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Today's News - January 5, 2006

Chicago casts an eye on the 2016 Olympics to make its dreams come true. -- Arizona "mushroom gone wild" stadium raises the bar (and eyebrows) on design and functionality. -- Young Irish architects build their own heritage. -- Kotkin takes on the reason for cities to exist (or not). -- A Stern dorm to rise in the midst of a Wright campus. -- Air conditioning for historic school raises debate about need for architect or engineer (it's all about the ceilings). -- Mid-century Modern houses: yours for free or $1 (all you have to do is move them). -- A champion of smart design takes his stand global. -- Associations merge for unified IAQ training.

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2016 Games could make city dreams come true: A third airport, a West Loop transportation hub, new subsidized housing -- the Olympics could be the ticket. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune

Cardinals stadium pushes NFL design envelope: $370 million stadium...looks more like a gleaming alien spacecraft...has prompted other NFL teams to find out...how the Bidwill family is melding new design and functionality. -- Peter Eisenman; Dennis Wellner/HOK Sport- Phoenix Business Journal

Dublin Design: Poised to Break Out: Young architects and industrial and graphic designers are transforming Ireland into a center of world-class design...challenge facing young Irish architects is no longer the inner city, but the suburbs. -- O'Donnell & Tuomey; Grafton Architects; Heneghan Peng Architects; Niall McLaughlin; Tom de Paor [slide show]- New York Times

Why Is Your Hometown Located Where It Is? Why is Atlanta where it is? Or Phoenix? Or Mason City, Iowa? And what happens when a city or town's original justification disappears? Can it survive? -- Joel Kotkin [audio]- National Public Radio (NPR)

Robert A.M. Stern Architects to Design Florida Southern College Dorms: ...complex will replace the old sorority complex, which is not part of the Frank Lloyd Wright collection of buildings for which the campus is famous.- The Ledger (Florida)

Aesthetic A/C? Joliet Central: Cool school is the goal, but leaders disagree on how to go about it...An architect's role in the project is at the center of the debate. -- Wight & Co.; Chevron Energy Solutions- Herald News (Chicago)

That Tear-Down Could Be a Haul-Away: Today owners who admire midcentury architecture are finding ways to save the buildings. By Fred A. Bernstein -- Richard Neutra; Paul Rudolph; Lustron- New York Times

John Thackara's Network of New Thinking: John Thackara, former director of the Netherlands Design Institute, has spent the past decade championing smart design with a conference series, Web site, and global network--based in Amsterdam and Bangalore called Doors of Perception.- Metropolis Magazine

Architect's new book rails against artlessness of sprawl: "Designing With Nature" by Vernon Swaback- Arizona Republic

Five Top Indoor Environmental Professional Associations Merge with the Release of New IAQ [indoor air quality] Training Program- Environmental News Network

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

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