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Strategies for passive survivability in buildings. -- Eyes are on the politician bringing New Suburbia to Long Island. -- Social housing that "oozes class." -- Ireland trying to decide who decides who's an architect. -- Australia's heritage rules (or lack of) threaten to derail historic train sheds. -- Titanic plan for Belfast launched. -- A mix of thumbs-up and thumbs-down for Tucson "rainbow bridge." -- Italy's outgoing premier as architectural critic. -- A striking city hall for Seoul. -- Glasgow's Kelvingrove museum makeover is a model for the future: "unorthodox, innovative and ever so slightly irreverent." -- New York architects' urban surf shack in Australia could be kit-home of the future. -- CCA announces James Stirling Memorial Lecturer. -- Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards shortlist. -- Call for entries to design a town square for Stratford, Ontario. -- Historian dedicated to preserving bungalow of Arts and Crafts legend. -- Another review of what was new in Milan.
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Passive Survivability: A New Design Criterion for Buildings: ...ability to maintain critical life-support conditions if services...are lost...some specific strategies... [images, links]- Environmental Building News |
Real estate watchers keep an eye on Nassau County upstart: Tom Suozzi brought New Suburbia to Long Island -- but what's that mean for the city? ...showing remarkable vision with a plan to transform the county with smart-growth planning. -- STV Inc.; FXFowle- The Real Deal (NY) |
Social housing gets stylish: Anglo-American architects Munkenbeck and Marshall redefine London living...There is no class divide. Instead, it just oozes class...There is a real irony in the fact that it has taken a go-ahead Victorian institution [Peabody Trust] to show how it can be done in the 21st century. By Hugh Pearman [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
Who decides who can call themself an architect? And should it be the architects' own body, the RIAI? The Competition Authority is concerned about a proposed new registration system for the profession. By Frank McDonald -- Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland; Competition Authority- Irish Times |
For our cultural desert's sake, roll them off to rot: In Australia...we encourage destruction of our ancient symbols, whether by neglect, arson or bulldozer. By Elizabeth Farrelly- Sydney Morning Herald |
Titanic city's amazing sea change: Northern Ireland's capital city is all set for a Titanic economic revival...£1bn regeneration scheme that is launching Belfast into the UK's top 10 des res lists...transformation of the shipyard from deserted wasteland to trendy harbour village. -- Eric Khunes- Belfast Telegraph (Ireland) |
Over the Rainbow: The proposed downtown "rainbow bridge" [containing the new UA Science Center] has a lot of fans and a lot of detractors -- Rafael Viñoly- Tucson Weekly |
Berlusconi sparks new Ara Pacis row: Outgoing premier calls Richard Meier work 'monstrous'- ANSA (Italy) |
KMD Awarded Commission to Build New City Hall for Seoul, Korea: Striking Design Creates a New Architectural Icon [image]- Market Wire |
Welcome to the future of museums: After...refurbishment costing £30m, Kelvingrove museum and art gallery in Glasgow...is finally due to open this July...unorthodox, innovative and ever so slightly irreverent as it is, it might just emerge as a model for the future of all museums. -- John W Simpson and E J Milner Allen (1901); Events Communications; HBG- The Scotsman (UK) |
I believe in angles: New York architects have designed a twisted urban surf shack...could be the kit-home of the future. -- Jeremy Edmiston, Douglas Gauthier/System Architects [image]- Sydney Morning Herald |
CCA announces the winner of the 2006–2007 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City competition: ...name Israeli architect Eyal Weizman...for his proposal entitled “Destruction by Design: Military Strategy as Urban Planning.”- Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Finalists of the 7th Annual National Design Awards -- Thom Mayne/Morphosis; Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects; Bernard Tschumi; Michael Gabellini/Gabellini Sheppard Associates; Annabelle Selldorf; Tsao and McKown Architects; Andrea Cochran; Martha Schwartz; Ken Smith; etc.- Cooper-Hewitt |
Call for entries: Stratford (Ontario) Market Square Design Competition; registration deadline: July 7- City of Stratford |
Set in stone and tile: For three decades, historian Robert Winter has preserved the home of a kindred spirit: Ernest Batchelder, the Arts and Crafts legend, whose 1909 bungalow in Pasadena resonates with timeless beauty.- Los Angeles Times |
Chair today, gone to Milano: East-West melange, new technology and color at Salone Internazionale. By Zahid Sardar -- Fuksas; Urquiola; Lovegrove; Ron Arad; Starck; Fukusawa; Lissoni; etc.- San Francisco Chronicle |
INSIGHT: Public/Private Space & Yonge-Dundas Square: Pubic/private-sector collaboration and a shared vision deliver CPR to a once-blighted square in Toronto. Effie Bouras, Assoc. AIA- ArchNewsNow |
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Richard Meier & Partners: Hans Arp Museum, Rolandseck, Germany |
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