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Today's News - June 21, 2005
A call for people to take back their streets: cars should not rule the road. -- A small stretch of Toronto's waterfront shows what its future can hold. -- Design guidelines should not be straightjackets. -- Investing in good design makes good economic sense. -- Stadiums are hard to love (but it's getting easier in some places). -- In Bilbao, "architecture is art and art, architecture." -- "Elegant changes" to the Delaware Art Museum are a work of art. -- An artful zoo for kids in Chicago. -- World Monuments Fund names most threatened sites around the world. -- 71 RIBA Award winners make a lengthy shortlist for Stirling Prize. -- "Star Wars" makes design curriculum. -- Young Bangkok architects making their mark. -- Two calls for entries. -- "Snooze" is no snooze. -- Just an FYI: new list of the world's costliest cities.
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Streets Are People Places: The first step in winning back our communities is realizing that cars should not rule the roads. [images, links]- Project for Public Spaces |
A few bold steps for Toronto the Timid: The new water's edge promenade...is memorable for its simplicity, effectiveness and, dare we say, beauty. By Christopher Hume -- Ken Greenberg- Toronto Star |
Guidelines should be just that — a guide: not enough architects know how to do good contemporary design in historic contexts...let the rulebook be a guide, not a straitjacket. By Whitney Gould- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
Portland can show architects the way: Investing in good design makes good economic sense for Portland and for Maine.- Portland Press Herald (Maine) |
When the Stadium Makes a Statement: Most sports stadiums are hard to love, but they can be an instant window into a culture's values. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Pier Luigi Nervi; Gehry; Werner March; Herzog & de Meuron; Eduardo Souto de Moura [slide show]- New York Times |
Arty verse of Bilbao song: Gehry's Guggenheim...is a building that serves no purpose, beyond the magnificence of its own existence...with Serra's "Time," we have reached a point where architecture is art and art, architecture. By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star |
A work of art: A renovation has wrought such dramatic, elegant changes that the Delaware Art Museum may seem brand-new when it reopens next Sunday. -- Ann Beha Architects; James Turrell [slide show]- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Artful zoo unites kids and wild things: While its architectural centerpiece may not be a brilliant piece of design, it is nonetheless very good, a work of restrained modernism that quietly takes its place in the landscape... By Blair Kamin -- Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis; Mesa Landscape Architects; Peter Exley- Chicago Tribune |
2 Columbus Circle Makes World Monuments Fund List of Threatened Sites: This year's list has sites from 55 countries on all 7 continents -- Edward Durell Stone [slide show]- New York Times |
Winners of RIBA Awards 2005 and RIBA Worldwide Awards announced: The 71 winners will form the long-list for the 10th anniversary RIBA Stirling Prize- RIBA (UK) |
RIBA Awards 2005 winners [images]- RIBA (UK) |
Architecture course relates ‘Star Wars’ to design curriculum: Advanced Design Studio students analyze images and themes to create projects.- The Shorthorn (University of Texas at Arlington) |
Building a future: Young architects in the spotlight -- Metric Co Ltd- Bangkok Post |
Call for Entries: Keitai City: 1st DoCoMo International Architectural Design Competition; deadline: September 26 [English & Japanese]- NTT DoCoMo |
Call for Entries: A Town Landmark: Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition; deadline: July 27- Central Glass Co. |
Book Review: "Snooze: Immersing Architecture in Mass Culture" by Studio Sputnik,..calls into question the contemporary relevance of a profession dominated by genius-heroes and exceptional projects. By Nancy Levinson- ArtsJournal |
Tokyo World's Costliest City; NYC Is 13th (AP)- Washington Post |
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Antoine Predock: Community Performing Arts & Learning Center, Pima Community College. Green Valley, Arizona |
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