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Today's News - Friday, September 21, 2007

Herzog & de Meuron win Praemium Imperiale. -- Cato Institute debunks Portland, Oregon's much-touted livability. -- CNU debunks Cato. -- Lexington, Kentucky, "on the path to make an A+ urban core to go along with an A+ rural landscape." -- King on Transbay transit center aggressive schedule. -- Green building taking root (slowly) in Montana. -- Hull, U.K., rejects £100m "Legoland" regeneration proposal. -- Landmarks Illinois releases Chicago's most endangered list. -- Dunlop in South Florida's disappearing landmarks. -- An 11th-hour funding pledge is good news for Australia's Robin Boyd House II. -- Wilkinson Eyre gets the nod to renew Oxford's 1940 Gilbert Scott library. -- An Anderton chat-fest re: the art and architecture of light and a preservationist who fell in love with a building he fought against. -- Weekend diversions: Today is National Park(ing) Day (pull into a spot near you). -- "Architecture Inside/Out" at NYC's Center for Architecture. -- In Istanbul, new architectural concepts for the city's urban development. -- A Dutch architect struts his stuff in Prague. -- Matta-Clark and Ai Weiwei wowing them in L.A. -- Heard on the grapevine: Foster gets the nod to remodel FC Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium (it won't look like Wembley); and Heatherwick/ Adams Kara Taylor/Atelier Ten/Casson Mann win 2010 Shanghai World Expo British pavilion competition.

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Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron win Praemium Imperiale - and £90,000 -- Japan Art Association; Herzog & de Meuron- BD/Building Design (UK)

Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work: ...the region's integrated land–use and transportation plans have greatly reduced the area's livability. By Randal O'Toole- Cato Institute

Debunking Cato: Why Portland Works Better Than the Analysis of Its Chief Neo-Libertarian Critic: Mike Lewyn...analyzes a report by...Randal O'Toole that devalued the quality of life in Portland, Oregon.- Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)

What's the best way for the World Equestrian Games to leave a visible legacy? ...83 project ideas so far..."2010 is a marker on the path to make an A+ urban core to go along with an A+ rural landscape"...- Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky)

'Aggressive schedule' for proposed Transbay transit center, tower: Authority officials hope to work out a financial deal with Hines within six months...does not translate into a rubber stamp of their proposal. "Now we begin robustly to engage the community." By John King -- Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; WRNS Studio [images, links]- San Francisco Chronicle

Green Ground Zero: The earth-friendly building movement comes home to Montana: Instead of trying to meet LEED requirements, Kath Williams hopes to turn Saddlehorn into a pilot project for the GBC so that they can learn how to build green homes in rural settings.- Missoula Independent (Montana)

Hull council rejects £100m regeneration scheme: Planning committee lambasts Chetwood Associates’ The Boom project for 'looking like Legoland'...rejection is the latest blow to development in the city... [image]- Building (UK)

Chicago landmarks on borrowed time: Endangered hospitals, athletic club, Skidmore gem on Watch List -- Henry Ives Cobb (1893); Schmidt, Garden & Martin (1905, 1914); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) (1954)- Chicago Sun-Times

Delight as Boyd house taken off market: ...State Government and Victorian architects came through with an 11th-hour funding pledge to keep the modernist masterpiece in public hands.- The Age (Australia)

Landmarks like the Orange Bowl need preserving -- but their fate is in doubt: It's not out of nostalgia that we should mourn this decision but out of a fierce desire to have some buildings in Miami carry our history for us, instead of always writing a new chapter. By Beth Dunlop -- Art Williams/Arthur Rude/Charles McKirahan (1964); Morris Lapidus (1956); Hilario Candela (1963);- Miami Herald

Wilkinson Eyre to renew Gilbert Scott library: ...reveals design for redevelopment of grade II-listed New Bodleian library at Oxford university- Building (UK)

The Incredible Being of Lightness: We look at the art and architecture of light, with artist James Turrell and others. Plus, Hippy Modern Californian design, and a preservationist talks about falling in love with a building he fought against. By Frances Anderton -- Craig Hodgett/Hodgetts + Fung; Benjamin Ball/Ball-NoguesBruce Kaye; Lorcan O’Herlihy- KCRW.org (Los Angeles)

Today is National Park(ing) Day: ...turning a metered public parking spots into public parks across the nationwide to promote the need for more parks in America's cities. [links]- Trust for Public Land (TPL)

"Architecture Inside/Out": Innovative Interiors on View at New York’s Center for Architecture. Selection criteria included demonstration of technological advance, unique methods of construction, and sustainable design.- Interior Design Newswire

"East meets West" with new architectural concepts for Beyoglu: exhibition...promoting its urban development in preparation for Istanbul's selection as the European Culture Capital of 2010...through cooperative efforts by the architecture and urban development departments of Istanbul's Yildiz Teknik University and the University of Siegen in Germany...- Turkish Daily News

Merging old with new: Erick van Egeraat opens architecture exhibit in Old Town: Dutch architect...has had an office in Prague since 1999...attributes much of his creative energy to the Golden City’s dazzling blend of old and new.- The Prague Post

Drawn to startling drawing: Gordon Matta-Clark's clever use of materials -- most notably, buildings -- is in evidence at MOCA [in] "Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure"... he called his work "anarchitecture"...By Christopher Knight- Los Angeles Times

Ai Weiwei gives a street view of Beijing: The iconic Chinese artist documents the city along a single street in the 10-hour 'Chang'an Boulevard.'- Los Angeles Times

Building Information Modeling: The Wave of the Future? BIM promises to reshape the future design, but these basic risk management considerations should be taken into account to determine if BIM is right for you. By Gary Prather- ArchNewsNow

-- Competition winner: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore, Denmark
-- Competition winner: Asymptote Architecture: World Business Center (WBCB), Busan, Korea
-- Erick van Egeraat Associates: Metzo College, Doetinchem, The Netherlands

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