Today’s News - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
● Sad news x 2: Nadine Post reports the passing of architect George Heery, 93, a "pioneer of bridging design-build," and "a powerhouse who co-founded Heery & Heery in 1952. He and his colleagues at Heery International honed their project management procedures, still used by other firms."
● Marylynne Pitz pays tribute to Christopher Monkhouse, 73, founding curator of Heinz Architectural Galleries at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh: "A visionary scholar and an ebullient, tea-drinking storyteller, he enjoyed an international reputation" (with stints at the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago).
● Kim Slowey delves into "how COVID-19 will change office, hotel, and mixed-use design" by talking to a number of knowledgeable architects (one suggestion: offer "coronavirus retrofit packages").
● Mark Alan Hewitt on "teaching the subtle and difficult art of adaptive reuse. The resistance to educating future architects on this important art must end - if our profession hopes to address some of the most urgent and socially critical issues facing the planet today."
● Richard Buday on Classicism being "shaken off its foundation," while Modernism crumbles beside it. "Both architectures may have been so stripped of legitimacy and authenticity that they're beyond redemption" - as politics continues "eating away at both isms."
● Sisson looks into "why tech moguls are obsessed with building utopian cities," but "they lack a certain perspective. Cities are messy, not a video game to master."
● Baltimore's Center for Architecture and Design, designed by Quinn Evans, is "a new design gem" in One Charles Center - "already an architectural landmark - our own small piece of Mies van der Rohe's massive legacy."
● Deane Madsen reports on the oldest university for the deaf and hard of hearing in the U.S., Gallaudet University's "massive new development" in Washington, DC, using DeafSpace, "a novel concept for space planning" intended to reconnect the school to the city.
● Snøhetta is heading "a dramatic" $35 million revamp of the grounds of Austin's Blanton Museum of Art "with refreshed landscaping and architectural features including a new central outdoor space framed by a cluster of 15 petal-shaped shading structures."
● In the U.K., the Scott Brownrigg-designed Museum of Military Medicine - a "jewel box" on Cardiff Bay - is given planning approval.
● Toronto's Winter Stations 2021 announces winning designs "to inspire Torontonians to visit the beach in the winter - once lockdown restrictions are lifted" - teams hail from Austria, the U.K., Iran, and Germany.
● Design Indaba Conference and Festival will use 2021 as a year to plan for 2022 - "social distancing requirements and the physical limitations of Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town made the event unfeasible" this year.
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Nadine M. Post: Obituary: Architect George Heery, Pioneer of Bridging Design-Build, 93: ...a powerhouse who cofounded architect-engineer Heery & Heery in 1952...that employed 600 people, when he retired from it in 1989...In 2012, Heery and 15 public and private-sector building professionals formed the Bridging Institute of America, a nonprofit education and advocacy group to promote the use of a design-build delivery contract...He and his colleagues at Heery International honed their project management procedures, still used by other firms... -- Heery International- ENR/Engineering News Record |
Marylynne Pitz: Obituary: Christopher Monkhouse, founding curator of Heinz Architectural Galleries at Carnegie Museum of Art, 73: A visionary scholar and an ebullient, tea-drinking storyteller, he enjoyed an international reputation...He was the curator of decorative arts at the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design/RISD...He “addressed the extraordinary architectural heritage of Pittsburgh” and gave it “a larger international context": Dennis McFadden...In 1995, he left Pittsburgh to work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts...In 2007, he became...Curator and chair of the department of European decorative arts at the Art Institute of Chicago.- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Kim Slowey: Post-pandemic: How COVID-19 will change office, hotel and mixed-use design: ...how each type of structure is likely to change due to COVID-19 miitgation strategies and what contractors need to know: Offices: An emphasis on collaboration; Hotels: The switch to self-serve; Multifamily: More space -- Brad Simmons/KAI Enterprises; Lesley Braxton/Perkins+Will; My-Nga Lam/Lucien Lagrange Studio; Mark Pratt/Leo A Daly- Construction Dive |
Mark Alan Hewitt: Teaching the Subtle and Difficult Art of Adaptive Reuse: The resistance to educating future architects on this important art must end: ...historic preservation has fostered more urban revitalization and sustainable growth than any other strategy...By their second or third year, architectural students falsely believe that they can’t be “creative” if they are designing additions or renovations to old buildings. Only when they leave school do they think otherwise...This has to change if our profession hopes to address some of the most urgent and socially critical issues facing the planet today.- Common Edge |
