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Today's News - August 25, 2005
Sprawl, smart growth, and new urbanism: mixed-use districts sometimes just a Disney-fied version of sprawl. -- Taming sprawl requires new solutions - and getting involved. -- The "dramatic impact" the Internet could have on the architecture and landscape of communities. -- Canada's new national building code offers high hopes for innovative design (or not). -- America's Top 10 "green" schools (unfortunately, some of their architects must have been left on the editing floor). -- A Long Island waterfront with lessons for NYC (and elsewhere). -- One alternative to ugly security bollards and over-sized planters: a ha-ha (no kidding). -- Chamfers, chamfers everywhere (not just atop Freedom Tower). -- An artful protest to preserve East German parliament building - but some want a palace. -- A Denver project is good business for British architect. -- Promenade Plantée in Paris offers a peek at the future High Line in NYC. -- Ideas competition: hyper density in future urban environments.
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'Mixed-Use Districts' Often Get Mixed Reviews: ...some...have fallen short of being true town centers, some academics and smart growth advocates say...just a different format of sprawl...- Washington Post |
Old problem: taming new sprawl: Counties, voters, developers have roles in guiding our growth...we must examine a new set of solutions... By Roger L. Galatas- Houston Chronicle |
Smart Growth and the Internet: As the Internet revolution moves into full bloom...there is every reason to believe it could have a dramatic impact on the architecture and landscape of communities throughout the world. By John M. Eger- Government Technology |
High hopes for new national building code: The document will speed up permit paperwork and allow for more creative design, proponents say- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
America's Top 10 Green Schools. By Jane Holtz Kay -- Boora Architects; HMFH Architects; Arup Engineering; Moseley Architects; Pfau Architecture; L. Robert Kimball and Associates; BeeryRio; Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects- The Green Guide Institute |
Greening Greenport, phase two: Waterfront's 10-year, $16-million face-lift could be model for NYC site...an object lesson in how...architects and politicians can sometimes make life a little better. By Justin Davidson -- SHoP [images]- NY Newsday |
I Came, Eyesore, I Conquered: Perimeter security is ugly and may not keep us safe...Olin Partnership's ha-ha is an unobtrusive retaining wall...nice to look at...That it also happens to be designed to stop a madman in a Hummer seems almost an afterthought. By Witold Rybczynski [images]- Slate |
Freedom Tower's 'Unique' Corners Found on Other Drawing Boards: ...the search for architectural provenance is more than an academic exercise. -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Robert A. M. Stern; Foster & Partners; Harry Weese; Kohn Pedersen Fox; Thomas Shine [images]- New York Times |
Berlin's Indoor Mountain of Art and Protest: ...old East German parliament building...to be demolished to make way for a re-creation of a palace. -- Manfred Prasser (1972); Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius; Rem Koolhaas [images]- New York Times |
California Design's Endless Summer: California's contribution to the American imagination at home is something so ubiquitous now as to seem commonplace. We call it lifestyle. [slide show]- New York Times |
Image building: Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver project buttresses David Adjaye's worldwide reputation. By Mary Voelz Chandler -- Davis Partnership- Rocky Mountain News (Denver) |
The Secret Jardin: For a quicker taste of what the [High Line's] future may hold, here is the story of another such midair park - the only other one, in fact. It is called the Promenade Plantée, and it is in Paris.- New York Times |
Call for Entries: FAR 8 - hyper density in future urban environments, sponsored by FAR Gallery for European Architecture Shanghai; registration deadline: October 1- FAR Gallery |
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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