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Today's News - March 8, 2005
The next industrial revolution: will it be mean or green? - Even the architect hired to replace a Miami landmark thinks it's an "unfortunate situation, that this loved building is going to have to come down." -- Is the "if-you-build-it-they-will-stampede" building blitz over for museums? -- Tsunami museum with Universal Studio-style experience-the-wave idea considered just a bit too over the top. -- A blighted downtown in Georgia turns into a gem - way ahead of schedule. -- Business leaders see green in being "green" in Racine. -- Another take on Edinburgh's big plans for its waterfront. -- London's Home Office HQ opens without scandal ("What's wrong?"). - MIT honors Calatrava with $70,000 McDermott Award. -- Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and School of Architecture are foundering. -- "Design Innovations in Manufactured Housing" at Chicago's Field Museum explores if well-designed pre-fab can come out from under the "the public's disdain."
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The next industrial revolution: ...a coming battle between the Raging Robots vs. the Green Machines. - William McDonough- San Diego Union-Tribune |
Little Haiti site imperiled: Miami plans to tear down the Caribbean Marketplace to make way for a new cultural center...a decision critics say would destroy one of the city's architectural landmarks...would lose the only building in South Florida ever to win AIA national honor award... - Charles Harrison Pawley (1990); Zyscovich, Inc.- Miami Herald |
Museums Can't Stop Expanding: But will visitors come? ...the if-you-build-it-they-will-stampede business model...is no longer viable. - Viñoly; Gehry; Calatrava; Holl- Wall Street Journal |
Theme-park ‘tsunami’ criticised as insensitive: Plans to create a tourist attraction in Thailand featuring a Universal Studio-style simulated tidal wave...labelled inappropriate...- New Zealand Herald |
Smyrna's redevelopment effort pays off: ...successful strategy to turn a blighted downtown into an urban gem. Noro-GKJ Development "...taking this concept on the road."- Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Visions of Sixth Street -- Business district leaders aim for green architecture - Margot Mazur Design; Conservation Design Forum- The Journal Times (Racine, WI) |
Adam for a new generation: Edinburgh is to get another new town, this time on the waterfront, and it will be as precisely planned as its 18th-century precursor. By Hugh Pearman - Robert Adam Architects; RMJM- The Times (UK) |
Sir Terry Farrell's new Home Office, London: the Government building that isn't. It is an enormous building...built efficiently, without fuss or scandal, and Home Secretary Charles Clarke and his ministerial team have quietly moved in. What went wrong? By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Architect's towering talent leads to MIT honor: Santiago Calatrava...to be honored with the $70,000 McDermott Award...''for the highest standard of creative achievement."
By Robert Campbell- Boston Globe |
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in 'chaos,' needs $100 million...beset with legal and financial mayhem, clashes over its mission and revolving-door leadership.- Arizona Republic |
Architect's dream crumbling: Financial woes, internal strife threaten Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture- Arizona Republic |
Beyond the Trailer Park: A new exhibition [at The Field Museum] asks whether top designers can rescue manufactured housing from the public's disdain. By Lynn Becker - Ali Tayar; david baker + partners; Bryan Bell - Design Corps; David Khouri; Estudio Teddy Cruz; Garofalo Architects; Sumo Architects; Taylor & Burns architects; etc. [images]- Repeat (Chicago) |
Wild about Saffron: New York City. A February Tuesday in Central Park; 55 degrees and sunny... By Kristen Richards [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Alsop & Partners: Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK |
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