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Today's News - July 8, 2005
EDITOR'S NOTE: ArchNewsNow will be Internet-deprived until Tuesday, July 12...we'll see you then! ----- We lose a maker of icons in Beirut. -- A call for ideas for Marco Island, FL, "Town Center." -- Sports stadiums in Greece changing the urban environment - for good and bad. -- Three reports from UIA 22nd World Congress in Istanbul: Scott Brown says sexism still rampant; Hadid just wants to have fun; Nuno a winner. -- "Mod" New York firm gets arty commission in Austin. -- What does science have to say about Vedic design and feng shui? -- The making of Halprin's "great meadow" in San Francisco's Presidio. -- Denver landscape architects push water-wise message. -- Winners abound in Minnesota and Dallas. -- Mallet-Stevens celebrated at Centre Pompidou. -- Industrial Design Excellence Awards "offer a dizzying portrait of a consumer society on steroids."
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Obituary: Distinguished architect Pierre El-Khoury, 75, leaves a dazzling visual legacy: Beirut's skyline will become more aesthetically pleasing, dotted by his stellar architectural icons.- Daily Star (Lebanon) |
Call for Entries: Park Avenue [Marco Island] Design Ideas Competition sponsored by United Arts Council and the AIA Florida Southwest Chapter; 1st prize: $10,000; deadline: July 18- AIA Florida Southwest |
Architecture goes to the sports ground: Building stadiums is the game for soccer clubs, creating a new entertainment landscape while changing the urban environment -- Stelios Aghiostratitis; Rena Kloutsinioti; Alexandros Tripodakis- Kathimerini (Greece) |
UIA Report: Women architects hail differences: Denise Scott Brown says sexism is still rampant at top levels of profession- Turkish Daily News |
UIA Report: Architecture should be fun, Zaha Hadid says; Murcutt praises ecological architecture- Turkish Daily News |
UIA Report: Architecture congress wraps up; Nuno Portas wins Abercrombie Prize- Turkish Daily News |
Arthouse to renovate downtown quarters: Arts group picks mod New York firm to redesign Jones Center space. By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin -- Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis- Austin American-Statesman |
Mind Over Mortar: Proponents of Vedic Design And Feng Shui Believe That Our Homes Can Determine Our Health. What Does Science Have to Say? -- Jonathan Lipman/Maharishi Global Construction; Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture- Washington Post |
'Great meadow' the work of famed landscape architect: When you create a 17-acre landscape from scratch, all sorts of things are needed. Dirt, for starters. By John King -- Lawrence Halprin- San Francisco Chronicle |
Innovations help landscaping company avoid drought: ...when the drought hit in 2001...Norris Dullea was poised to push its water-wise message to a suddenly attentive audience of developers and town, city, county and state officials.- Denver Business Journal |
AIA Minnesota and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Announce 2005 RAVE (Residential Architects Vision and Excellence) Award Recipients [images]- AIA Minnesota |
Winners of Urban Reserve Design Competition for Young Architects Announced...innovative, sustainable modernist houses... -- Bercy Chen Studio; Area Architecture; Munn/Stewart Studio [images]- Urban Reserve |
Celebrating a stylish Modern architect: An exhibition devoted to Robert Mallet-Stevens at the Centre Pompidou until Aug. 29- International Herald Tribune |
Let the Buyer Behold: Some Winning Products: The 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards offer a dizzying portrait of a consumer society on steroids. By Linda Hales- Washington Post |
Op-Ed: The 2012 New York Olympics is lost. Long live the 2014 New York World's Fair. By Fred Bernstein- ArchNewsNow |
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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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