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Today's News - February 10, 2006
Chicago's Trump Tower begins to rise, but it's too soon to tell whether it will be a beauty or a beast. -- Mississauga skyscraper competition yields some exiting possibilities, but will it end up opting for "dowdy" and routine? -- New government building on Cardiff Bay in Wales is a symbol of "transparent democracy." -- Moscow's Melnikov House under siege. -- High hopes to light up the Thames for 2012 Olympics. -- An assessment of "the legacy of one of the 20th century's greatest creative duos." -- Barnes's Haystack School lands on the National Register of Historic Places. -- Chicago's big garden show snags some big names. -- On view: in Tokyo, Japan's "high priest of heavy concrete style"; in NYC, some of Spain's rising architectural stars.
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It has emerged: Suddenly, the Trump Tower seems very real -- and even a little terrifying...Beast or beauty? Monster or gentle giant? We'll know better come 2008. By Blair Kamin -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill- Chicago Tribune |
Design search raises exciting possibilities: Absolute skyscraper competition...is it possible...that the jury will actually give us the Greater Toronto Area's first...icon of global aspiration and big-city cosmopolitan flair? We'll find out in March. By John Bentley Mays -- Zeidler Partnership; rojkind arquitectos; MAD office; Quadrangle Architects- Globe and Mail (Canada) |
The £67m 'living room of Wales': The Senedd's glass-walled symbol of 'transparent democracy'...has impeccable environmental credentials. -- Richard Rogers- icWales |
Family battle over architect's gem: descendants of Konstantin Melnikov, one of Moscow's most famous architects, are locked in a legal fight for control of his house, a Constructivist masterpiece in the heart of the city.- The Scotsman (UK) |
London Eye architect sheds light on plan for Thames: Marks Barfield seeks sponsors for Olympic project to illuminate the banks of the river in central London...hoped to get about 20 architects and artists to design the light patterns.- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Style of the century: Stirling & Gowan set a template for the future course of British architecture. On the partnership's 50th anniversary, James Gowan gives a rare interview as Ellis Woodman assesses the legacy of one of the 20th century's greatest creative duos- BD/Building Design (UK) |
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts...has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. -- Edward Larrabee Barnes (1961)- Bangor Daily News (Maine) |
New "Garden in a City" show snags big design firms to take place in Grant Park May 13 to 21. -- Jacobs/Ryan Associates; Terry Guen Design Associates; Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture; Wolff Landscape Architecture; Hitchcock Design Group; Mariani Landscape- Chicago Tribune |
Kunio Mayekawa's uncompromising concrete creations: Fans and skeptics alike can test their prejudices at Tokyo Station Gallery's current retrospective of...one of Japan's leading postwar architects and a high priest of heavy concrete style.- Daily Yomiuri (Japan) |
A Survey of Spain, Architects' Playground: "On Site: New Architecture in Spain" [Museum of Modern Art] feels undercooked, but there is much to see...What's fascinating about Spanish cities is how fertile they have proven as training ground for brilliant architectural talents of their own. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Moneo; Miralles/Tagliabue (EMBT); Sanaa; Abalos & Herreros; Rogers; Hadid; Koolhaas; Ruiz-Geli; Ivorra/García; RCR Architects [slide show]- New York Times |
Good Neighbor: Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library: A new library adds to the revitalization of a once riot-torn Los Angeles community. -- Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture [images]- ArchNewsNow |
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Alsop Architects: Sharp Centre for Design, Toronto, Canada |
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