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Today's News - June 2, 2005
UNESCO seeks design for stand at an upcoming world summit. -- A geek's guide to the race to win the Olympics. -- Ground Zero (again): an optimistic voice (a rarity these days). -- Public input muscles its way into the process. -- A British take: "Zero is exactly what is going on at Ground Zero." -- Analyzing "Star Wars" high-density planning: lessons for "condominium designers interested in carving elegant homes from highly urbanized environments." -- Analyzing the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing project: Yamasaki's imagined Buck Rogers utopia transformed into Blade Runner nightmare ("It's a job I wish I hadn't done.") -- A green utopia imagined for former San Francisco naval base. -- New rules for Sydney suburbs: no more energy-guzzling McMansions. -- Dublin suburb quite pleased with its new "colourful gathering of buildings." -- Phoenix needs "good, tough architecture criticism" - but folks should "cut a little slack" for new hotel design. -- New Harvard buildings almost hit the mark. -- A car ferry transformed into a dream home in San Francisco fashioned from found parts. -- An eco-friendly home in Australia "has architectural merit and looks like a modern house...not a mud-brick extension with composting toilets." -- Knock-offs are on the rise, raising legal hackles.
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UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Architectural Design of its Stand at World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis; deadline: June 15- UNESCO |
The Race to Win the 2012 Olympics: In the final heat: New York, Paris, London, Moscow and Madrid...the latest advances in architecture, communication, transportation, and energy conservation. A geek's guide to the competition.- Wired magazine |
A disaster of reconstruction? ...the hole we call Ground Zero...is not a catastrophe, and the process under way could still result in a concentration of magnificent architecture...The real planning catastrophe would be to let that crater sit unfilled any longer than it must. By Justin Davidson- NY Newsday |
Substantial Public Input Muscles Its Way Into the Urban Revitalization Process: Figuring out what to do with 16 acres of land in lower Manhattan has been a tortured, messy process. Perhaps messiness was inevitable. By Roger K. Lewis -- Daniel Libeskind; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill- Washington Post |
Absolutely Zero: New York divided over memorial: It has been four years since the World Trade Centre was destroyed. But work has yet to begin on the Freedom Tower and its architect has been all but edged out of the project. -- Libeskind; Childs/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Snohetta- The Independent (UK) |
LucasWorlds: Urban Planning and Design in the Star Wars Epic: What does the architecture of the Star Wars universe represent? ...an analysis of the various archetypes on display in the latest Star Wars movie. By Jack Skelley- PLANetizen |
"It Was Just Like Beverly Hills": Memories stir to life each year when residents of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing project reunite...the stark Modernist edifices live on as an icon of failure, one of the great public-policy blunders of the 20th century. -- Minoru Yamasaki (1956) [images]- Riverfront Times (St. Louis) |
If a green utopia on Treasure Island sounds far-fetched, dreamers have a plan: San Francisco has a rare chance to do something that's historic and audacious: create the world's first green urban neighborhood... By John King -- SMWM; UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design- San Francisco Chronicle |
New rules will curb energy-guzzling McMansions: ...all designs would be policed and enshrined in law, with all homes built in accordance to the latest sustainability principles...- Sydney Morning Herald |
Bright bunch mark new centre of grey suburb: The new council offices and swimming pool in Finglas are a colourful gathering of buildings that provide a valuable centre for the community -- Donnelly Turpin Architects- The Irish Times |
Everyone's a critic: Cut a little slack for city's hotel design... Why, without good, tough architecture criticism, a city like Phoenix would be chock-a-block with ugly buildings in no time. -- Arquitectonica- Arizona Republic |
Opportunity lost with new buildings: Harvard's new Center for Government and International Studies...buildings are simple and elegant, and yet somehow they aren't quite satisfying...60 Oxford St...a graceful transition from the institutional to the residential.. By Laura Wernick, AIA -- Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Perry Dean Rodgers Partners- Cambridge Chronicle (Massachusetts) |
The Scavenger's Guide to the Galaxy: Olle Lundberg and his wife live aboard the Maritol, a decommissioned Icelandic car ferry docked at Pier 54 in San Francisco...fashioned from found parts. -- Lundberg Design [slide show]- New York Times |
The art of space: Geometry transforms a dark semi into an eco-friendly home. -- Kennedy Associates Architects- Sydney Morning Herald |
Look-Alikes Draw Lawyers' Stares: At a time when awareness of good design is spreading, knockoffs of classic designs are also on the rise.- New York Times |
Sustainable Urbanism Tops the Agenda as World Environment Day Comes to the U.S. June 1-5 [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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Gudmundur Jonsson: Norveg Coast-Cultural Center, Rørvik, Norway |
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