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Today's News - April 22, 2005
Today is Earth Day! -- Paolo Soleri takes his vision of a "lean linear city" to China. -- A beachfront development on Mexico's Baja intends to be green - and includes affordable housing (link to project worth the click). -- An Oregon architect champions "net-zero" homes and developments. -- The first architecture firm joins Chicago Climate Exchange. -- In Melbourne, government's cold shoulder has architects up in arms. -- In Louisiana (and elsewhere) an opportunity for really smart smart growth. -- Are Miami's preservation laws being bent (and urban archeology ignored) to keep developers happy? -- Construction budget lowering the high hopes for high design in Kansas City stadium plans. -- Utzon design for Sydney Opera House "veranda" not all it could/should be (is it his genius or Sydney's guilt that gives him carte blanche?). -- Charlotte hires an icon to design an icon to speed (if it wins the bid for NASCAR Museum). -- "Modern architecture is not an aesthetic but a pathology" (add a new word to your lexicon: "egotecture"). -- Sea Ranch celebrates its 40th anniversary and Lawrence Halprin.
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Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Earth Day April 22- Earth Day Network |
City built on sustainability: Valley architect has visionary plan for China: "Solare: The Lean Linear City" -- Paolo Soleri- Arizona Republic |
Loreto Bay Company Reinforces Its Sustainability Program [for $3 billion, 15-year project] with New Hires and World-Renowned Sustainable Development Consultants -- David Veniot (former president of Earth Day International); Integrative Design Collaborative; Regenesis Group; Steven Zubkoff (affordable housing); Trust for Sustainable Development; Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company [link]- Business Wire |
Seeing green: Architect's environmentally conscious work earns recognition...working with...Sustainable Development Inc. on about 22 "net-zero" homes as part of the 32-acre Pringle Creek Community...- Statesman Journal (Oregon) |
Chicago Climate Exchange Assigns Market Value to Greenhouse Gas Reduction; Mithun First Architecture Firm to Join- Business Wire |
Is this any way to build a city? Many of Melbourne's leading architects are angry. They say they have been spurned by the State Government - and the result is flawed major projects that lack inspiration. -- Hayball Leonard Stent; Ashton Raggatt McDougall; Denton Corker Marshall; etc.- The Age (Australia) |
Functional, solid neighborhoods a growth issue: If there are some knee-jerk opponents to overcome on the way to smart growth, there is also almost an uprising in favor of it among the public...- The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) |
Burial Plots: Sensitive sites get short shrift from the city: The City of Miami's former archaeologist says she was fired for not being friendly enough to developers.- Miami New Times |
Arena dream gets wake-up call: Expectations...that the Sprint Center arena would feature a "world-class" exterior design are being lowered as architects struggle to meet its construction budget. -- HOK Sport/360 Architecture/Ellerbe Becket (Downtown Arena Design Team)- Kansas City Star |
Shade, but no poetry: Construction is starting on an addition that will subtly change the character of the Sydney Opera House: a long, concrete veranda...Utzon is being shielded from criticism - maybe at 87 he has to be - but in refusing to probe the genius, we limit his chance to respond, in turn, with better solutions. By Victor Young -- Joern Utzon; Richard Johnson- The Australian |
An icon to speed: Designing a NASCAR museum for city: If Charlotte leaders stay out of the way, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is likely to come up with a winner...chosen to give heft and stardust to Charlotte's bid for the museum...- Charlotte Observer |
A vacation from a pathology: To answer the questions..."how could an architect design such a building on such a street, and how could the authorities let him?" -- requires understanding that modern architecture is not an aesthetic but a pathology. By David Brussat- Providence Journal |
Celebratory Brunch Commemorating 40th Anniversary of the Sea Ranch and Opening of Lawrence Halprin Art Show April 30- Business Wire |
Discovery and Collaboration = Chemical Reaction: University of Missouri-Columbia Life Sciences Center. By Gregory Blackburn, AIA - Anshen+Allen Architects/BNIM Architects [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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