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Today's News - Thursday, March 27, 2008

Ouroussoff minces no words about proposal selected for NYC's Hudson Yards: "lacks even the pretense of architectural ambition." -- Sustainable Sydney 2030 is surgery for the city's scarred visage. --A study explores the challenges to community cohesion in London and how the locals respond. -- Ho Chi Minh City selects urban design winner: "good ideas from other entries would be added into the prized design to make it better." -- Nobel finds nuance in "delirious Beijing." -- China's new cultural icons are "stunning in their sophistication and pieces of art themselves." -- Q&A with San Francisco's new chief planner and the challenges of dealing with "highly informed and opinionated residents." -- King x 2: hits and misses in San Francisco's open spaces; and his growing affection (with some serious reservations) for the new, blue kid on the block. -- Piano hatches triplets for central London's 'forgotten' St. Giles. -- And a £4.5 billion plan for north London. -- Cincinnati celebrates twice: Libeskind's "striking new landmark" opens; and Union Station, "perhaps the most exuberant train station ever built," turns 75. -- Four "buzzworthy" architects take on the "largest residential scheme in Liverpool's history." -- Dietsch is disappointed there's no real "wow" in Washington's "contemporary field of dreams." -- Modular is a growing trend in dorms. -- Tulane students polishing off their third New Orleans house. -- A Calgary architect who uses his upscale skills to help the homeless. -- Rose on the "jangling mass on the Serpentine horizon."

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Profit and Public Good Clash in Grand Plans: ...selection of a team led by Tishman Speyer to develop the West Side railyards...a damning indictment of large-scale development in New York...lacks even the pretense of architectural ambition...championing profit over the public good. By Nicolai Ouroussoff -- Murphy/Jahn- New York Times

Op-Ed: Surgery for Sydney's scarred visage: Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy is a timely and significant initiative...If our city is to be more liveable, more amenable, and more engaging for its citizens, then we need to reclaim the public spaces, provide better connections between the parts, and heal the built fabric. By Ken Maher/Hassell- Sydney Morning Herald

One London? Change and cohesion in three London boroughs: ...paper explores the nature of the contemporary challenges to community cohesion in London and sets out how local actors have responded to them.- Institute for Public Policy Research / ippr (UK)

Nikken Sekkei wins Ho Chi Minh City urban design contest: ...second prize went to RTKL...good ideas from other entries would be added into the prized design to make it better.- VietNamNet Bridge

Delirious Beijing: A unique set of circumstances has combined to create the most insane building boom in the history of man...irreverence is everywhere, and it suggests that the cultural rebirth the Olympics were meant to celebrate may ultimately be marked by more than just hasty monumental buildings. By Philip Nobel -- Koolhaas/OMA; Herzog & de Meuron; Jean-Michel Wilmotte [images]- Metropolis Magazine

Asian icons, made in China: ...ancient Asia’s latter-day cultural icons, stunning in their sophistication and pieces of art themselves... -- Paul Andreu; Jean-Marie Charpentier; Zaha Hadid; Carlos Ott- Business Standard (India)

Q&A: John Rahaim: For San Francisco's new chief planner, the challenges of building in a dense metropolis go beyond looking up—there are also the city's highly informed and opinionated residents to consider.- Architect Magazine

Little-known open spaces enhance downtown S.F.: ...many are hard to find unless you're in the know. Others are more Scrooge-like than welcoming. By John King -- Rebar [images]- San Francisco Chronicle

New, blue kid on block: the Intercontinental: Hotel San Francisco: I still can't decide if it's the biggest water cooler in the world, an enormous Popsicle or an apartment radiator that happens to be 32 stories high...I've developed an affection for those billowing aqua curves. By John King -- Patri Merker Architects; Brayton Hughes [images]- San Francisco Chronicle

Renzo Piano aims to bring 'heart and soul' into central London's 'forgotten' St Giles: ...three buildings ...will be the catalyst for Terry Farrell's masterplan for the currently over-congested and down-at-heel thoroughfare. [images]- The Architects' Journal (UK)

Plans for £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration scheme: ...151ha north London scheme, which would provide 7,500 homes...intended to create a new gateway to the capital. -- Allies and Morrison; Building Design Partnership (BDP) [images]- Building (UK)

A striking new landmark opens: This week our community is celebrating two magnificent structures, Cincinnati's Union Terminal and the Ascent at Roebling's Bridge...a building designed for beauty as well as utility. -- Daniel Libeskind- Cincinnati Enquirer

Union Terminal turns 75: Local treasure, national landmark...Paul Goldberger has called “perhaps the most exuberant train station ever built, as monumental and awesome a piece of art deco as Radio City Music Hall.” -- Paul Philippe Cret; Roland Anthony Wank; Alfred Fellheimer; Steward Wagner (1933) [images, links]- Cincinnati Enquirer

Modern architects design U.K. project around old cathedral: Four buzzworthy urban architects are collaborating on Tribeca, which is billed as the largest residential scheme in Liverpool’s history. -- shedkm; Riches Hawley Mikhail; Alison Brooks Architects; querkraft [images]- International Herald Tribune

Nationals Park: Home at Last: A contemporary field of dreams? Not exactly: ...mediates between contemporary and nostalgic stadium architecture without delivering a real "wow." By Deborah K. Dietsch -- HOK Sport; Devrouax & Purnell Architects- Washington Times

Building Dorm Rooms Cheaper, Quicker and Quieter: Modular construction, often associated with prisons and barracks, is increasingly being used to create dormitories and classrooms at colleges and universities. -- Spillman Farmer Architects- New York Times

Tulane Nears Completion on Third New Orleans House...their URBANbuild prototype... [images]- Architectural Record

Upscale skills take on affordability crunch: A lot of business people are working hard to help solve homelessness in this city -- Dennis Bathory is a good example of how to use professional skills to make it happen.- Calgary Herald (Canada)

A jangling mass on the Serpentine horizon: Frank Gehry is to design this summer's Serpentine Pavilion. Is his feted 'Bilbao effect' about to sweep through Britain? I was hoping for something more playfully outlandish...considering our equine phobia of trailblazing architecture, he opted to play it safe. By Steve Rose [slide show, links]- Guardian (UK)

-- Lundgaard & Tranberg: The Royal Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark
-- Book: Verb Natures

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