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Today's News - December 14, 2005
Gulf Coast recovery: whose backyards should all those trailers be parked in? -- Casinos promise to rebuild, but is it all good news for the locals? -- U.S. report says affordable housing is unsupportable. -- Culture and commerce still at odds at Ground Zero. -- Now for some good news: architects from Boston, Perth, and London win competitions in Korea, Pakistan, and Northumberland. -- Liverpool loves its new "Bling Bling" building. -- In Charlotte, kids are having too much fun to worry if they're in a library, a museum, or a theater. -- SoHo lofts taking root in suburbia. -- Mid-20th-centry suburbs gain stature and preservationists praise. -- Why Rockefeller Center works as a mega-urban space. -- AIA's 82nd President takes office (editor's note: We welcome a goodly number of AIAS members; we hope you find ANN interesting, informative - and even inspiring).
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Amid Recovery Efforts, a Rift Threatens to Grow: The issue of where to place trailer parks in New Orleans seems to have stirred tensions and rubbed people like little else.- New York Times |
Bright Spot on Gulf as Casinos Rush to Rebuild: ...not so sure it will be good for Biloxi and other ravaged communities along the Gulf Coast.- New York Times |
Unsupportable Affordable Housing: National Low-Income Housing Coalition came out with its aptly named index, Out of Reach 2005.- The Slatin Report |
Controversy Still Clouds Prospects at 9/11 Site: The prospects for cultural activity at ground zero were met with mixed reactions at a panel discussion on the issue...- New York Times |
Lots of Tension, Few Tenants: As 7 WTC's Opening Nears, Political Pressure Mounts On Trade Center Developer...Trouble is, if [Silverstein] can't rent the space in 7 World Trade Center, how, critics ask, can he expect to fill almost six times that much?- Wall Street Journal |
Kyu Sung Woo Architects (Boston) awarded first prize design for the design of the Asian Culture Center, in Gwangju, South Korea [links to images, secondary winners]- Asian Culture Center |
Woodhead International’s $A600m win: ...an international paid design competition for a mixed-use development in Islamabad, Pakistan...The Cox Group also recently beat international competitors to win a major university project planned for the oil-rich United Arab Emirates...- WA Business News (Australia) |
Kielder Observatory Competition: Charles Barclay Architects...saw off nearly 230 worldwide entries...winning design has been likened to the 'deck of a ship sailing above the Kielder landscape'- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
Hairdresser's building is first completed in Paradise project: ...new 'Bling Bling' building...first to be completed in the Paradise Street redevelopment area. -- Piers Gough- icLiverpool (UK) |
Imagine This: Charlotte’s ImaginOn takes a radical leap into the unknown: Are we in a library, a museum, a theater? The kids are too engaged in playing, learning, and, yes, imagining, to care. -- Holzman Moss Architecture; Gantt Huberman Architects; ESI Design- School Library Journal |
The Year in Ideas: The Suburban Loft...A cross between SoHo and Pleasantville...has since proliferated across the Sun Belt and Midwest... By Clay Risen [images]- New York Magazine |
Phoenix suburbs discover value of historical restoration: ...experts are urging the preservation of what often is less than monumental or famous, and sometimes far from even a century old.- Arizona Daily Sun |
Allowing nature to be part of their ‘personal oasis’: Homes built by renowned architect are designated as historic places -- Charles Goodman [images]- The Gazette (Maryland) |
Flags Snap, Heels Tap: The holiday glory of Rockefeller Center....Why has [it] succeeded where so many other urban mega-projects have not? By Witold Rybczynski -- Raymond Hood (1930s) [images]- Slate |
Katherine Lee Schwennsen, FAIA, Takes Office as 2006 President of The American Institute of Architects: 82nd President Details National Agenda Focused on Collaboration, Diversity and Environmental Stewardship- American Institute of Architects (AIA) |
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-- SANAA/Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa: Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
-- Under construction: Gehry & Partners: IAC Headquarters, New York City |
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