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Today's News - February 18, 2005
Call for entries for new museum in Warsaw. -- Call for papers re: ecological education for architects. -- Green news abounds: In the U.S., mover over LEED...NAHB rolls out its own green guidelines. -- Vail, CO, has grand plans and great designs, but needs to consider sustainability a priority. -- In the U.K., a call for less talk and more action to launch sustainability policies. -- Perhaps the problem is there's just not enough knowledgeable talent. -- Shuttleworth takes on architectural glass junkies. -- In Canada, architects are key to Kyoto Protocols. -- Only one dome among four finalists' designs for Alaskan capitol building. -- Denver debates its iconic Philip Johnson-design "cash register" building. -- Weekend diversion: Corbu, Moses (as in Robert), and Jane Jacobs - the musical.
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International Architectural Competition for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw; deadline: March 15- Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ) |
Call for Papers: Ecological Literacy in Architectural Education; deadline: March 1- American Institute of Architects (AIA) |
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Rolls Out Green Building Guidelines- BuildingGreen.com |
Vail on verge of ‘colossal errors’: Nearly everything about the Vail and Lionshead re-development is...well designed, and pleasing to the eye...An intelligent community like ours should be capable of understanding the benefits of building energy efficient structures...- Vail Trail (Colorado) |
Summit plans look wobbly: Less talk and more action is needed to launch sustainability policies...We are wasting this unique opportunity to develop alternatives to our current unsustainable lifestyle through a lack of vision, investment and an inability to co-ordinate holistic planning and action.- BD/Building Design (UK) |
‘Potential for chaos’ in sustainability goldrush: New Academy for Sustainable Communities chief Murray concerned at shortage of skills- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Throwing stones at those in glass houses: Wake up all you architectural glass junkies, it’s time for a change...It’s time to wake up, and use our creativity, curiosity and passion to help save the planet. By Ken Shuttleworth/Make- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Architects key to controlling emissions: As responsibility to meet Kyoto Protocol standards mount, members of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada are stepping forward...- Canada News Wire |
Juneau floats plans for new Capitol: $100 million: So far, legislators have shown little interest... - Morphosis; Moshe Safdie; Yazdani studio/Cannon Design; NBBJ [links to images]- Anchorage Daily News |
The architect of a city debate: Philip Johnson's [and John Burgee] 1983 "cash register" building is both honored and criticized after his recent death. By Kyle MacMillan- Denver Post |
Whoopee Cushions and Robert Moses: "Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses." Urban planning: Now there's a concept that screams sex, drama, intrigue.- New York Times |
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-- In design: Gehry Partners: Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland
-- Book: Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture By Indra Kagis McEwen
-- New in The Image Library: Foreign Office Architects; Richard Meier; Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen; Yoshio Taniguchi; Rafael Viñoly; MVRDV |
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