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Today's News - March 15, 2007

An in-depth look at the recently-launched Open Architecture Network. -- The (green) renaissance in skyscraper design. -- Neither environmentalists nor developers are happy with new Army Corps wetlands regulations. -- Fairfax County gets with the eco-friendly "Cool Counties" program. -- Ouroussoff is disappointed with Foster's "malling of Moscow." -- And his "skycatcher" design for Dublin hotel still facing objections. -- Contemporary architecture in the Czech Republic not so readily embraced. -- Cleveland Museum of Natural History selects Denverites for expansion. -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art wants to collect architecture - houses included. -- Cutting edge eco-technology under Irish cliffs. -- Huxtable on New York's Moses mania: the city "suffers from planning amnesia." -- A re-run of Lopate's 2002 take on Moses: "What if New York's notorious master builder wasn't such a bad guy after all?" -- A planned bridge in Dresden puts the city's World Heritage Site status in jeopardy. -- King visits Halprin in his new digs with a view. -- International call for applications: Van Alen Institute's New York Prize Fellowships. -- How could we resist: Forbe's list of "tastemakers in architecture" ("not yet household names" - oh, really?!!?).

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An Open-Source Answer to Disaster: Cameron Sinclair's Open Architecture Network (OAN) aims to connect architects around the globe to help rebuild ravaged communities -- Architecture for Humanity; MC2; Harvard Graduate School of Design/SENSEable City Laboratory/MIT; Basak & Mark Altan Schrimer; Nicholas Gilliland/Gaston Tolila; Vinay Gupta; super-interesting [slide show, links]- BusinessWeek

In Defence of Height: ...we could be heading for a renaissance in skyscraper design, one in which ultra high-rise buildings become symbols of sound environmental practice, rather than voracious consumers of energy.- Construct Ireland

U.S. relaxes flood plain construction rules: Neither environmentalists nor developers happy with Army Corps decision...new regulations' intent is to deter developers from building on larger areas of wetland by offering them smaller ones.- MSNBC

Eco-Friendly Initiative Proposed For Fairfax County: ...developing the program with the Sierra Club and a few other large counties across the nation...to be a model for communities everywhere.- Washington Post

The Malling of Moscow: Imperial in Size and a View of the Kremlin: Norman Foster’s hotel and retail complex is a strange blend of classical and modern elements that edges dangerously close to parody. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Foster & Partners [image]- New York Times

Objections to Foster's 'skycatcher' plan for Clarence Hotel on Dublin's Wellington Quay.- Irish Times

Plzeners find modernism troubling: City faces challenges in selling the public on fresh architecture ideas: Jan Kaplickı’s vision for a new national library is set to mark the Czech Republic as a country embracing innovation. But the controversy raging in the west Bohemian city...tells a very different story about some Czechs’ attitudes toward contemporary architecture. -- Ondrej Císler [image]- The Prague Post

National Library design draws ire: Kaplickı's 'octopus' building is part of a community strategy...But his unorthodox creation...has provoked scoffs from Prague residents who object to such an unusual building being built in the historic district. -- Future Systems- The Prague Post

Cleveland Museum of Natural History chooses Fentress Bradburn Architects...to design its expansion and renovation. By Steven Litt- Cleveland Plain Dealer

A Museum Takes Steps to Collect Houses: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art plans to collect significant pieces of midcentury residential architecture -- Schindler; Neutra; Wright; Gehry; Lautner- New York Times

Cutting Edge: Eco technology in Cliffs of Moher underground centre -- Reddy O’Riordan Staehli [images]- Construct Ireland

The Man Who Remade New York: Three new shows try to renovate Moses' reputation...As historical revisionism goes, this reassessment is probably overdue, but the rehabilitation of Robert Moses is not an easy walk down memory lane....New York suffers from planning amnesia, a memory black hole between Moses and the present. By Ada Louise Huxtable- Wall Street Journal

Rethinking Robert Moses: What if New York’s notorious master builder wasn’t such a bad guy afterall? By Phillip Lopate- Metropolis Magazine

Dresden's World Heritage Site Status in Jeopardy...because of a planned bridge. Now a court has ruled that construction should go ahead -- despite the implications for Dresden and other German UNESCO sites. [images]- Der Spiegel (Germany)

A landscape giant looks back at his roots. They go deep. By John King -- Lawrence Halprin- San Francisco Chronicle

Van Alen Institute launches New York Prize Fellowship...for international early- to mid-career architects, designers, planners...for in-depth research and a platform for interventions in the public realm; application deadline: May 9- Van Alen Institute

Tastemakers In Architecture: Fortunately, the field is far more than just the starchitects. There's a whole galaxy of designers pushing architecture to new heights. Not yet household names, these talented builders are changing the face of cities for decades to come. -- David Adjaye; Enrique Norten/TEN Arquitectos; Foster + Partners; Mayne/Morphosis; Corner/Field Operations; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Zaha Hadid; Robert Fox/Cook+Fox Architects; Sejima/Nishizawa/SANAA; van Berkel/UN Studio- Forbes

Exhibition: "DIGITAL PROJECT: Frank Gehry’s Vision," Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen

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