Sisson delves into how "hardening' schools exacts a financial and psychological toll on students. A security-industrial complex is already forming - is it an architecture of protection, or an architecture of resignation?"
● Lauer & Ayers, of Climate Smart Missoula and Loci Architecture + Design respectively, look into how "local architects have responded to the call for urgent, near-term global carbon emissions reductions by reframing the conversation on building materials," the value of deconstruction over demolition, and the "opportunity to weigh in on the next version" of Montana's statewide building codes.
● How wind energy is causing a big waste challenge: "While most of a turbine can be recycled or find a second life on another wind farm - there aren't many options to recycle or trash turbine blades," but efforts are underway to figure out what can be done with the gigantic things.
● KCAP + Felixx win the competition for the redevelopment of Shenzhen's coastline, severely damaged by the Mangkhut typhoon last September, with a proposal for "a barrage system to ensure future resilience" with "6 strategic projects" along the 32-kilometer coast.
● On Saturday, Pace Gallery opens its Bonetti/Kozerski-designed "game-changing global flagship in the heart of Manhattan's art world" with "a new kind of machine for displaying and selling art."
● Lam reports that yesterday, the Canadian Centre for Architecture announced a major leadership change: After 15 years, director Zardini is stepping down, and chief curator Borasi, who "plans to push forward with types of content that go beyond the museum's walls," steps in - "actively fostering a global network of collaborators" ("The CCA will still have a main door," sayeth she).
● A good reason to be in Sydney for the rest of September: 2019 Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class led by masters.
● A good reason to head to Washington, D.C. next week: the ULI's 2019 Fall Meeting, focusing on the latest industry trends.
● ICYMI: ANN feature: Miguel Baltierra: Report from the 2019 North American Passive House Network Conference: Of particular value were presentations by Passive House practitioners, developers, and city agencies who have advanced PH implementation in their own practices and businesses - and in public policy.
Weekend diversions:
● Kamin x 2: A fab round-up of the Top 10 in Chicago architecture this fall, including new skyscrapers and the 3rd Chicago Architecture Biennial ("Mies houses, in period style and in lights" - cool!).
● He's quite taken with MASS Design Group's Gun Violence Memorial Project at the Chicago Cultural Center that challenges "the narrative that gun violence is solely confined to young African American men who belong to gangs" - and the two Chicago mothers of slain sons who were instrumental in making it a reality.
● Everything you need to know about the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, titled "...and other such stories."
● The Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 shortlist announced - and on view at London's Design Museum, curated by Beatrice Galilee and designed by Pernilla Ohrstedt in "a space that reuses the past year's installation."
● Dunmall cheers "Original Bauhaus" at the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin that "stands out for its refreshing approach. Without being deferential, it manages the rare task of breathing new insights and experiences into a movement that is at times too referenced for its own good."
● For "For Forest," Klaus Littmann plants a forest of 300 trees in an Austrian football stadium: "Putting trees in an unorthodox situation" can "be interpreted as an artistic sculpture, or a philosophical symbol of life."
Page-turners:
● Weinstein cheers Kieffer's "The Evolution of a Building Complex: Louis I. Kahn's Salk Institute for Biological Studies": "A book this ambitious could have been as daunting to approach as its subject, but Kieffer's awareness of Kahn's humanity as well as his art keeps it inviting - a rarely seen face of Kahn, as pragmatically flexible as steadfastly poetic."
● Reiner-Roth's Q&A with Diana Agrest re: the intention behind publishing "Architecture of Nature/Nature of Architecture," and "how its contents may be a valuable resource to academics and practicing architects alike."
● Peters praises photographer Fair's "On the Edge" that documents "how sea-level rise is slowly eating away at coastal communities and landscape" along the U.S. East Coast.
