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Today's News - June 20, 2006
News with a particularly British accent (after all, it is Architecture Week/London Architecture Biennale in the U.K.): A big show at the Barbican is more about "image-obsessed designers desperate to appear radical" than Future City; Airspace is a smaller show - but has a point. -- Sudjic and Glancey condemn the possible/probable loss of RMJM's 1962 Commonwealth Institute. -- Piano's sermon at Southwark: "architecture as a struggle between practicality and spirituality." -- Pearman's take on the Royal Shakespeare Company's new Globe. -- A look at a new addition to Edinburgh's literary quarter. -- New life for Bata-ville, "a modernist workers' utopia." -- How could we resist: Richard and Renzo herding sheep. -- A new British council searches out the best in school design, from London to the Himalayas. -- A New Delhi firm committed to school buildings that teach. -- Redesigned children's care homes make a noticeable difference. -- Nouvel's Guthrie Theater "dark and rather mysterious" that will please many; may be a bit strange to others. -- LEED Gold for an NYC residential high-rise. -- A dramatic horizontal skyscraper to grace Boston's western gateway. -- An Indian architect who keeps "a constant vigil against mediocrity." -- Call for entries: Architecture Magazine's Home of the Year Awards. -- Pritzker ceremony video on the Web in three languages.
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Yesterday's vision of the urban future: "Future City" a paean to architectural utopias...not a show about the Future City but about image-obsessed designers desperate to appear radical...Small, tight and intelligent, "Airspace" is an exhibition with a point... By Edwin Heathcote- Financial Times (UK) |
Love it or hate it, we must save the Commonwealth Institute: ...a reminder of an almost forgotten, but significant moment in Britain's recent history...demonstrates that the Sixties were about more than brute concrete...If a building of this scale and quality is demolished, it calls the whole point of the listing system into question. By Deyan Sudjic -- Robert Matthew/RMJM (1962)- Observer (UK) |
A developer's charter: A new law could see historic buildings being bulldozed should they stand in the path of profit: The Commonwealth Institute stands in the way of the kind of crude new development facing every British city... By Jonathan Glancey -- Robert Matthew/RMJM (1962)- Guardian (UK) |
"I love Southwark", declared Shard of Glass architect Renzo Piano as he began his 'sermon' in Southwark Cathedral to mark the start of the London Architecture Biennale...spoke about architecture as a struggle between practicality and spirituality.- London SE1 |
408 years after The Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company finds it’s a pretty good template for its new theatres. What took them so long? By Hugh Pearman -- Bennetts Associates; Ian Ritchie; Charcoalblue [images]- HughPearman.com (UK) |
The word on the Royal Mile: The Scottish Storytelling Centre...the latest addition to Edinburgh's literary quarter... -- Malcolm Fraser Architects [images]- BBC (UK) |
Welcome to Bata-ville: East Tilbury in Essex was a modernist workers' utopia built by a Czech shoe salesman with global ambitions. Could it be about to rise again? By Steve Rose -- Jan Kotera; Frantisek Gahura; Vladimir Karfik (1930s); Allies and Morrison; Eva Jiricna- Guardian (UK) |
Sheep flock driven through city: ...cross the Millennium Bridge as part of an unusual custom used to mark the start of London Architecture Week...[led by] Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano- BBC (UK) |
Sheep drive in pictures: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano wearing Biennale souvenir "Trust me, I'm an architect" T-shirts.- London SE1 |
A classroom with a view: What sort of buildings do we want children to learn in? A new council for school environments is scouring the world for the best examples...There is no excuse in 2006 for poor new school buildings. By Jonathan Glancey -- British Council for School Environments (BSCE); Arup Associates; Alex de Rijke- Guardian (UK) |
Schools by design: Kabir Vajpeyi and Vinyas show how to make buildings that teach...reshaping schools to make them more attractive to children instead of being built for adults by adults...published 'Building as Learning Aid,' or Bala...has 150 design ideas that can be easily implemented.- Civil Society (India) |
Redesigned care homes can help children’s behaviour: ...results had a noticeable effect on children's relationships, improving their ability to interact with peers and staff. -- Graven Images; Farm7- The Herald (UK) |
Building makes a dramatic impact on the riverfront: Jean Nouvel's large, dark and rather mysterious new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis...a building that some people will undoubtedly like a great deal but that others may find, well, a bit strange.- Pioneer Press (Minnesota) |
580-Unit Project by FXFowle Architects Earns LEED Gold Rating: The Helena, New York City's first voluntarily sustainable high-rise residential building...- Multi-Housing News |
WGBH's new home to open city's western gateway: ...will have a dramatic presence rising above the landscape. But unlike with the traditional skyscraper, the drama will unfold horizontally, not vertically... -- Polshek Partnership [slide show]- Boston Globe |
In Gurgaon, a watery retreat: Ashwin Alva's plans for a yoga centre have carved out a sylvan acreage amidst city highrise...even with money chasing architects, it’s important to stand up for your principles, and to keep a constant vigil against mediocrity.- Business Standard (India) |
Call for entries: Architecture Magazine Home of the Year Awards; deadline: June 26 (U.S., Canada, Mexico eligible) [pdf]- Architecture Magazine |
Pritzker Architecture Prize Ceremony in Istanbul Videos Available on Internet in 3 Languages -- Paulo Mendes da Rocha- The Hyatt Foundation |
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Exhibition: "Álvaro Siza/Architect: Drawings, Models, Photographs": Santa Monica Museum of Art, California |
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