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Today's News - November 15, 2005
Taliesin West loses its founding dean. -- A call for high-density on higher ground in rebuilding New Orleans. -- Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards offers a cautionary tale in backwards planning and a reversal in the public process. -- Singapore and South Korea sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Design Cooperation to improve economics and quality of life. -- While Seoul picks its best buildings, still complaints of foreign invasion, suspicion of local talent; conference and exhibit extol local talent. -- Sizing up suburbia on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Preservation and public process issues in Charleston and New York continue to broil. -- Jacksonville's new library is "five stories of style." -- Detroit holds high hopes for high design for new FBI HQ. -- Phyllis Lambert wins 2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize. -- Forbes list of 10 architectural tastemakers. -- Legorreta retrospective in Mexico City shows his passion (but, surprisingly, no mention of Barragán or affordable housing). -- Chicago exhibit highlights five women architects who are "breaking up of the old-boys' club" and raising lots of questions, while a new book offers a "magisterial account" of the First Chicago School.
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Obituary: E. Thomas Casey, 81, former dean of Taliesin West...tackled getting academic accreditation for the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in the 1980s...- Arizona Republic |
Toward a 21st century New Orleans: ...cost of denser development...is far less than the cost of the massive levees...savings can be used...to allow families of all income levels to return to better housing and stronger neighborhoods on the higher ground. By John McIlwain/Urban Land Institute -- Evan Rose/SMWM- The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) |
Atlantic Yards: Through The Looking Glass: The planning...is all backwards...The most troubling part of the...project is that it seems to be part of a much bigger reversal in the public process set up to handle development proposals. By Tom Angotti- Gotham Gazette |
Govt calls for more collaborations among Asia's creative industries: Singapore and South Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Design Cooperation...mutual benefits in terms of better design for improved quality of life.- ChannelNewsAsia |
Selecting the best of Seoul's designer buildings: ...signs that growth in urban design and technology is only getting started here, and are quickly turning Seoul into one of the hippest cities in Asia + "Transforming Through Architecture" exhibit -- Botta; Nouvel; Koolhaas; Lee Young-hee/Jeong Young-gyun; Kim Jeong-cheol; Choi Gwan-young/Jeong Dong-myeong; Korea Architecture Association [images]- JoongAng Daily (Korea) |
Don't mock it: For years we have laughed, cried and occasionally despaired at the mere mention of its name. But no longer. Lesley Gillilan salutes suburbia- Telegraph (UK) |
Sizing up the suburbs: A quest for the best...The fact is, suburbs may be mocked, but they are the preferred form of living.- Kansas City Star |
Unfair Board of Architectural Review hearing on Clemson Architectural Center: Neither the city staff nor Clemson's architects showed any sympathy for the plight of the condominium owners -- Kennedy & Violich Architects- Charleston Post and Courier |
Clemson officials should heed public outcry on building design: If it wasn't clear before a public hearing last week, it should be now. A large segment of the community is strongly opposed to plans for the Clemson Architectural Center... -- Kennedy & Violich Architects- Charleston Post and Courier |
Passion on Both Sides of Landmark-Status Bill: "Landmarking should be a two-way street."- New York Times |
A cathedral of books: The new Jacksonville Public Library...is an impressive sight...When historians look back...they will name this grand library and the urban parks system as the two outstanding achievements funded by the taxpayers. -- Robert A. M. Stern Architects- Florida Times-Union |
Five Stories of Style: Jacksonville's new Main Library stretches five stories high and the length of a downtown city block, but it's the details within those walls that likely will amaze visitors -- Robert A.M. Stern Architects [images only]- Florida Times-Union |
FBI is cracking down on dullness: Detroit HQ could break bland mold...GSA has accomplished any number of refined designs in recent years, giving hope of something refreshing from the FBI project. By John Gallagher- Detroit Free Press |
National Building Museum Announces Phyllis Lambert [founder, Canadian Centre for Architecture] as Winner of 2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize; Prize Ceremony and Lecture January 19, 2006- National Building Museum |
Tastemakers: Architecture: ...ten architects who are most influencing the American landscape. -- Ando; Calatrava; Gehry; Hadid; Greg Lynn FORM; Mayne/Morphosis; Meier; I.M. Pei; Piano; Rick Harlan Schneider/Inscape Studio [slide show]- Forbes |
Ricardo Legorreta expressions from a master builder...a retrospective [at Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso]...illustrates genuine passion for his profession and his profound love for Mexican life and culture.- El Universal (Mexico) |
Designing Women: "Five Architects," an exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, documents the breaking up of the old-boys' club and raises questions of power, perspective and gender. By Lynn Becker -- Zaha Hadid; Carol Ross Barney/Ross Barney + Jankowski; Sejima Kazuyo/SANAA; Julie Snow; Jeanne Gang/Studio Gang [images, links]- Repeat (Chicago) |
Tales of Chicago's architects: "The Chicago Architectural Club: Prelude to the Modern"...magisterial account of the community of architects who later became known as the First Chicago School. By Kevin Nance- Chicago Sun-Times |
High Tech High - Los Angeles: A new charter school is an incubator for new ideas and new approaches to learning - and teaching - technology. -- Berliner and Associates, Architecture [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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