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Today's News - March 10, 2005
A conference next week explores preservation and regeneration in Taipei. -- From scrap yard to "Eco-tower" in Granton - wind turbines included. -- An Atlanta mixed-use community on the cusp of a smart growth trend: built by a corporation. -- Princeton's New Urbanist alums see comeback to social responsibility in School of Architecture. -- Research park so very green. -- Middle-aged buildings in Toronto may have their days numbered. -- Restoration/adaptive reuse in San Francisco is "a reminder that good buildings, like good cities, are resilient enough to adapt to changing times." -- Holl heads to Kansas City to explain his controversial museum design. -- Adobe workshop informs (and entertains). -- An architecture award for clients. -- Weekend diversions: architectural wonders on view in London and Dublin; New Yorkers can head to MoMA and Pier 54.
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Mapping the regeneration of Taipei: A conference next week will discuss how to achieve a balance between preserving the old while upgrading urban infrastructure - Wu Kung-tyng; JM Lin Architect Group; Norman Foster & Partners; Marks Barfield Architects; etc.- Taipei Times |
Winds of change for Granton scrap yard: Almost 50 wind turbines would be "hung" between the two towers of the £21.5 million "Eco-tower." - RMJM- The Scotsman (UK) |
Smart Growth, Slowly: Atlanta’s Lindbergh City Center – among the largest mixed-use developments in the nation - is joining a growing list of other self-contained communities developed by corporations... - Cooper Carey; Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart [images]- The Slatin Report |
Alums lead New Urbanism movement: School of Architecture has seen a drift from commitment to social responsibility to an overzealous concern with aesthetics..."Princeton may be coming back." - Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk; Andres Duany; Stanley Allen; Alan Plattus; Anthony Burke- Daily Princetonian |
Tech development park: 'Green' design, few walls: Destiny USA center calls for trails, monorail, hotels - and collaborative research. - Swanke Hayden Connell Architects- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) |
Architecture's danger years: When a building hits middle age in this city, its days are numbered. By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star |
Attention shoppers -- This building is a beautifully restored piece of history...transformation is jarring and far from ideal...But on balance...cause for celebration -- if only as a reminder that good buildings, like good cities, are resilient enough to adapt to changing times. By John King - Wilson Meany Sullivan; Gensler- San Francisco Chronicle |
Architect to add his voice to gallery debate: Amid controversy over the building he designed, teven Holl...to give a public presentation on the new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art March 17. [images]- Kansas City Star |
Workshop gives a real feel for adobe, an ancient building material: Adobe Alliance...in the forefrontof a renewed effort to build energy-efficient housing using materials that considerably reduce the cost and the impact on the environment. - Simone Swan; Hassan Fathy- Desert-Mountain Times (Texas) |
A myth no more: An architecture award goes to good clients: Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Commissioning a Building. By Zahid Sardar - Richard Meier; Kisho Kurokawa; Hans Hollein; Piero Sartogo; Whitney Sander; Micha De Haas; Hideki Yoshimatsu; Javier Barba; Cannata & Fernandes [images]- San Francisco Chronicle |
Architecture puts on a show for the public: Two exhibitions - one at the V&A in London, the other at the Irish Architectural Archive's new home in Dublin - show what architecture through the ages is all about.- The Irish Times |
Exhibition at V&A: The Arts and Crafts movement had many imitators, but it was Japan that really took it to heart- Telegraph (UK) |
Exhibition: Creatures comfortable: The Nomadic Museum "Ashes and Snow" rolls into town and hosts a photo exhibit focusing on humans and animals living in harmony. By Justin Davidson - Shigeru Ban; Gregory Colbert- NY Newsday |
Attuned to the Songs of Elephants and Old Brick: The control room responsible for a temporary museum on Pier 54 is a loft in the East Village owned by Gregory Colbert. By Joseph Giovannini - Shigeru Ban; Dean Maltz; Alessandro Arena [images/slide show]- New York Times |
Exhibition: "Groundswell" at MoMA: From disasters to renewed public space: The job of figuring out how to recycle and revivify...blighted patches of the planet falls to a group of underappreciated artists known as landscape architects. By Justin Davidson - ARUP; EDAW; Martha Schwartz; Alsop; Peter Latz- NY Newsday |
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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