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Alissa Walker: Candidates: It’s time to talk about housing: Affordable housing advocates push for the topic to take center stage at tonight’s debate: As last week’s climate town hall began, it was immediately clear that the candidates had done their homework. All 10 front-running presidential candidates were well-prepared on climate issues...Now the candidates need to do the same for the U.S.’s affordable housing crisis...no housing questions were asked at the first or second debates...a coalition of 600 organizations known as Our Homes Our Votes 2020 sent a letter to the debate’s moderators asking them to address the...crisis...Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to propose funding cuts for critical housing programs.- Curbed |
Oliver Wainwright: "Push" – a whirlwind tour of rocketing rents and personal tragedy: This powerful documentary, about a UN investigator travelling the planet to get to the bottom of the global housing crisis, lays bare a $217 trillion scandal: ...follows Leilani Farha’s forays into the bleak depths of the global housing crisis, as she attempts to unpick exactly how we got here...director Fredrik Gertten accompanies Farha on a whirlwind tour of personal tragedy and corporate greed ..providing sage guidance in her quest, are the voices of sociologist Saskia Sassen and economist Joseph Stiglitz...- Guardian (UK) |
Patrick Sisson: Mass shootings, school design, and the architecture of resignation: “Hardening” schools exacts a financial and psychological toll on students: Increasingly, those seeking a solution to these senseless acts have turned - without many other places to go - toward architecture, design, and the built environment...big fear is that for districts with smaller budgets and less resources, security will come first...A security-industrial complex is already forming around this pressing issue...As school design evolves, is it an architecture of protection, or an architecture of resignation? -- Julia McFadden/Svigals + Partners; Matt Slage/TowerPinkster- Curbed |
Caroline Lauer & Sarah Ayers: Sustainable Missoula: Green building materials can reduce Missoula’s carbon footprint: ...some of our local architects...have responded to the call for urgent, near-term global carbon emissions reductions by reframing the conversation on building materials...Momentum is building as the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has decided to explore CLT [cross-laminated timber] and Tall Wood Building provisions in their building code update...materials are an important consideration at the end of a building’s life, too. Deconstruction...has many benefits over a traditional demolition approach...there’s an opportunity to weigh in on the next version of statewide codes. -- Climate Smart Missoula; Loci Architecture + Design; MMW Architects- Missoula Current (Montana) |
Unfurling The Waste Problem Caused By Wind Energy: While most of a turbine can be recycled or find a second life on another wind farm, researchers estimate the U.S. will have more than 720,000 tons of blade material to dispose of over the next 20 years...There aren't many options to recycle or trash turbine blades, and what options do exist are expensive...recycling turbine blades is more regulated in countries that have had wind power for decades...Karl Englund...of Global Fiberglass Solutions...believes he's found a way to recycle blades by grinding them up...can be used for decking materials, pallets and piping...for rural areas looking for an economic boost, Rob Van Vleet thinks his risk of recycling just might pay off.- NPR / National Public Radio |
KCAP + Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners Win the Competition for the Redevelopment of Shenzhen’s Damaged East Coast: ...the revitalization of the coastline of Dapeng, severely damaged by the Mangkhut typhoon in September 2018. The winning proposal developed a logic of “Triple dike strategy”, a barrage system to ensure future resilience...divided into 6 strategic projects, along the 32 kilometers of coastline...every area has a different purpose and responds to specific future needs.- ArchDaily |
Pace Gallery Unveils a Game-Changing Global Flagship in Manhattan: In the heart of the city’s art world, the new Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture-designed space signifies an ambitious new chapter for the gallery: As New York’s Chelsea neighborhood continues its post–High Line makeover as a luxury real estate haven, some of the biggest galleries have an answer: Go bigger. On September 14, Pace will unveil a 75,000-square-foot, eight-story building created to be “a new kind of machine for displaying and selling art"...- Architectural Digest |
Elsa Lam: From Zardini to Borasi: [Yesterday] the Canadian Centre for Architecture announced a major change in its leadership. Director Mirko Zardini...to be replaced by...current chief curator, Giovanna Borasi...A question that has come up often during Zardini’s tenure is: where is the Canadian in the Canadian Centre for Architecture? Zardini is unapologetic. He feels that pleasing local architects was less important than developing the CCA as an independent, critical, and global voice...Borasi plans to push forward with types of content that go beyond the museum’s walls...actively fostering a global network of collaborators...“The CCA will still have a main door.”- Canadian Architect |
2019 Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class: September 15-29, Australia; led by Murcutt, Brit Andresen, Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Lindsay Johnston; only 32 places available to practising architects, academics, postgraduates and some senior architecture students. -- Architecture Foundation Australia- Architecture Foundation Australia |
Latest Industry Trends are Focus of ULI’s 2019 Fall Meeting, Set for September 18-21 in Washington, D.C.- Urban Land Institute (ULI) |
