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Today's News - October 31, 2005
ArcSpace brings us Ito in Tokyo and Prouvé in L.A. -- We lose a master architect and masterful educator. -- An AIA conference to take on rebuilding in Louisiana. -- Heathcote examines East London's new Eden, the Olympics, et al. -- Denver's skyline in for big changes. -- Solar power for a Coney Island station (and links to lots of others elsewhere). -- The nuts and bolts of Hearst Tower in Manhattan. -- A high-minded Q&A about the High Museum with Meier and Piano (yes, they're still friends). -- Has Piano lost his edge or found his soul? -- Pompidou Center and Guggenheim have hopes of hooking up with Foster in Hong Kong (and if a Guggenheim snags Singapore, it will tag Hadid). -- Shigeru Ban on Pompidou's other new outpost. -- Chicago gets a Millennium Park while Boston debates trees. -- The new de Young Museum "is a refreshing alternative to the egotism and exhibitionism of many of the current crop of museums. No wonder it has Turrell so bothered." -- East West University campus in Dhaka taps a Malaysian master. -- National Building Museum approaches its 25th birthday - with lots to celebrate. -- One we couldn't resist: "100 things that make us scream" - Happy Halloween!
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-- Toyo Ito & Associates: Tod’s Omotesando, Tokyo
-- Conference: Prefab Now: Jean Prouvé: Tropical House, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles |
Obituary: Architect, professor Robert Paschal Burns, 71, killed in car accident- News & Observer (North Carolina) |
AIA Puts Together Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference in New Orleans, November 10–12- AIArchitect |
The East’s New Eden: The Lower Lea Valley...represented not the East End, just the end...Now, however...the next big thing...615 hectares of wastelands...the final chunk of London to be parcelled out to developers... By Edwin Heathcote -- Arup Associates; Fletcher Priest; Witherford Watson Mann- Financial Times (UK) |
Skyline makeover: New high-rises will forever alter face of Denver -- Libeskind; Adjaye; LMN Architects; Buchanan Yonushewski Group; Fentress Bradburn [images]- Rocky Mountain News (Denver) |
Solar Power Brightens NYC Commute: Stillwell Avenue station has been heralded as a revolutionary design thanks to its extensive use of solar power -- a rarity in municipal transportation services in the United States. -- Kiss + Cathcart; Solar Design Associates [images, links]- Wired |
Manhattan High-Rise Is Chock Full Of Jarring Juxtapositions: Demanding program and architecture push builders to perform above the norm...may as well be called Hearst Castle East. -- Foster & Partners; Adamson Associates [images]- Engineering News-Record (ENR) |
Lovely Museum. Mind if I Redesign It for You? Richard Meier built a landmark [High Museum of Art, Atlanta], then Renzo Piano built on top of it. So why are the two architects still so friendly? [images, Q&A]- New York Times |
A Light in the Piazza: Once outrageous architect Renzo Piano now shows a quiet elegance. Did he lose his edge — or find his soul?- Newsweek |
From 'Not Interested' to a Collaboration: Pompidou Center...Guggenheim Foundation...if they win the [Hong Kong] bid...will become equal partners in building a $400 million museum designed by Lord Norman Foster...- New York Times |
Material guy: He builds houses out of sand, beer crates, even paper - and he's just been chosen to create the Pompidou's new outpost. Steve Rose meets Shigeru Ban- Guardian (UK) |
Chicago hits this one out of the park: There's something for everyone at the beautiful, civilized Millennium...The real question, for a Bostonian, is how can Chicago pull off something so fantastic...where we Bostonians always seem to be quarreling over what species of tree to plant. By Robert Campbell -- Gehry; Plensa; Kapoor; Tigerman; Euler; Wood and Zapata- Boston Globe |
Ructions after the quake: In 1989, San Francisco's much-loved [de Young Museum] was damaged beyond repair, but at long last the Tate Modern architects' stunning rebuild has opened. If only the artists were happy ... By Deyan Sudjic -- Herzog and de Meuron; James Turrell- Observer (UK) |
Malaysian architect to design East West University campus [in Dhaka, Bangladesh] -- Riddhi Architects- Financial Express (India) |
After 25 Years, National Building Museum Is a Pillar of the Community. By Benjamin Forgey- Washington Post |
100 things that make us scream: After meticulous research, we have determined the 100 things that most make you quiver like a schoolgirl- Toronto Star |
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