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Today's News - May 13, 2005
"Facadectomies" spur the debate about the nature of architectural preservation in Chicago. -- Meanwhile, at construction sites Chicagoans are treated to views they've never seen before. -- Waterfront plans in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, have a lot more going for them than protesters would have you believe. -- Not all are pleased with plans for housing development in Edinburgh. -- With its history of "malignant architecture," Philadelphia's Jefferson University trying to be a better neighbor. -- Mixed reactions to Parthenon-topped office tower in Sacramento. -- Herford, Germany, has high hopes for new museum's Bilbao effect (And why not? It's designed by the architect who invented the effect.) -- Toronto waterfront development has the right punch, despite what the naysayers say. -- An impressive shortlist to pick from for Toronto's Regent Park revitalization. -- Revitalizing downtown Phoenix includes a new hotel with "street vibrancy." -- Does Berlin's new memorial really relate? (followed by an interesting response to Koolhaas's criticism that "architecture is too slow.") -- Washington, DC's Lincoln Cottage lovingly restored. -- The Fibonacci sequence of numbers is inspiring artists and architects once again. -- Chinese tile catalogs nixed for copying originals from Italy. -- Seventh "Buildings at Risk Northern Ireland" catalogue launched. -- Weekend diversion: Fujifilm's new (and mesmerizing) ForestsForever.com web site "could easily lead to planet-wide incidents of tree-hugging."
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Slicing and Dicing the Past to Get to the Future: Plans to slip a sparkling new condo tower behind vintage facades spurs debate on the nature of architectural preservation. By Lynn Becker -- Solomon Cardwell Buenz [images]- Repeat (Chicago) |
Another perspective: views around the worksites...views of skyscrapers that we, the pedestrians on the sidewalk, have never seen before. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune |
Baths plan has merit but must wash its face financially: There's a lot more to plans for the site of Dún Laoghaire's derelict baths than simplistic slogans about privatising the seafront. By Frank McDonald- The Irish Times |
Luxury flats plan for Edinburgh deaf school wins seal of approval: £80m housing development set for go-ahead despite widespread protests. -- William Henry Playfair (1852); Richard Murphy- The Scotsman (UK) |
A sprout of hope at Jefferson University: Given Jefferson's earlier ham-fisted proposals for the site and its inventory of malignant architecture, the new $60 million design is evidence of enlightenment. By Inga Saffron -- Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann; Andropogon [image]- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Change on the horizon: Reaction mixed to proposal for new office tower...the Parthenon...29-story office tower...would be capped with a scale replica of the Greek goddess Athena's temple. -- Edwin M. Kado [link to images]- Sacramento Bee |
Gehry's New [MARTa] Museum in Germany's Herford Aims to Boost Economy: ...a billowing brick combination art museum, conference center and forum for furniture makers, the core of the local economy.- Bloomberg News |
Harbour project will deliver jolt of vitality: The 52-storey, $350-million Maple Leaf Square condo has the right architectural punch and, together with a hotel and retail stores, will help rejuvenate a moribund area. By John Bentley Mays -- Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB); Page + Steele- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Toronto Community Housing Holds Design Competition for Regent Park Building: ...will be part of the first phase of the Regent Park Revitalization. -- Architects Alliance; Diamond & Schmitt Architects; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg; Montgomery Sisam; Teeple Architects- Canada NewsWire (CNW) |
Vision for downtown Phoenix hotel taking shape: Architect's plans call for 31-story Sheraton with 'street vibrancy' -- Arquitectonica [image]- Arizona Republic |
Berlin Story: If you stumbled upon a five-acre field of 2,711 concrete pillars and didn't know that it was intended to be a "memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe," would it really communicate to you "the scope of the Holocaust's horrors"? By Nancy Levinson -- Peter Eisenman- ArtsJournal |
National Trust Celebrates Completed Restoration of Lincoln Cottage Exterior: ...the most significant historic site directly linked with the Lincoln presidency other than the White House. -- Hillier- National Trust for Historic Preservation |
As easy as 1, 1, 2, 3 ... First discovered 800 years ago, the Fibonacci sequence of numbers is inspiring artists and architects once again.- Guardian (UK) |
Federal Court Orders Seizure of Chinese Tile Catalogs: ...not only copying, in the minutest detail, the tiles themselves, but even by scanning and utilizing the pictures and tile layouts found in Plaintiff¹s marketing brochures.- Floor Daily |
Seventh "Buildings at Risk Northern Ireland" catalogue launched- Archiseek (Ireland) |
A tree grows on the web: Japan's Fujifilm company has posted an online museum of sorts at Forests Forever.com - and the result could easily lead to planet-wide incidents of tree-hugging.- Christian Science Monitor |
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-- Inauguration: Gehry Partners: MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany; Photos:Thomas Mayer
-- Construction start: UN Studio: Lelystad Theater, Lelystad, The Netherlands |
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