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Today's News - October 4, 2005
This month, SMPS looks at what's hot in - and how to tap into - the international development scene. -- Post-disaster housing that feels like home (and the problem with getting it to where it's needed). -- U.N. takes on affordable housing in its own backyard. -- Scaffolding rising around 2 Columbus Circle despite continued protests. -- Towering plans (with a British accents) for Yoido, Korea. -- St. Louis can get a hint of what's to come for its museum expansion with a visit to Davenport, Iowa. -- University of Johannesburg opens a dream project. -- Charlotte, NC, opens its "most architecturally adventuresome public building." -- Newark, NJ, getting a stadium after all. -- "Vanilla architecture" isn't all bad for New Philadelphia School District HQ. -- The Chicago 7 (architects, that is), and L.A. School of Architecture architects bandy among themselves. -- Another requiem for Bunshaft's Travertine House. -- Call for papers for Making Cities Livable Conference. -- Taliesin West conference in November lures stellar lineup.
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After a Disaster, Houses That Feel More Like Home: The HELP house and Global Village Shelter are the latest in a distinguished line of ideas from designers. By Linda Hales -- Carib Daniel Martin; Dan Ferrara; Nader Khalili; Shigeru Ban [image]- Washington Post |
U.N. Draws Bead on Problem of Housing in N.Y.: ...U.N. Habitat teamed up with Habitat for Humanity-NYC, Earth Institute at Columbia University, and the Rockefeller Foundation to promote housing solutions from "New York to New Orleans to New Delhi."- New York Sun |
'Lollipop' Building Set to Be Revamped: A controversial transformation of Edward Durell Stone's building into a new home for the Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle is under way. -- Edward Durell Stone (1965); Brad Cloepfil/Allied Works Architecture [images]- New York Times |
270-Meter Towers Planned for Yoido: $1.5 billion...shopping-hotel-office complex. -- Richard Rogers- The Korea Times |
A hint of what's to come? David Chipperfield has been chosen by the St. Louis Art Museum to design its new addition. The Figge offers a preview of what St. Louis might see built in the next few years on Art Hill.- St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
Dream project unveiled: ...University of Johannesburg's Arts Centre in Auckland Park. -- Mashabane and Rose; Justus van der Hoven- Tonight (South Africa) |
ImaginOn opening: Charlotte-Mecklenburg's most architecturally adventuresome public building... -- Malcolm Holtzman; Gantt Huberman Architects [slide show]- Charlotte Observer |
This Time, Newark Leaders Say, the Arena Will Be Built: ...the last of several ceremonies over the last seven years trumpeting the construction of a professional sports arena...broke ground on Monday on a $310 million building... -- Morris Adjmi Architects; HOK Sport [image]- New York Times |
District learning: If architecture expresses society's values at a moment in time, then the Philadelphia School District's new home [is] a radical manifesto to frugality, accessibility, democracy. By Inga Saffron -- Frank Siefert; Agoos-Lovera; HAS Architects- Philadelphia Inquirer |
Adding up the other Chicago 7: Intelligence, wit mark reunion..."It wasn't Mies that got boring. It was the copiers that got boring" By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune |
Was There an L.A. School of Architecture? “This is a great city for architects, but not necessarily for architecture.” -- Julie Eizenberg; Eric Owen Moss; Craig Hodgetts; Ming Fung; Ray Kappe [images]- Metropolis Magazine |
Martha's Touch: After a Botched Renovation, Gordon Bunshaft's Modern Home Was Demolished. [images]- Preservation magazine |
Call for papers for 44th International Making Cities Livable Conference: "True Urbanism & Healthy Communities" (May 2006); deadline: December 20- International Making Cities Livable |
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation plans design conference: "Doing More With Less, by Design" Nov. 2-5 at Taliesin West -- Will Bruder; Werner Sobek; Vernon Swaback; Hoffman- Arizona Republic |
The Rise of the Few: Key Ingredients for the World's Tallest Skyscrapers: Q&A with Ron Klemencic, Chairman, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- SANAA: IVAM (Insititut Valencia d’art Modern) Extension, Valencia, Spain
-- Enric Miralles/EMBT: C.N.A.R. (National Gymnastics Training Building), Alicante, Spain |
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