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Today's News - January 12, 2005

We lose a master of museum design. -- Green reconstruction called for in tsunami aftermath. -- Tokyo takes the lead in revolutionary architecture. -- L.A.'s Caltrans HQ has design "unattainable to more trammeled souls." -- Big interiors deal for Dubai's tallest apartment tower. -- The engineer behind "The Gates" in Central Park. -- Cambridge students still waiting for good (or bad) news. -- New degree in Sydney: Master of Digital Architecture. -- Toronto's interior design show coming in February. -- "Archilab" explores architectural utopias. -- Wolfsonian celebrates design in Miami. -- One we couldn't resist: high design (and big budget) for public toilets in Geneva.

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Obituary: Arthur Rosenblatt, 73, a Shaper of Museums - RKK&G Museum and Cultural Facilities Consultants- New York Times

"Green Reconstruction" Vital in the Aftermath of the Tsunami - WWF- Environmental News Network

Eastern towers cast long shadows; Tokyo is home to a revolutionary new brand of architecture - Richard Johnson; Toyo Ito & Associates; Herzog + de Meuron; Renzo Piano; Rei Kawakubo; Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa; Shigeru Ban- Sydney Morning Herald

A Palace for Wisdom (and Traffic Engineers): Thom Mayne and his associates at Morphosis are able to achieve things in their middle years unattainable to more trammeled souls. [images]- The Slatin Report

DEPA clinches Rose Rotana deal: ...contract for the interior work of Rose Rotana Suites in Dubai, the world's tallest serviced apartments tower. - Khatib & Alami [image]- TradeArabia News Service

Handling the Nuts and Bolts of Colossal Art: Vince Davenport, the obsessively innovative engineer of "The Gates," the $20 million outdoor art extravaganza designed for Central Park by Christo and Jeanne-Claude...- New York Times

Cambridge students await architecture decision- Guardian (UK)

University of Technology Sydney launches Master of Digital Architecture- Archinect

7th Annual Interior Design Show to take place February 10 - 13 in Toronto- Canada NewsWire (CNW)

Blue skies over architectural utopias: "Archilab: New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City, 1950-2005" at Mori Art Museum - Yona Friedman; Superstudio; Koolhaas; Tschumi; Libeskind- Japan Times

Celebrating design: Wolfsonian-Florida International University will hold its third annual fundraiser Jan. 21-22 in a weekend celebration of design and architecture.- Miami Herald

Geneva pays millions for new musical toilets: Each sparkling new facility is designed by a different architect at a cost of $313,000... (AP)- USA Today

-- Richard Meier: Jesolo Lido Village, Jesolo Lido, Italy
-- Rojkind Arquitectos: casa pR34, Tecamachalco, Mexico
-- Travel: Design Hotel, Great Eastern Hotel, London
-- Book: Eating Architecture, Edited by Jamie Horwitz & Paulette Singley

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