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Today's News - January 25, 2005
Santa Fe issues RFQ for new civic center. -- A study looks at the effect of science centers and museums on communities. -- Starchitects: is it talent or marketing? -- A new development embraces New Urbanism - and a bit too much nostalgia. -- The fate of Halprin's "Water Garden" to be decided: a refuge or eyesore? -- New Las Vegas home for Cirque du Soleil is an "outré coup de theatre." -- A new Sikh temple in California shaping local architecture. -- Hadid's museum project in Rome facing money difficulties. -- Tate St Ives gets a new gallery. -- Meier takes on steak house in Beverly Hills. -- Old churches for sale and re-use in Boston. -- Libeskind discusses his vision for Toronto's Hummingbird Centre. -- Maverick architect in Japan builds a "wacky" tree house refuge. -- Washington University in St. Louis creates a new school of architecture and design.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, Civic Center Design Competition: Statements of Qualifications are due on February 23- City of Santa Fe |
Summary Report: The Impact of Science Centers/Museums on their Surrounding Communities [PDF]- Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) |
Selling out to the star gazers: Is an architect’s star status the result of their unmatched ability as a designer, or is it developed and maintained as a marketing tool? ...the issue of image over substance...- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Issaquah Highlands embraces stylish nostalgia: ...master developer subscribes to the New Urbanist gospel of density. So what's wrong...? In a word, it's cute...time to rethink the house, not recycle antique thinking. - Mithun Architects+Designers+ Planners- Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
The fate of a fountain: State will decide what's next for Capitol Campus creation that's been out of commission for years: Lawrence Halprin's "Water Garden" is waterless... - EDAW- The Olympian (Washington) |
Supporters of architect's work hope his vision is saved - Lawrence Halprin- The Olympian (Washington) |
The remarkable Mark Fisher and his $180m Las Vegas theatre for Cirque du Soleil. By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Temple adds to architectural landscape: The new Sikh temple (called a gurdwara) in San Jose... proves the powerful influence of memory and tradition shaping local architecture. By Alan Hess - Malkiat Singh Sidhu- Mercury News (California) |
Another setback for famous architect whose buildings tend not to get off ground: Maxxi, the Italian acronym for Rome's new museum of 21st century art...is about to run out of money. - Zaha Hadid- Independent (UK) |
Architect Chosen to Create New Gallery Space at Tate St Ives: - Jamie Fobert Architects- 24 Hour Museum |
Puck Steakhouse to Dance into Regent Beverly Wilshire Space - Richard Meier & Partners- Los Angeles Business Journal |
Selling Old Churches for Worldly Use: The conversion of churches for living spaces will soon become exponentially more common in the metropolitan Boston area, as the archdiocese prepares to sell about 64 of its 357 churches.- New York Times |
Remaking the Hummingbird Centre: Daniel Libeskind...vision for the Hummingbird takes flight in this conversation with architecture critic Christopher Hume.- Toronto Star |
Maverick architect gets high marks for his `wacky' treehouse hideaway - Terunobu Fujimori- Asahi Shimbun (Japan) |
Washington University [St. Louis] creates Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts: Jerome J. Sincoff, former HOK president, to become dean of Architecture - Fumihiko Maki- Washington University in St. Louis |
Artful Elegance: University of Oklahoma Mary and Howard Lester Wing/Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art by Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA, opens tomorrow [images]- ArchNewsNow |
Castle Keep: Boston Smith & Wollensky: Elegance and Americana make a perfect recipe for a classic steakhouse. - Haverson Architecture and Design [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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Morphosis: Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Los Angeles, California |
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