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Today's News - Monday, July 21, 2008

-- ArcSpace brings us Williams and Tsien at Lincoln Center, and Calatrava's Jerusalem bridge. -- The most walkable American cities (and why). -- Bishop and Florida continue their discussion re: cities - what new trends mean for the future of places. -- Lewis on brain power vs. computer power: "digital might doesn't ensure great architecture" (and some examples that, for him, prove it). -- CABE criticizes U.K. school designs: the future looks "mediocre" and "not yet good enough." -- Auckland City's urban design champion, hired to "halt shonky development and bad architecture passing for urban renewal," weighs in on "alien" hotel plan. -- An eyeful of the boldest Boston building projects that never got off the drawing board.-- Q&A with Koolhaas on just about everything. -- Farrelly is left with an almost warm, fuzzy feeling about Australian Institute of Architects' NSW Awards. -- Glancey weighs in on Stirling Prize shortlist: "They are all, if not exactly hip, rather cool." -- Pearman weighs in on H&deM's Tate redesign: it's turned into architecture. -- Kamin has high hopes for a national public housing museum: "Not all public housing was high-rise. And not all the stories are bad ones." -- Why green roofs should not be the first item to be value-engineered: more than "eco-bling." -- A look at the American firms who are exporting the classic college campus: where and why. -- Dyckhoff is practically deliriously delighted that the "Great British Pier is finally back." -- Russell reviews MoMA's "Home Delivery": "a wildly ambitious display of the pleasures and peculiarities of prefabricated houses." -- How could we resist: North Korea's unfinished 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel ("the worst building in the history of mankind") back under construction (though some think it might collapse). -- Calls for entries: Next American City Urban Leaders Fellowship Program. -- Sarasota's Round Building Reuse International Ideas Competition. - Up-cycle waste material in the Make Some Green International Competition. -- 2008 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence.
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2008_07_21.htm - Monday, July 21, 2008

Today's News - Monday, April 23, 2007

Massachusetts expects developers to go green. -- NYC's "Blueprint for a Greener City." -- A German town creates its own energy. -- Do Brits really not believe in climate change, or is it how the message is being delivered? -- Blame it on the middle class who are not the "eco-consumers we all need." -- Take heart: AIA COTE Top 10 Green Projects. -- A new Manhattan - in Tokyo. -- Chicago Spire gets city endorsement, but Kamin wonders, "Will the reality match the promise?" -- Hobart, Australia, should fear mediocre "design police" trying to stymie University of Tasmania project (word today: project approved "so long as the developers redesign the facade."). -- Hume has concern and praise for Toronto condo designs. -- Germany's penchant for rebuilding history: is it kitsch or rebirth of grandeur? -- For Goldberger, Holl's Nelson-Atkins expansion is "one of the best museums of the last generation." -- Glancey "applauds a fair swap" of Brit and Aussie design talent between Melbourne and Manchester. -- Though it's not official yet, the Argus says Make gets the nod to remake Brighton Centre. -- More on that spinning skyscraper in Dubai (this time with lots of pix). -- Chicago's winning Olympic bid had Chinese connections. -- A look at successful husband/wife collaborations that are "changing the traditional definition of architecture partnerships." -- Call for entries: International Sinocities Awards 2007. -- Rome Prize winners announced.
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2007_04_23.htm - Monday, April 23, 2007

Today's News - March 13, 2007

New report says we want "New Urban" not gated communities. -- A green subdivision in Missouri will be cross between co-housing and a conservation community. -- A call for "even the authors of LEED" to refocus priorities. -- A windowless concrete box in San Jose will have zero emissions, zero electricity from the grid (and lots of light!). -- Ouroussoff offers high praise for Maltzan's skid row housing projects: "keen architectural intelligence and a social conscience are not necessarily at odds." -- Artists lofts project in L.A. shows what can be done (if zoning doesn't do it in). -- Not all are convinced by fresh details for Chicago Spire (and no pix - yet). -- First pix of Gehry's "artful expansion" of Weisman Art Museum. -- Violy defends his "walkie talkie" tower (as do some other big names). -- Alsop in Delhi says buildings should be fun, and he'd like to design in India, but "architects here don't get paid enough." -- Karachi's remade urban park is a missed opportunity. -- Emerging Voices 2007 are stronger than ever. -- "Robert Moses and the Modern City" has "lessons to teach far beyond the intricacies of urban design."
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2007_03_13.htm - March 13, 2007

Today's News - January 4, 2006

Ottawa is taking urban design seriously. -- For projects in South Boston and Middletown, CT, architectural ideals, not big budgets, can change lives and a city. -- In London, so can architects' own offices. -- Housing will transform the look and feel of Baltimore in '06. -- Report says Thames Gateway housing plans are "monotonous and characterless" and not many will want to live there. -- A look at China's new architectural wonders. -- Shortlist announced for the redesign of Morecambe, UK's central promenade. -- de Young Museum's architecture puts the art first (with eye-popping design). -- A new Kansas City museum will spotlight advertising icons. -- The Getty Villa's "visceral and conceptual" transformation almost ready for its close-up (there's sure to be lots of pundits pouncing in the next few weeks). -- University of Cincinnati's new rec center is "thrilling and complex architecture." -- Architects reveal their ideals for Denver's massive justice center. -- Concern over demolition of mid-century Modern in Malta. -- Preservationists and developers duking it out over New York's East River industrial waterfront. -- An architect launches website to combat global warming. -- MoMA's Riley heads for Miami to head museum instead of architecture firm (it's in his contract).
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2006_01_04.htm - January 4, 2006

Today's News - August 23, 2005

An "architectural lynch mob" a.k.a. Britain's "Demolition" TV show. -- Not high hopes (and not too many kind words) for Sydney's East Darling Harbour competition. -- San Francisco's Presidio offers a "neat redevelopment lesson." -- A San Diego/Tijuana border park brings people together. -- Calatrava and critics discuss Fordham Spire. -- Wynn claims his Las Vegas mountain makes Pyramids "look like a Lego toy" (we couldn't resist this one). -- A Bangalore hi-tech company HQ opts for a local flavor instead of steel and glass. -- Kansas City arena design may (or may not) meet world-class expectations. -- Three cases of "right-to- life battles over architecture." -- At least the Goodyear House is safe. -- A Boston charter school wins big for design and sustainability. -- Feng shui has a rival as an oil man opts for Vedic principles. -- Architecture students explore a museum's expansion as part of a city's lifeblood. -- Gehry buys a stake in a Chicago landmark (but will they put his name on the building?). -- An exhibition explores "'Whatever Happened to LA? Architectural and Urban Experiments 1970-1990." -- A new executive director for the Pritzker Prize.
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2005_08_23.htm - August 23, 2005