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Today's News - January 13, 2006
Debate over what to save or demolish in New Orleans gets muddier. -- Edinburgh development project a great opportunity - if done right. -- New approaches of incorporating disability-inclusive policies and practices within development programs. -- Experts discuss what's holding Britain back on the innovation front. -- One less icon on Las Vegas horizon (a sign of the times?). -- Swansea waterfront development off to a good start with hopes to stay the course. -- LEED Platinum for corporate center in India. -- Skyscraper on shortlist for corporate HQ in China would produce more energy than it consumes. -- New life for Alexander "Greek" Thomson's Egyptian Halls gem in Glasgow. -- Wright's boathouse in Buffalo gets some big-name backers. -- A Minnesota architect struts cool weeHouse pre-fab in Ontario. -- Architects the stars of film series in Boston. -- Wineries by starchitects on view and in print in California.
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Preservation Row: The fight over what, where and when to build - or demolish - in New Orleans gets muddier by the day. -- Reed Kroloff; Urban Land Institute; Eskew+Dumez+Ripple; ACORN- The Slatin Report |
Op-Ed: St James [Edinburgh] is chance to build a new way: Recent changes to planning legislation in Scotland ought to foster more consensual approaches to development...Let the city's own design tsar, Sir Terry Farrell, begin the public debate with his thoughts about the site.- The Scotsman (UK) |
Disability and Development: a global snapshot of some of initiatives, events, organizations and resources...- DisabilityWorld |
Driving innovation forward: a round-table discussion where participants from the public and private sectors attempted to identify the main obstacles to creating a more innovative Britain.- New Statesman (UK) |
An Iconic Stumble? A noted builder backs down in Las Vegas as construction costs wipe out
margins. Is it smart business, or the start of something?- The Slatin Report |
SA1 - so much more than a postcode: SA1 Swansea Waterfront development was one of 2005's big success stories...a bit like playing Sim City for real...development must not simply become a series of beautifully designed "icon" buildings. By Andrew Nixon/Powell Dobson Architects- Western Mail (Wales) |
Building on green: Wipro Technologies Development Centre in Gurgaon...has been felicitated by the US Green Building Council with a Leeds Certified Platinum rating. -- Vidur Bhardwaj/Design and Development- Business Standard (India) |
The skyscraper that produces more energy than it consumes: ...every developer worth their salt in the UK should sit up and take note. -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [image]- 24dash.com (UK) |
New deal will seal £3.8m revamp of A-listed Egyptian Halls: ...finalising proposals to transform the neglected Alexander 'Greek' Thomson masterpiece [in Glasgow]...- Evening Times (Scotland) |
Backers buoy boathouse: Funding sources fall into place to bring Wright design to life image]- Buffalo News |
Some assembly required*: A Minnesota-based architect put design and aesthetics ahead of utility and has changed the way we think about prefabricated homes -- Geoff Warner/Alchemy Architects- Toronto Star |
Museum of Fine Arts series is built around the great minds of architecture: ...a good chance to get behind the buildings and size up their designers. By Robert Campbell -- Safdie; Foster; Gehry; Hadid; Meier; Diller + Scofidio; Siza- Boston Globe |
"Adventurous Wine Architecture" captures the explosion of creativity in the international wine world: "Building for Bacchus" by Michael Webb -- Gehry; Hadid; Piano; Holl; Herzog & de Meuron; Calatrava; Moneo; Murcutt; Rogers; Foster- Napa Valley Register (California) |
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-- Exhibition: ArchiSculpture, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
-- Book: The Singular Objects of Architecture, by Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel (University of Minnesota Press) |
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