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Today's News - February 10, 2005
A look at New Urbanist principles that seem not to work in practice. -- Perhaps plans for a U.K. town's extreme makeover should pay heed? -- A Canadian "poster child for planned communities" wants to keep things simple. -- A book "traces the fates of societies to their treatment of the environment." -- Thailand government and U.S. universities get serious about renewable energy and eco-friendly planning. -- U.K. universities look to architectural "wow" factors to woo students. -- The allure of San Francisco's subtle architecture. -- The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America sheds its stodgy image. -- Viñoly takes on London. -- A French architect's wet-cement dream. -- A restaurant/cultural complex reflects "architectural heritage, a very rare feat in Lebanon." -- An architecture firm has designs on being "a lean, mean, direct-marketing machine." -- Call for entries for ergonomic prize. -- Archigram is wowing them in Japan. -- Shutterbugs beware if strolling through Chicago's Millennium Park.
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Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods: How “New Urbanist” planners sacrifice safety in the name of “openness” and “accessibility.” By Stephen Town and Randal O’Toole- Reason |
How's that for a grand design? It's the most ambitious makeover series yet. Channel 4 is attempting to regenerate a whole town...But how do its forthright residents view the arrival of sculpture-strewn greens and swanky riverfront developments?- Guardian (UK) |
Determined to keep its small-town roots: What's the big idea? Ajax, the poster child for planned communities, likes to pay attention to the little things.- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Don't Do as the Romans Do: Jared Diamond's "Collapse" traces the fates of societies to their treatment of the environment- Grist Magazine |
Demand for solar energy in Thailand is projected to soar over the next six years, driven by the government's programme to promote renewable energy. (Bangkok Post)- Environmental News Network |
Green Expectations: From wind turbines to green dorms, from turf roofs to eco-friendly cleaning fluids, [universities] are exploring environmentally friendly ways to conserve energy, save money--and help the planet.- University Business (via CollegeTownLife.com) |
The wow factor on campus: Universities are learning that impressive architecture can woo students and give a new identity. - Will Alsop; Foreign Office Architects; Daniel Libeskind; Building Design Partnership; Rick Mather; Allies and Morrison- Independent (UK) |
Belvedere College's new block a lesson in concentration: The new science block is a dynamic space designed to serve a number of uses, including an all-round education - Murray O'Laoire- Irish Times |
Yawning aside, decorum fits Bay Area nicely: What's good here tends to be subtle -- and subtle doesn't count for much in this age of Gehryesque spectacle...can have a certain allure -- even when it doesn't leap off a magazine page. By John King - Craig Hartman/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Brand + Allen; Jim Jennings- San Francisco Chronicle |
Mid-18th-Century Modern: The Classicists Strike Back: The Institute of Classical Architecture has made sweeping changes to its once-fusty agenda, and the design world is scoffing no longer.- New York Times |
Rafael Viñoly tells Giles Worsley why London is the place to be for architects: ...the arrival of a big New York heavyweight...is a fascinating development.- Telegraph (UK) |
An Architect's Wet-Cement Dream: Just as termites build castles on Earth, robots could erect skyscrapers on the moon...It's not every day that an age-old discipline like architecture coughs up an anomaly that's unthinkable. This is one of those fine moments. - François Roche/R&Sie- Wired magazine |
Mabarat restaurant wins design award: Qaryat al-saha hailed for reflecting Muslim architecture. Structure resembles traditional village in midst of urbanized environment - Jamal Makke/Al-Sanabel for Urban Studies and Architectural Design- Daily Star (Lebanon) |
Designing Woman: Angela Santerini thinks that her family architecture business can become the Dell Computer of the design world — a lean, mean, direct-marketing machine - Donald A. Gardner Architects- Fortune |
Call For Entries: 2005 International Ergonomics Association/Liberty Mutual Prize; deadline: April 15- ErgoWeb |
Amazing Archigram: Pop art meets architecture in England - Peter Cook, Michael Webb, Dennis Crompton, David Greene- Daily Yomiuri (Japan) |
The Copyrighting of Public Space: Millennium Park...built with $270 million in city funds - is slowly emerging as Chicago's most privatized public space. Photographers beware!- New (sub)Urbanist |
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-- MVRDV: Silodam Housing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-- Mark Fisher: KÀ/Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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