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Today's News - April 27, 2005
EDITOR'S NOTE: ArchNewsNow is going on the (Internet-deprived) road...the newsletter will return Wednesday, May 4. ------ It seems to be "culture vs. construction" all around NYC. -- Then there's NYC's Olympic bid, and recalling the city's two World's Fairs. -- It's back to the drawing board for Freedom Tower. -- Mulling mall plans in downtown Salt Lake City (developers will still have the last word - it's their money, after all). -- Forget baby boomers, Gen X'ers...now we have GUPPYS - green urban professionals who are young. -- A university builds a sustainable community in British Columbia. -- Starchitect-designed condos going for big bucks (like, $1,100/sq. ft.!). -- Two major projects opening in Ottawa and Montreal. -- Viñoly launches program of master classes and research grants. -- The Guggenheim continues to think big. -- Eco-friendly lumber gaining popularity (even Gibson Guitars has bought in).
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Culture Vs. Construction: Huxtable’s suspicions [re: Ground Zero] are hardly novel. In New York City, there long has been a complicated relationship between the arts and urban development; “Boozy:” The Art Of Robert Moses; Fresh Kills And High Line At MoMA: Construction As Reconstruction; etc.- Gotham Gazette |
Sports and the Wide World of Tomorrow: In debating what the Olympics might deliver to New York, it might be worth recalling the forgotten legacy of the city's two World's Fairs. [slide show]- New York Times |
Tower Terror Fears: Police concerns about protecting the Freedom Tower from terrorists have forced the developer of the world's tallest building to go back to the drawing board for significant design changes that could further delay the project.- New York Post |
Concerns about Salt Lake malls are mulled: ...planners are paying attention to the downtown streetscape and don't want to replicate a suburban mall in the heart of Utah's capital.- Deseret News (Utah) |
In Portland, living the green American dream: More young urban professionals are forgoing square footage for eco-friendly homes...Call them GUPPYS - green urban professionals who are young.- Christian Science Monitor |
Aerie: Simon Fraser University UniverCity: a community by design...guided by four sustainability cornerstones: Environment, Education, Equity and Economy -- Michael Geller; Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden; Erickson/Massey (PDF) [images, links]- Price Tags (Vancouver) |
Location, Location, Architect: Builders Hire Famous Names To Design Luxury Condos. By Alex Frangos -- Daniel Libeskind; Ralph Johnson/Perkins & Will; Michael Graves; Santiago Calatrava; Richard Meier; Mies van der Rohe [images]- Wall Street Journal |
Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque opens its doors to the public on April 30 and May 1 -- Patkau/Croft Pelletier/Menkès Shooner Dagenais- Canadian Architect |
New Canadian Museum Has a Battlefield Focus: a deeply evocative museum that honors the country's fallen soldiers but also warns of the horrors of battle. -- Raymond Moriyama [image]- New York Times |
Rafael Viñoly Architects Launches Architectural Training and Research Initiative: tuition-free master classes and fellowship research grants of up to $60,000; applications due July 1- Rafael Viñoly Architects |
A Museum Visionary Envisions More: The Guggenheim Museum's Thomas Krens plans to continue building satellites that he hopes will become tourist destinations in themselves. -- Frank Gehry; Jean Nouvel; Enrique Norten; Asymptote- New York Times |
At a store near you: ecofriendly lumber- Christian Science Monitor |
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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-- Escher GuneWardena: Jamie Residence, Pasadena, California
-- Olafur Eliasson: Jamie Residence Meant To Be Lived In |
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