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Today's News - July 6, 2005
This month, SMPS looks at staying the course in stormy seas with well-grounded plans for succession. -- While London just got the nod for the 2012 Olympics, "Long live the 2014 New York World's Fair." -- Eminent domain ruling is not an endorsement for good planning. -- The attorney who fought the ruling says it's a wake-up call. -- L.A.'s school building boom not without environmental battles. -- Three architects from three different parts of the world take on disaster zones, the homeless, and the urban poor. -- Pearman surveys Cotswold plans and finds "a fascinating experiment, an attempt to make a leisure Utopia out of water and architecture." -- Big plans to put Auckland Art Gallery on the international art and architecture map. -- Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in for a major (and much-needed) makeover. -- San Francisco's Presidio under a George Lucas/Lawrence Halprin spell. -- V&A's new magic garden casts its own spell. -- Landscape has Holyrood "causing consternation once again." -- Video landscape as the architect's new building material. -- ULI has a new chairman ('er - chairwoman) who has her eye on creative infrastructure.
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Op-Ed: The 2012 New York Olympics is lost. Long live the 2014 New York World's Fair. By Fred Bernstein- ArchNewsNow |
Op-Ed: Is Kelo v. City of New London Good For Urban Planning? The recent ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the use of eminent domain was seen as an endorsement of professional planning. But this is not true...The Court's decision upheld the process -- but not good planning. By Samuel R. Staley- PLANetizen |
Never Mind the Kelo, Here's Scott Bullock: The attorney who argued the landmark eminent domain case surveys the blight in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision. [interview]- Reason |
Los Angeles School District Wrestles with Environmental Issues in Building Boom: "If you're going to develop in Los Angeles, especially in the inner city... you find toxic materials..." (AP)- Environmental News Network |
Futureshack to the rescue: He flunked his exams and nearly became a footballer. But Sean Godsell is now taking architecture to global disaster zones. [image]- Guardian (UK) |
Causes close to the heart: Architect...wants to do his part to support San Francisco's 10-year plan to end homelessness. -- David Baker + Partners Architects- San Francisco Examiner |
Milestones of stumbling blocks: Pratima Joshi aims to provide housing and basic infrastructure for the urban poor: ...exposure to the utter deprivation and degradation of slum life that really jolted Joshi from her reverie. -- Shelter Associates- Indian Express (Pune) |
Cotswold utopia: A developer has gathered together some of the world’s most radical architects for a dream housing project...Lower Mill Estate. By Hugh Pearman -- Richard Reid; Alsop; Eva Jiricna; Piers Gough, Jeremy Dixon/Edward Jones; Alison Brooks; Sarah Featherstone; Pierre d’ Avoine; Adrian James; Sarah Wigglesworth; Sutherland Hussey; Richard Meier; Greg Lynn; Gehry; Roger Sherman [image, link]- The Times (UK) |
Auckland Art Gallery in for $90m revamp: ...a fusion of contemporary and heritage architecture...the most radical overhaul of the 1887 French-style colonial icon...set to propel the gallery into the ranks of major international art museums. -- FJMT (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp); Archimedia [image]- New Zealand Herald |
Bolshoi Theatre closes for £400m makeover -- Nikita Shangin- Guardian (UK) |
George Lucas casts a spell at Presidio: New empire of 'Star Wars' creator is slightly unreal...the best call Lucas made was hiring Lawrence Halprin to bring the site alive. By John King -- Gensler; HKS [images]- San Francisco Chronicle |
A breath of fresh air at the V&A: A lung by day and pulsating heart by night - the museum's dank, unloved garden has been magically transformed. By Giles Worsley -- Kim Wilkie- Telegraph (UK) |
Holyrood is hit by a mow vote: Its unkempt appearance suggests months of neglect by a careless gardener. But the wild and shaggy long grass outside the Scottish Parliament is actually a carefully cultivated design feature. -- Enric Miralles [image]- The Scotsman (UK) |
Video landscape: [architects have] commandeered video as a building material... By Justin Davidson -- Venturi Scott Brown; Kohn Pedersen Fox; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Richard Meier; Rafael Viñoly; Thomas Leeser; Iu & Bibliowicz; David Rockwell- NY Newsday |
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is New Chairman of ULI; Priorities Include the Future of Cities, Innovative Infrastructure, Global Information Exchange- Urban Land Institute (ULI) |
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-- Under construction: Raimund Abraham: JingYa Ocean Entertainment Center, Beijing, China
-- Randall Stout: Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
-- Design Hotel: Niall D Brennan & Associates: The Morgan, Dublin, Ireland |
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