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Today's News - August 24, 2005
Solutions for cities: more walking in Washington, DC, and bicycles as public transit in Lyon, France. -- Sane design review, not zoning, the solution to stem McMansion mania. -- A "tyranny of safety" stems design creativity in Toronto. -- Corpus Christi gets serious about its waterfront. -- An impressive shortlist vies for Harvard science buildings. -- Design for Kansas City's new arena needs better links to its surroundings. -- The design of a platypusary in Australia is as "free as a roaming platypus" (we wish there were pictures!). -- Washington, DC, has a new and "polite yet engaging jewel" adorning an important corner. -- A Philadelphia condo tower gets shorter and "nicer." -- A call for Philadelphia to let its own bright stars design the new Barnes. -- The historic Palm Springs Racquet Club to become a haven for yuppies and baby boomers -- a better fate than Bunshaft's Travertine House (now only a vacant lot with a great view). -- A new book calls for universities to participate in creating sustainable urban neighborhoods.
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What's wrong with cities? Nothing walking won't solve: These ideas are not new or radical...But their implementation requires radical change to alter the habits of conventional developers and policymakers. By Lance Hosey- Washington Business Journal |
A P2P Network for Bikes: Lyon, France, is trying out a new public transit system that lets people borrow bikes from public racks for short jaunts across the city. Could this break the urban commute bottleneck?- Wired News |
What's the Best Way to Address 'Supersized Homes'? (Hint: It's Not Through Zoning): Design review can't change the talent of an architect...but it can foster higher aesthetic aspirations. By Roger K. Lewis- Washington Post |
City free of risk, but at what cost? Obsession with safety means design and inspiration take a back seat. By Christopher Hume- Toronto Star |
$800K+ accord OK'd by council: Local architect firm to get public input...plan to redevelop the downtown waterfront is now under way. -- Gignac & Associates; Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback; Arquitectonica; Sasaki Associates- Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Texas) |
Science first: Four high-powered architectural teams are now competing for the right to design the first of the two 500,000-square-foot [Harvard] buildings -- Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner; Kallmann McKinnell Wood; Mack Scogin Merrill Elam; Rafael Vinoly- Boston Globe |
Editorial: Sprint Center arena: Plan is exciting but needs work: ...a design of which Kansas City can be proud, but the designers have more work to do to strengthen the arena’s links with its surroundings. -- Downtown Arena Design Team (HOK Sport/Ellerbe Becket/360 Architecture/Rafael Architects)- Kansas City Star |
Platypusary, Healesville Sanctuary: Cassandra Fahey took the most curious aspect of this animal - its egg-laying - and designed a building around it. By Norman Day- The Age (Australia) |
Corner Kick: An Architect Scores With an Elegant Office Building at A Key Intersection...a polite yet engaging jewel for this prominent setting. By Benjamin Forgey -- James Ingo Freed/Pei Cobb Freed & Partners [image]- Washington Post |
Condo bucks a rising trend: The Ritz-Carlton plan goes shorter, brighter...It also got nicer. By Inga Saffron -- Handel Architects [image]- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Commentary: Designing the Barnes: Philly firm is ready, able...while these peripatetic architectural prophets are hailed worldwide as heroes, we treat them rather shabbily at home. By Harris Steinberg -- Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Architect envisions retreat for yuppies, baby boomers: This private enclave will be found at the redesigned historic Palm Springs Racquet Club... -- Michael Mueller/Van Scott Jones- The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) |
Bunshaft House Demolished: The dog days of late July saw the demolition of the Travertine House, the only residence designed by former Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) principal...a new building “in the spirit of the former house, using the same footprint”... -- Pill-Maharam Associates- The Architect's Newspaper (NYC) |
Book Review: "Promise and Betrayal: Universities and the Battle for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods" by John Gilderbloom and R.L. Mullins Jr.- Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) |
INSIGHT: Downtown Vancouver's Last Resort: How Did "Living First" Become "Condos Only?" By Trevor Boddy- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Exhibition: "Dream of Tower" at the Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen
-- Competition winner: Steven Holl Architects: Sail Hybrid/Albert Place Casino, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
-- MVRDV: Gemini Residence, Copenhagen |
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