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Today's News - October 6, 2005
A 10-point plan for rebuilding New Orleans. -- Hollyrood RIAS win raises eyebrows (why are we not surprised?): award "seems to say it is acceptable to overspend ten-fold on a building, go ten times over the timescale and have no management control," not to mention the client contributed mightily to prize purse. -- Florida's creative class theory doesn't float for British cities. -- Canadian and Australian cities top another "most livable" list because of strong infrastructure. -- Not enough office space sparks Canadian commercial building boom. -- Not enough public green space in L.A.: "commercial "groves" and "promenades" are unsatisfactory substitutes." -- Stylish affordable housing taking hold. -- Louvre Lens picks multi-national design team. -- Connecticut casino picks team for major expansion. -- An artist offers an ironic look at London, informed by its architecture. -- Irish Architecture Foundation launches open competition for curator for 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. -- Students take center stage in Singapore design competition.
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A Bold Plan for New Orleans: ...a ten-point plan to approach the reconstruction of New Orleans in a way that protects the environment while respecting the city's culture and the well-being of its residents.- BuildingGreen |
£25,000 architecture prize, most of it paid by Executive, goes to... Holyrood: "After the Executive spent £431 million on the building, to then contribute £15,000 to a prize which goes to their own architects does leave a rather sour taste in the mouth." -- Enric Miralles/EMBT; RMJM- The Scotsman (UK) |
The wrong stuff: creative class theory, diversity and city performance: paper examines Richard Florida's ideas, focusing on the evidence in British cities...finds little evidence of a 'creative class', and little evidence that 'creative' cities do better. [PDF]- Insitute for Public Policy Research (U.K.) |
Vancouver "most livable" again: "What made Vancouver, other Canadian cities and Australia so strong was its infrastructure"- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Office space demand may fuel building boom: The equivalent of 16 new, 50-storey towers of one million square feet will have to be built to meet the surge in demand by 2010 -- particularly in Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
Eden's need for green: L.A. is a great big freeway. Let's lay some sod and plant more sycamore trees...the public land that isn't being privatized is callously insufficient...The city's commercial "groves" and "promenades" are unsatisfactory substitutes.- Los Angeles Times |
Cheap = Good: Affordable housing -- more necessary now, post-Katrina -- is not just better than it used to be, it can be more stylish than any garden-variety McMansion. By Karrie Jacobs -- Samuel Mockbee/Rural Studio- Salon.com |
Louvre Annex to Open in Lens, France: The jury's final decision was reportedly close. -- Imrey Culbert/SANAA/Catherine Mosbach [images]- Architectural Record |
Foxwoods Resort Casino chooses its $700 million expansion design team -- Paul Steelman Group- Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut) |
The soldier and the fox: Francis Alÿs gets the measure of London...These gentle, ironic looks at London are informed by an architectural sensibility... By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Culture Ireland appoints commissioner for the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale: Irish Architecture Foundation...launched an open competition to find and appoint Ireland's Curator...- Archiseek (Ireland) |
Singapore hosts international design contest for students: ...just one of the steps taken to help promote the appreciation of Asian design and architecture...nearly 350 entries for the VivoCity Design Competition. -- Toyo Ito- ChannelNewsAsia |
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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