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Today's News - June 16, 2005
Waterfront visions everywhere - from Toronto to Hobart, Edinburgh to Minneapolis. -- Big plans for Yankee Stadium 2 are a big let-down: a "watered-down view of history" and a "Las Vegas Solution." -- Berlin's newest memorial "not the great work of outdoor sculpture it might have been. It's just big--very big." -- Result of recent RFQ for Denver justice center master plan will tell if "destination architecture" (a.k.a. the Bilbao effect) has had its 15 minutes of fame. -- Of Freedom Tower, condo conversions, and San Diego's downtown rebound. -- Risks and rewards abound in reinventing decommissioned military bases. -- Too many streetscapes lined up like so many lollipops. -- A Modernist campus that remains one of the most beautiful in the world. -- Ando "hurls" his ideas as he takes on a resort in Korea.
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Waterfront merits great expectations: The waterfront is where Toronto will redefine itself for the 21st century. It is where we can create not just a new image of this city but a new way of doing things. By Christopher Hume -- Bruce Kuwabara- Toronto Star |
Vision of a truly sparkling waterfront: Melbourne architect Peter Elliott has made a flying start in his role as head of the Sullivans Cove Waterfront Authority Design Panel.- Hobart Mercury (Australia) |
Vision of future turns Granton into ocean oasis: Waterfront Edinburgh...is behind the planned £1 billion transformation of a 120-acre site...to rival the likes of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Vancouver.- The Scotsman (UK) |
Glitzy, ritzy condos planned on Minneapolis riverfront: ...like the shimmery shapes of Frank Gehry toned down by a dose of Minnesota nice. By Linda Mack -- James Dayton; Jean Nouvel; Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle; Julie Snow Architects- Minneapolis Star Tribune |
The Good, the Bad, Mostly the Ugly: The proposed new Yankee Stadium represents the kind of watered-down view of history that remains a dispiriting trend in New York architecture. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- HOK Sport [slide show]- New York Times |
Not exactly a home run: Yankee Stadium 2 will boast a sort-of-faithful replica of the 1923 facade...a terminal confusion between preservation and simulation...the Las Vegas Solution -- making a copy, only better -- was hardly the only or the obvious way to go. By Justin Davidson -- HOK Sport- NY Newsday |
Monument to Ambiguity: ...Eisenman memorial represents a kind of cowardice. It's not especially unseemly; it's not a clearly readable symbolic statement about the Holocaust; it's not the great work of outdoor sculpture it might have been. It's just big--very big. -- Renata Stih/Frieder Schnock; Micha Ullman; Libeskind- Wall Street Journal |
Will form follow function? Only time will reveal whether destination architecture truly accomplishes its purpose...A few recent occurrences suggest the Bilbao Effect's 15 minutes of fame may be running down. -- Gehry; Piano; Libeskind- Denver Post |
Better Views: Freedom Tower; Condo Reversions; San Diego's Downtown Rebound -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Carrier Johnson Architects- Wall Street Journal |
Base Closures: Redevelopment Boon Or Bust? To be sure, decommissioned military bases offer unique risks and rewards for any developers bent on reinventing them.- National Real Estate Investor (NREI) |
Streetjacketed: Too many landscapes bound by contrived uniformity...In landscaping, as in so many other facets of architecture, blind habit, laziness and hurry are the greatest enemies of good design. By Arrol Gellner- San Francisco Chronicle |
Modernism Matters: ...Ron Thom designed [Trent University] campus in the early 1960s...Forty years later, students amble to class across one of the most beautiful modern campuses in the world. -- DOCOMOMO Canada [image]- The Walrus (Canada) |
Architect ‘hurls' his ideas at the world: Tadao Ando chosen to design Phoenix Park Resort complex on Jeju Island...$400 million project that will include housing facilities, a museum and exhibition room.- JoongAng Daily (Korea) |
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Exhibition: Jean Nouvel: "Louisiana Manifesto," Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, Denmark |
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