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Preservationists team up to preserve Gulf Coast, now the 101st site on the 2006 list of 100 most endangered sites. -- EOI for new campus in Nigeria. -- List of Scotland's carbuncles sure to some raise hackles. -- A look at Chicago's contemporary classicists. -- "Quirky" British architect tapped to design iconic building for Toronto film studio. -- San Francisco's de Young museum "one of the most thoughtful and assured buildings the Bay Area has ever seen." -- India's "hottest architect" changing skylines (but "not the most talented, nor the most innovative"?). -- One competition-winning memorial design bites the dust. -- So far, nothing but praise for another. -- New York opens some intriguing doors this weekend.
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World Monuments Fund and National Trust Team up to Preserve Gulf Coast Landmarks: WMF adds New Orleans and the gulf coast as the 101st site on the 2006 world monuments watch list of 100 most endangered sites- National Trust for Historic Preservation |
RIBA Competition: Expressions of Interest for the development of the first campus for the African Institute of Science and Technology in Abuja, Nigeria; deadline: November 7- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
Is this Scotland’s carbuncle capital? ...shortlist for this year's Carbuncle Award...will infuriate some civic leaders and strike a chord with some of their citizens...- The Herald (Scotland) |
Classicists at the Gate: Both classicist architects and their more pragmatic Chicago counterparts have a weakness for returning to the past, but the way they choose to do it couldn't be more different. By Lynn Becker -- Burnham; Root; Quinlan Terry; Krier; Porphyrios; Antunovich Associates [images]- Repeat (Chicago) |
Alsop on the waterfront: [$275 million Filmport] Studio plan draws quirky architect -- Quadrangle Architects- Toronto Star |
The de Young: Not your average art-filled box: The architects of S.F.'s newly rebuilt museum create a space with an aura of mystery -- one that touches all the senses...one of the most thoughtful and assured buildings the Bay Area has ever seen... By John King -- Herzog & de Meuron; Walter Hood; Fong & Chan Architects [images, video]- San Francisco Chronicle |
How Mohit Gujral changed India's skyline: ...being touted as the hottest architect on the block. Not the most talented, nor the most innovative, nor even the most energy conscious, but at last count, Gujral's firm, Design Plus...putting its imprint on a little less than 20 million sq ft of space- Rediff.com (India) |
Official rejects University of Mississippi memorial: ...takes issue with wording on creation honoring James Meredith -- Terry Adkins; James Ely- Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi) |
Black New Yorkers: Architect pays homage to the ancestors: Building the African Burial Ground memorial will be the most challenging and fulfilling project architect Rodney Leon has tackled.- Amsterdam News (NYC) |
Open City: Now in its third year, openhousenewyork is fast becoming a New York City institution... Q&A with architect and founder Scott Lauer- The Architect's Newspaper (NYC) |
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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