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Today's News - January 11, 2007

Cultural institutions (slowly) jumping onto the green bandwagon. -- Dublin's city planner has big plans to "address the challenge of the sprawl...in a sustainable and well-designed way." -- New building "touted as the first truly green building" in New Zealand. -- Timeline for a New Jersey transit village (watch out for those guarantees). -- New Orleans being "ravaged by another flood - that of demolitions." -- Rogers puts project on ice; now council on the hunt to bring "another high profile architect on board." -- Q&A with Adrian Smith: lessons learned at SOM, sustainability, and future plans. -- An entertaining tower for Miami's entertainment district. -- Dubai's iPad (this time with image). -- Geodesic domes gaining suburban caché. -- Tender loving care for "Fish Church." -- Call for entries: 2006 MASterwork Awards. -- A new web portal to "better understand the relationship between people and the environment." -- Rybczynski on America's latest status symbol. -- "Experience" designers and urban planners: 2 of the 10 hottest jobs in 2007.

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Why it pays to go green: Most institutions feel that the strict conditions needed for housing art are incompatible with environmental demands. But compliance with eco-friendly requirements can pay off in the long run. -- Norman Foster; Renzo Piano; Frank Gehry; Herzog & de Meuron- The Art Newspaper (UK)

Redesigning Dublin: As the city’s planner, Dick Gleeson would like to see Dublin’s becoming one of the best city centres in Europe by 2016..."If we are going to significantly address the challenge of the sprawl...we are going to have to look at the consolidation of the city in a sustainable and well-designed way"- ThePost.ie (Ireland)

Building a breath of fresh air: A new breed of building is here. It thinks, breathes, drinks, has a skin, and its promoters say it is the future...the first truly green building to be built in New Zealand. -- Studio Pacific Architecture- Stuff (New Zealand)

Architect unveils timeline for transit village...to be built around the Princeton Junction train station -- Hillier- The Times (New Jersey)

Spotlight on New Orleans: Can a Blog Stop a Bulldozer? ...alarmed that so many of the city's homes in historic districts are being torn down, often with flood damage used as a pretext. It's as if New Orleans is now at risk of being ravaged by another flood—that of demolitions.- Preservation magazine

Dome architect says no to Heartlands [Haringey] plan: Richard Rogers has pulled out of the scheme ...due to work commitments he has had to put the project on ice. -- Richard Rogers Partnership- Tottneham Journal (UK)

Parting Company: Adrian Smith leaves SOM to strike out on his own...It was a shock to the architectural world... By Paul Makovsky -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture- Metropolis Magazine

30-story Overtown tower planned with film studios, hotel...to help attract entertainment professionals and put Miami's emerging Entertainment District on the map. -- DB Lewis Architecture + Design [link to images]- Miami Today

Dubai Tunes into iPod Craze with iPad Building: The sleek design of Apple's iPod has inspired a whole new generation of gadgets -- now architecture is picking up on the trend. -- James Law Cybertecture [image]- Der Spiegel (Germany)

The Dome Gains Weight and Settles Down: There’s a growing trend in geodesic-dome houses — only this time, they’re fancy suburban spreads. -- Buckminster Fuller [slide show]- New York Times

Stamford's unique 'Fish Church' needs TLC during renovations -- Wallace K. Harrison (1958)- Stamford Times (Connecticut)

Call for entries: 2006 MASterwork Awards for excellence in architecture and urban design in New York City; deadline: January 27- Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS)

Web portal could help manage ecosystems: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] officials are leading an effort...to help the country’s natural resource managers and others better understand the relationship between people and the environment. -- HumanDimensions.gov (HD.gov)- Federal Computer Week (FCW)

Flushed With Pride: How the bathroom became America's latest status symbol...definitely not your grandfather's loo. By Witold Rybczynski -- Le Corbusier; Allan Greenberg Architect; Appleton & Associates; Patti Skouras; Babey Moulton Jue & Booth [slide show essay]- Slate

10 Hot Jobs for 2007: [include] "Experience" designers; urban planners- Fast Company

Celebrating Green: The decade-long history of the AIA/COTE's Top Ten Green Projects program is a portrait of evolution in the field. By Kira Gould [images]- ArchNewsNow

-- Gehry Partners, LLP: Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
-- Oppenheim architecture + design: COR, Miami
-- Exhibition: Skin + Bones, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles

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