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Today's News - March 3, 2003
This week on ArcSpace: Coop Himmelb(l)au; Richard Meier; and Tod Williams Billie Tsien. -- Wondering whether Libeskind's plans for WTC site will remain visionary and noble - or even get built (and one voice that calls the whole thing a political scandal). -- Profiling the architect as media star (but he'll stay true to Denver). -- Keeping score - a handy chart of who said what about the two finalists. -- We lose a master of modular. -- Who wouldn't want to live in Teletubby-land? -- Modern is catching on in Atlanta to redefine "new urbanism" (maybe Northampton should pay a visit). -- Building permits hell in Tel Aviv. -- Gehry may finally get to sing "There'll Always Be An England." -- Taipei looking forward to a new cultural complex on a landmark site. -- An architect leaves his mark on Detroit. -- Honors for Florence Knoll, from the Oval Office, no less.
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- Competition Winner: Coop Himmelb(l)au: Ålborg Music House, Ålborg, Denmark
- Exhibition: The Undiscovered Richard Meier: The Architect as Designer and Artist; Museum for Applied Art, Frankfurt, Germany
- Tod Williams Billie Tsien: American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY |
Compromise versus vision? Winning the WTC design contest was only round one. Now Daniel Libeskind must fight to preserve the integrity of his plan. By Nicolai Ouroussoff- Los Angeles Times |
| Keeping Libeskind's plan noble, logical: The sexy design contest is over. Now the real work -- and the real battles -- begin. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune |
| There's still work to do on WTC replacement: Libeskind will probably end up with the museum, memorial room and related public space, with everything else devolving into business as usual. By David Dillon- Dallas Morning News |
| The "Final" WTC Plan: Grade it Zero: The Pataki-Libeskind pact is in fact little short of a civic scandal. Let us count the ways... By Steve Cuozzo- New York Post |
| The meteoric rise of Daniel Libeskind: Perspiring under studio lights is maybe not something that crops up in many architects' daily routines, but for Libeskind it is second nature. By Hugh Pearman- HughPeaman.com |
| An Architect With the Drive to Get It Done - Daniel Libeskind- New York Times |
| Art museum design a warm-up for WTC: Denver selection process similar to that of New York's - Daniel Libeskind- Denver Post |
| The Very Image of Loss at Ground Zero: The pit at the emotional center of the design by Studio Daniel Libeskind s almost certain to become a shrine to loss and sacrifice.- New York Times |
| Comparing what the critics said about the two WTC finalists- USA Today |
| Obituary: Harvey Probber, 80, Furniture Designer- New York Times |
| Where are the Teletubbies? Blueprints for an ultra-modern courtyard boasting 20 homes has been branded like something out of the children’s television show - Seid Porobic- Northampton Chronicle & Echo (UK) |
| Architect behind a development dubbed “Teletubby-land” has urged planning heads to show "some imagination..." - Seid Porobic- Northampton Chronicle & Echo (UK) |
| Mixed-use plan breaks the mold: An Atlanta development team has redefined the "new" in "new urbanism." - David Daniels- Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| Seven circles of city hell: the Tel Aviv building licensing system- Ha`aretz (Israel) |
| Dreams for the city: London is Gehry-free...Now it is just possible that he will break his English duck.- This is London (UK) |
| Historical building set for arts and culture overhaul: heritage site and until recently home to the American Cultural Center will be renovated into a cultural and arts performance complex- Taipei Times |
| Architect puts a new face on Detroit: Gino Rossetti leaves a big fingerprint on downtown and suburban buildings- Detroit News |
| Architect honored by White House: Florence Schust Knoll Bassett will receive the National Medal of Arts; Muschamp lectures in Miami- Miami Herald |
| WTC Proposals: Who's Saying What Worldwide (updated Feb. 25)- ArchNewsNow |
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