Richard Buday: Classicism Has Been Shaken Off Its Foundation: Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture? As architects discuss the aesthetic judgments thrust upon them by politics, the issue of style-as-metaphorical warrants scrutiny...History, unfortunately, provides numerous examples of violence centered on politicized architecture. So here we are, with Classicism and Modernism assigned sides...Both architectures may have been so stripped of legitimacy and authenticity that they’re beyond redemption...politics will continue eating away at both isms, leaving the profession no better tomorrow than it is today. -- Archimage- Common Edge |
Patrick Sisson: Why Tech Moguls are obsessed with building utopian cities: The smart cities imagined by today’s technology leaders - Bill Gates’ desert metropolis in the suburbs of Phoenix, the late Tony Hsieh’s Revitalization of Downtown Las Vegas, libertarian venture capitalist Peter Thiel’s (now-defunct) dream of one floating settlement in the Pacific Ocean - are perhaps best seen...as statements about their core beliefs...it only makes sense that visionary, well-equipped tech founders...should step up to City 2.0...It’s not that these tech-led cities lack vision...They lack a certain perspective. Cities are messy, but they are not a video game to master. -- Sidewalk Labs- Compsmag |
New Architecture and Design Hub Opens at One Charles Center: A new design gem is offering a place for students, creatives, and others to learn and experiment: One Charles Center is already an architectural landmark - our own small piece of...Mies van der Rohe’s massive legacy. But now, at its base, a new design gem is offering a place for students, creatives, and others to learn and experiment...Center for Architecture and Design...has been in the works for the past decade...now serves as an industry hub designed by Quinn Evans Architects.AIA Baltimore; Baltimore Architecture Foundation; Baltimore Heritage; the National Organization of Minority Architects Baltimore Chapter; SAY IT LOUD- Baltimore magazine |
Deane Madsen: Design for Signing: With a massive new development, Gallaudet University [Washington, DC] incorporates accessible features on and off campus: ...now reconnecting with the city...through a novel concept for space planning the school calls DeafSpace...[It] is the oldest university for the deaf and hard of hearing in the U.S...its 99-acre campus was relatively closed off...development encompasses four parcels of land over six acres...aims to create buildings that will be active caretakers of its students and universally accessible for the growing community around them. -- Hansel Bauman; Hall McKnight; Morris Adjmi Architects; Olson Kundig Architects; Eric Colbert & Associates; Future Green Studio- The Architect's Newspaper |
Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin shares a $35 million campus redesign headed by Snøhetta: ...a dramatic revamp of its grounds with refreshed landscaping and architectural features including a new central outdoor space framed by a cluster of 15 petal-shaped shading structures...will also include the first major public mural installation by noted Cuban-American visual artist Carmen Herrera.- The Architect's Newspaper |
Scott Brownrigg-designed Museum of Military Medicine in Cardiff given planning approval: Situated on the water’s edge, approximately 90% of the ground floor will be transparent to maintain a view of the dockside...design reflects Cardiff Bay’s cultural and industrial heritage [using] the concept of a ship or industrial container as the vessel to host the exhibits...while creating an inviting and accessible public building...a “jewel box”...- CLAD Global (Community of Leisure Architects & Designers) |
Winter Stations 2021 announces winning designs [theme: "Refuge"]: ...will be exhibited in 2021 once lockdown restrictions are lifted...Founded by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio, [competition] was conceived as a way of using design to inspire Torontonians to visit the beach in the winter. -- Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum (Austria/UK); Jack Leather & Charlie Leather (UK); Shahed M. Yengiabad, Elaheh M. Yengiabad, Alemeh M. Yengiabad & Mojtaba Anoosha (Iran); Alexandra Gries & Jorel Heid (Germany)- Canadian Architect |
Design Indaba Unveils Plans for 2021: ...it will use 2021 as a year to plan and execute multiple Do Tank projects...Conference and Festival will not take place in February 2021; instead, organizers will take the time to plan for 2022. Social distancing requirements [and] the physical limitations of Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town made the event unfeasible.- ArchDaily |
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