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Today's News - January 3, 2006

A new year and much catching up to do ----- ArcSpace takes us to Barcelona and Tokyo. -- Ouroussoff takes on Israel's barrier wall and some of the "bizarre design solutions" it fosters. -- Rybczynski's prognosis for New Orleans is not good. -- Official design guidelines for Ground Zero not yet issued, but designs move forward. -- New Year predictions: budget challenges for good design, and a prayer for no more plate-glass façades. -- A look back, a look ahead: "Narrow visions, not big egos, are the problem." -- Year in review from Canada and U.K. -- Goldberger finds some pleasant surprises in Shanghai. -- NewcastleGateshead at the cultural forefront of urban regeneration. -- A poor Alabama county is rich in modern architecture. -- Why rural museums are struggling: they need to give "more bang for the buck, not more bucks for the same old bang." -- A museum in Leipzig may be unfinished on the outside, but it is spectacular on the inside. -- Nobel Peace Centre is a "a triumph of technology and MTV style."

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-- Jean Nouvel: Torre Agbar, Barcelona
-- Kisho Kurokawa: Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo

Architects and Israel's Barrier: A Line in the Sand: The forced segregation of two worlds that were until recently intertwined has fostered some bizarre design solutions. By Nicolai Ouroussoff [images]- New York Times

After Katrina: What is going on in New Orleans? Given weak demand and weak governmental leadership, the prognosis for recovery is not good. By Witold Rybczynski- Slate

At 9/11 Site, No Guidelines? No Problem. Design Away: How many commercial buildings will be designed...before the official World Trade Center Commercial Design Guidelines are issued? -- Daniel Libeskind; Norman Foster- New York Times

Labor Shortages, High Material Prices Made 2005 a Real Budget-Buster: In 2006...All will be challenged to achieve the difficult balance among aspirations and budgets, rising construction costs, available funding and long-term value. By Roger K. Lewis- Washington Post

New year revolutions: Giles Worsley prays for a time when the plate-glass façade is banned...How about frightening the horses with a bit of intelligent decoration...younger architects...investigating how decoration might be reintroduced into façades, with rich results... -- Herzog & de Meuron; Caruso St John- Telegraph (UK)

The Highs and Lows: A Vision of a Mobile Society Rolls Off the Assembly Line: We should be clearer about who the enemy is. Narrow visions, not big egos, are the problem. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Hadid; Koolhaas; Edward Durell Stone; Kevin Roche; Hans Scharoun; Oswald Mathias Ungers- New York Times

Year in Review: By, of and for Canadians: Amid banal urban design, Lisa Rochon found three gems worth celebrating...Untested ideas almost always go over budget and past deadline... -- Raymond Moriyama/Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects; Patkau Architects; Goldsmith Borgal & Company; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg; Libeskind; Hariri Pontarini; Arthur Erickson; James Cheng- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Our intelligent designs: No, 2005 wasn't the year Toronto came of age, but it was the year the city started to grow up. By Christopher Hume -- Will Alsop; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg; Goldsmith Borgal and Co.; Libeskind; Gehry; architectsAlliance; Behnisch, Behnisch and Partner; Janet Rosenberg; Diamond Schmitt Architects- Toronto Star

Review 2005: architecture. By Giles Worsley -- Hadid; Herzog & de Meuron; Fuksas; Siza/Souto de Moura; McAslan; Mendelsohn/Chermayeff; Panter Hudspith; Feilden Clegg Bradley; Alsop; Hopkins; Keith Williams- Telegraph (UK)

Shanghai Surprise: The radical quaintness of the Xintiandi district...a stage set of an idyllic past...a place to experience the public realm as something pleasant...how potent another Western idea has become here: old architecture is a very good way to make new money. By Paul Goldberger -- Benjamin Wood- New Yorker

Birthplace of a cultural revolution: Gateshead and Newcastle have led the way in using the arts as a tool for urban regeneration - but it hasn't always been plain sailing.- Telegraph (UK)

In Alabama, a Poor County Is Rich in Modern Architecture: Rural Studio...under the auspices of Auburn University, is sometimes called the "redneck Taliesin." By Fred A. Bernstein -- Samuel Mockbee; Andrew Freear [images]- New York Times

Why Rural Museums Are Becoming Ancient History- Wall Street Journal

Calling on an Inner Strength: Its Exterior Remains Unfinished, but Leipzig Museum Has a Healthy Glow...a spectacular feat of architectural space shaping. By Benjamin Forgey -- Hufnagel, Putz and Rafaelian [image]- Washington Post

Nobel: the remix: There's nothing quaint about David Adjaye's Peace Centre in Oslo. It's a triumph of technology and MTV style- Guardian (UK)

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