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Mayors and architects head to the Gulf Coast; some are already rocking the boat. -- Beijing: a city that's eating the world. -- Conference takes on tall buildings. -- Building a city near Bangkok airport not such a good idea. -- Designs take flight to turn former air base into Orange County Great Park. -- Children's museum in Chicago suburb is a "duck that soars." -- Arts magnet school in Dallas will make space to be messy and loud and creative. -- Plans afoot for a new pedestrian bridge in Budapest. -- MoMA's "Safe" show perhaps a bit too safe. -- A tent for the desert uses space technology. -- An Irish designer makes a comeback at 92. -- Winners all in Ireland, New Zealand, and U.S.
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Mayors’ Institute on City Design Heads to New Orleans and Gulf Coast Region; Brings Mayors and Architectural Design Experts Together to Help Rebuild Communities [.pdf]- Mayors’ Institute on City Design |
Mississippi rocks the boat with bold coastal designs: In Katrina's wake, invited architects serve up a `dream'. By Blair Kamin -- Andres Duany; Elizabeth Moule- Chicago Tribune |
The city that ate the world: It's goodbye to Mao and hello to Europe's top architects, all Australia's iron ore... and half the World's concrete. With its sights set on Olympic gold, Beijing is being rebuilt round the clock. By Deyan Sudjic Foster; Koolhaas; Herzog & de Meuron; Hadid; Nouvel; Alsop; Andreu- Observer (UK) |
Around the world, tall buildings herald economic arrival: Reaching new heights: ...the world's arbiter on the subject, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, is showcasing just what makes tall structures so great. -- Magnusson Klemencic Associates; C.Y. Lee & Partner; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill- NY Newsday |
It's Against Nature: The area surrounding Suvarnabhumi Airport is not the ideal location for a new city, an architect who heads a team of city planners charged with designing the new urban development, said... -- Sumet Jumsai/SJA 3D Co- The Nation (Thailand) |
Flight plan soars: For inspiring design, look no further than Orange County's Great Park. By Christopher Hawthorne -- Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey; Ken Smith Landscape Architect; EMBT Arquitectes [images]- Los Angeles Times |
Kohl Children's Museum a unique 'duck' that soars: Glenview structure grabs your attention... Clever incorporation of green... By Blair Kamin -- Booth Hansen; Peter Schaudt; Jack Rouse Associates; Layman Design; Derse Exhibits; Claro Creative Studios- Chicago Tribune |
Buzz factory: Final design for the Arts Magnet opens a space for inspiration...Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts...where it's OK to be messy and loud and not care what the grown-ups think... By David Dillon -- Brad Cloepfil/Allied Works Architecture; Booziotis and Co.- Dallas Morning News |
New plan for pedestrian bridge afoot...to add to Budapest’s nine existing bridges spanning the Danube...A worldwide competition is planned for its design and construction...- The Budapest Times |
If You're Going to Be Safe, May as Well Be Stylish: "Safe: Design Takes On Risk," at the Museum of Modern Art, is an array of exquisite design objects that are meant to make us feel secure. But the show never gets inside our heads or hearts. By Nicolai Ourroussoff [images]- New York Times |
Space concepts improve life in the desert: An innovative tent, developed with the use of space concepts, is now on display at the 'SAFE: Design On Risk' exhibition at MoMA -- Vittori and Vogler/Architecture and Vision [images]- European Space Agency |
Modest designer who made a comeback at 92: Irish-born Eileen Gray was a leading design figure in Paris in the 1920s but by the 1970s, had been largely forgotten. Two experts who are coming to Dublin this weekend for an Eileen Gray conference explain...how they revived her career. -- Alan Irvine; Zeev Aram- The Irish Times |
House at Clonakilty wins the Stephen Lawrence Prize -- Niall McLaughlin Architects [image]- Archiseek (Ireland) |
ADNZ (Architectural Designers New Zealand) Origin 2005 National Design Awards winners announced- Scoop (New Zealand) |
Interior Design Announces 2005 Hall of Fame Inductees: FIDER and Architecture for Humanity will receive a portion proceeds from the Hall of Fame Awards Gala November 30. -- Clive Wilkinson; Piero Lissoni; Kitty Hawks; Hariri & Hariri- Interior Design magazine |
Second Look: Tracey Towers by Paul Rudolph, 1972: How did Rudolph, a restless and challenging architectural mind, end up doing subsidized housing in the Bronx? By Fred Bernstein [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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-- Antoine Predock: National Palace Museum Southern Branch, Taibo City, Taiwan
-- Exhibition: "Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures," MOCA, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
-- Book: "Architecture Now! 3" by By Philip Jodidio |
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