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Today's News - March 28, 2005
European architects not playing nice in Dallas. -- Legal pundits chime in on Freedom Tower copyright suit. -- Lawsuit by "radical preservationists" to save 2 Columbus Circle called "loony." -- Demolition of Little Haiti landmark in Miami just one example of our "throw-away society." -- Things are looking up for Washington, DC's "forgotten river." Two California libraries with two very different visions (both work - and don't work). -- Neighbors like amphitheater design for Meigs Field (but will it be worth it?). -- Barcelona does London's gherkin - only better. -- Condos by starchitects starting to rise everywhere. -- World's tallest building hits its mark. -- Thai architects ready to take on the world. -- Black architects prove the doubters wrong. -- "Sixteen Acres" predicts "a collective hangover to follow our collective craving." -- MoMA shows landscape architects as the new heroes of urban existence.
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Artistic differences plague Dallas center: At performing arts center, 3 architectural firms from 3 European countries don't seem to be coming together much in Dallas...planning and urban design, the basis for true place-making, have taken a back seat to architecture. By David Dillon - Spencer de Grey/Foster and Partners; Koolhaas/Joshua Prince-Ramus/Office for Metropolitan Architecture; Michel Desvigne- Dallas Morning News |
Tower designs to test copyright law: The outcome of lawsuit...over the proposed design of the Freedom Tower likely will hinge on whether the court believes there is a "substantial similarity" between the two designs... - Thomas Shine; David Childs- Yale Daily News |
More "Landmark" Lunacy: Radical preservationists last week filed another loony law suit to prevent the city from selling 2 Columbus Circle — the vacant and crumbling "lollipop" eyesore — to the Museum of Arts & Design. - Edward Durell Stone; Brad Cloepfil/Allied Works Architecture- New York Post |
A Dream Dashed: Caribbean Marketplace's impending demolition is a symptom of throwaway society...a once-in-a-lifetime building...the cornerstone of renewal. By Beth Dunlop - Charles Harrison Pawley (1990); Bernard Zyscovich- Miami Herald |
Revitalizing the Banks Of Washington DC's 'Forgotten River': Now the city has begun a 20-year, $8 billion plan to revitalize the Anacostia's banks. By Fred A. Bernstein - Gustafson Guthrie Nichol; Michael Graves; Bing Thom; Cesar Pelli- New York Times |
Two visions of a library in 21st century: One embraces the disjointed hurly-burly of popular culture; the other backs a conservative reaction...where they are on the right track and where they veer off. By Alan Hess - Anderson Brulé Architects; Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris; Rob Quigley- Mercury News (California) |
Closed-door meeting on Northerly Island [former Meigs Field]: Neighborhood leaders like amphitheater design, not so hot on fuzzy revenue figures - Valerio Dewalt Train- Chicago Journal |
Another fine pickle: How Barcelona stole London's prize gherkin - and had the cheek to improve on it. Jonathan Glancey - Jean Nouvel; b720 Arquitectura- Guardian (UK) |
Libeskind condos offer architectural chic: Celebrity architects have become the main sales lure for certain high-profile projects... By Kyle MacMillan - Libeskind/Davis Partnership Architects; Gwathmey Siegel; Calatrava; Meier; Norten [image]- Denver Post |
Magna Prima builds avant garde condo: Targeted at the elite society and “high flyers”...The Avare Kuala Lumpur has been cleverly designed “to look and feel expensive”. - David John Clarke/Metropolitan Architecture & Planning- The Star (Malaysia) |
Burj Dubai reaches defining moment as world's tallest building begins to rise - Adrian Smith/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)- AME Info (United Arab Emirates) |
Profession poised to raise profile: Thailand's architects are raising the profile and standards of their profession as they prepare for competition that will be driven largely by free trade. "FTA: Future Thai Architects: From Here to Where?" May 4-8 - Association of Siamese Architects (ASA)- Bangkok Post |
Proving the doubters wrong: "We had clients who didn't think a black architect could produce" - The Owens and Woods Partnership- Birmingham Business Journal (AL) |
Book Review: "Sixteen Acres" by Philip Nobel: The debasement of Ground Zero...In many ways Nobel is predicting a collective hangover to follow our collective craving, for symbols don't necessarily make good cities... By Alan Brake- Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) |
Exhibition Review: "Groundswell": Landscape Architects Stake Their Reclaim...emerging as the heroes of modern urban existence. By Linda Hales - James Corner/Field Operations; Weiss/Manfredi Architects; Peter Latz; EDAW; Martha Schwartz; Gustafson Porter; Peter Walker; Yoji Sasaki; Ken Smith- Washington Post |
Home-grown: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner Takes on the World [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Richard Meier & Partners: Burda Collection Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany
-- The Architect's Studio: Santiago Calatrava Sketches |
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