Blair Kamin: Top 10 in Chicago architecture this fall: New skyscrapers and the return of the biennial: It’s a biennial year, as in Chicago Architecture Biennial ["...and other such stories”], which means a cornucopia of architecture and design exhibitions. Also on the horizon this fall: New towers that have altered the skylines [and the reopening of the old Chicago Post Office...Modernism in Mexico @ Art Institute of Chicago; Mies van der Rohe houses, in period style and in lights @ Elmhurst Art Museum; etc. -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM); Antunovich Associates; Rafael Vinoly; Gensler; McGuire, Igleski & Associates; Wiss Janney Elstner; MacRostie Historic Advisors; Chicago Architecture Center; Lee Bey; “Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City"- Chicago Tribune |
Blair Kamin: 2 Chicago mothers whose sons were slain champion memorial to hundreds of victims of gun violence: ...consists of four small houses...Within the honeycomblike walls...artifacts can be placed and viewed from both inside and out...it is timely, with Congress debating proposed gun control measures...Designed by...MASS Design Group...the Chicago project [at the Chicago Cultural Center] is a prototype that its architects hope will evolve into a permanent display...the architects are challenging the narrative that gun violence is solely confined to young African American men who belong to gangs...Named the Gun Violence Memorial Project, the memorial will likely draw criticism from gun-rights advocates. thru January 5, 2020- Chicago Tribune |
2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial: The third edition of the Biennial, titled “...and other such stories”, explores the way architecture shapes, and is shaped by, culture, history, and nature around the world, asking critical questions about how architecture has informed our present, and the power the field has to shape a better, more sustainable, and more equitable future. -- Yesomi Umolu; Sepake Angiama; Paulo Tavares- Chicago Architecture Biennial |
Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 shortlist announced: ...exhibition at London’s Design Museum - curated by Beatrice Galilee and realised by Pernilla Ohrstedt with graphics by Zak Group - visitors are invited into a space that reuses the past year’s installation. thru February 9, 2020 -- Ensamble Studio; Philippe Rahm architectes/mosbach paysagistes/Ricky Liu & Associates; Studio Tom Emerson/Taller 5 JuilleratManrique; Louise Carver; Junya Ishigami; Zachos Varfis; Sameep Padora and Associates; Hildrey Studio; Rotor/Architectural Association; Diller Scofidio + Renfro/Rockwell Group; Angelo Candalepas and Associates; DnA_Design and Architecture; MAIO; 6a architects; Ghassan Jansiz; Amale Andraos & Dan Wood/WORKac- Wallpaper* |
Giovanna Dunmall: What is an original? A new Bauhaus exhibition investigates: "Original Bauhaus"...at the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin manages not only to hold its own but stand out for its refreshing approach...it revolves around 14 case studies...and explores them through heretofore unseen materials, both originals and reproductions...cleverly begs the question: what is an original? ...several digital stations where you can work on some of the Bauhaus’ preliminary course exercises...Without being deferential, [it] manages the rare task of breathing new insights and experiences into a movement that is at times too referenced for its own good. thru January 27, 2020- Wallpaper* |
Klaus Littmann plants forest in Austrian football stadium: ...has planted 300 trees...as a "memorial" to the environment in the anthropocene era. "For Forest" is replica of a European forest that has been transported to Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt...to be interpreted as an artistic sculpture, or a philosophical symbol of life...Putting trees in an unorthodox situation is intended as a challenge viewers perception...trees will be re-planted on a plot the same size close to the stadium... thru October 27- Dezeen |
Norman Weinstein: "The Evolution of a Building Complex: Louis I. Kahn’s Salk Institute for Biological Studies" by Jeffrey Kieffer: The tale he tells illuminates design issues extending beyond this masterwork and makes this study compelling reading for more than followers of Kahn...analyzes several Kahn projects before it...chapters clarify Kahn’s fascination with utopianism, spiritual mysticism, and transcendental philosophy...A book this ambitious could have been as daunting to approach as its subject, but Kieffer’s awareness of Kahn’s humanity as well as his art keeps it inviting...Kieffer has presented a rarely seen face of Kahn, as pragmatically flexible as steadfastly poetic.- Architectural Record |
Shane Reiner-Roth: The Conflict Between Nature and Architecture: an Interview with Diana Agrest: How should an architect situate their work against the natural environment? ...[the] highly influential theorist and long-time professor at The Cooper Union school of architecture, is the latest to challenge common attitudes towards the built and natural environments by considering their interchangeability...Her newest book, "Architecture of Nature/Nature of Architecture," collects the student work of Agrest’s eponymous studio...Q&A re: the intention behind publishing the book, and how its contents may be a valuable resource to academics and practicing architects alike.- Archinect |
Adele Peters: The East Coast is sinking under water - this photographer is documenting it as it disappears: In “On the Edge,” photographer J. Henry Fair shows how sea-level rise is slowly eating away at coastal communities and landscapes: ...focuses on his home state of South Carolina, where Fair worked with local pilots...to take aerial shots near the water’s edge...has also visited sites like a nuclear power plant in New Hampshire...already at risk from saltwater degrading its concrete walls.- Fast Company / Co.Design |
ANN feature: Miguel Angel Baltierra: Report from the 2019 North American Passive House Network Conference (NAPHN19): Of particular value during the two-day conference were presentations by Passive House practitioners, developers, and city agencies who have advanced PH implementation in their own practices and businesses - and in public policy.- ArchNewsNow.com |
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