Today’s News - Tuesday, May 14, 2019
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to unexpected circumstances, we will not be posting the newsletter tomorrow or Thursday. Next week's postings may be a bit wonky, too - but we'll be back on track one of these days soon!
● Florida parses a new report he calls "an important cautionary tale" re: why building more housing "won't solve the urban affordability crisis, and could exacerbate it - spatial inequality stems from different kinds of economies - not from differences in housing costs."
● Wainwright cheers Marmalade Lane, "the quietly radical result of the city's first co-housing development" for multigenerational living," and "a model of people-centered development."
● Bloch takes a deep dive into shade as an index of inequality in Los Angeles, with a deep dive into the history of Pershing Square (and "shade police"). "We need urbanists who conceptualize shade itself as a public good."
● Holleran delves into Cooper Union's history, and its recent battle for free education: "Too many educational institutions have endangered their democratic values in the pursuit of expensive, architecturally ambitious buildings - there will need to be more activists willing to insist that education is not a marketable commodity but a public good."
● A look at "the unforeseen consequences" of California's Proposition 209 on African American architects - "its impact on the racial composition for architecture and construction work - even according to its main proponent - is the most notable. And not in a good way."
● Kamin cheers Farr's "vibrant, energy-saving remake" of the University of Chicago's "architectural oddball" by Edward Durell Stone: It "is not faultless. Still, this is an exemplary work of architectural recycling."
● Capps has issues with the new Apple Carnegie Library and Washington, D.C.'s "cavalier attitude toward local culture": "The city has converted a cultural gem entrusted to the entire city into an exclusive outlet that serves only the few. Let's call a spade a spade: The city's historic library is now a cell phone store."
● Kennicott says the best part of RSH+P's new Spy Museum in D.C., is Its exterior - "a lot of muscular energy, which almost makes up for the dreariness of most of the interior spaces - a building that, like spying, is intriguing rather than beautiful."
● Chayka profiles Ingels, "the brand builder - his signature blend of aggressive salesmanship and techno-utopianism is set to define the built environment that the rest of us will have to inhabit."
● Denari talks about the High Line, urban design, teaching and living in NYC and Paris, experimental music - and more.
● A good reason to head to Bali at the end of the week: Future Design Week, a 7-day festival "centered around sustainable, curated by Desa Potato Head.
● ICYMI: ANN feature: Norman Weinstein: Best Bauhaus Books to Peruse during the Bauhaus Centenary: New publications offer invaluable biographical insights and contemporary global responses.
Notre Dame: We've avoided posting many (many!) proposals - now, we have round-ups!
● Schwab brings us "6 of the wildest ideas: Recycled plastics, solar panels, greenhouses, and urban farms - because why not?"
● Marshall's round-up includes glass, golden flames, and a beam of light. "Some have been received more kindly than others."
Winners all:
● Adjaye wins the competition to design the new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art & Kiran Nadar Cultural Center in New Delhi with his "as-yet-unseen 'veil of triangles' design."
● A shortlist of 5 vies to win NYC's Ideas for Small Lots NYC design competition for small-scale, urban infill housing.
● Aleksandra Jaeschke wins the 2019 Wheelwright Prize, a$100,000 traveling fellowship to fund her research proposal "UNDER WRAPS: Architecture and Culture of Greenhouses" to explore the culture and architecture of greenhouses around the world."
● Eight projects and individuals receive the 2019 RAIC Awards of Excellence, which "reflect outstanding achievement in architecture through innovation, green building, allied arts, advocacy, and journalism" (cheers to Alex Bozikovic!)
● The 2019 North American Copper in Architecture Awards recognizes 15 projects for their "excellent uses of copper in residential, educational and government buildings" (link to great presentation!).
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Richard Florida: ‘Build More Housing’ Is No Match for Inequality: A new analysis finds that liberalizing zoning rules and building more won’t solve the urban affordability crisis, and could exacerbate it: ...two leading economic geographers suggest this argument is simply too good to be true...“Housing, Urban Growth and Inequalities”...the effect of supply has been blown far out of proportion... housing is part of the problem...the rising spatial inequality...stems from different kinds of economies...not from differences in housing costs...goes far beyond local housing policy...paper is an important cautionary tale. -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose; Michael Storper- CityLab (formerly The Atlantic Cities) |
Oliver Wainwright: Marmalade Lane: the car-free, triple-glazed, 42-house oasis: It may be the only good thing to emerge from the 2008 financial crisis. What do the first families to settle into Cambridge’s new co-housing development make of multigenerational living? ...innocuous-looking rows of pitch-roofed brick homes represent the quietly radical result of the city’s first co-housing development, almost 20 years in the making. Look closely and you’ll see signs that this is no ordinary developer-driven estate...there are clear benefits to multigenerational living...downside...is the lack of affordable housing...a model of people-centred development. -- Meredith Bowles/Mole [images]- Guardian (UK) |
Sam Bloch: Shade: It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers: Who decides where the shade goes? ...the enforcement of aesthetic values can quash grassroots self-improvement in neighborhoods...as deadly, 100-degree heatwaves become commonplace, we have to learn to see shade as a civic resource that is shared by all...Shade creates shelter, and L.A. is very conflicted about creating shelter in the public realm...We need urbanists...who conceptualize shade itself as a public good. -- Mike Davis; Mia Lehrer/Studio-MLA; OMA; Agence Ter; James Wines; Michael Pinto/NAC Architecture- Places Journal |
Sam Holleran: “Free as air and water”: Cooper Union was long unique among U.S. design schools in offering an education that was not only first-rate but also tuition-free. It’s lately fought a dramatic battle to remain true to its egalitarian mission: ...too many educational institutions have endangered not only pedagogical programs but also democratic values in the pursuit of expensive, architecturally ambitious buildings...there will need to be more activists willing to insist that education is not a marketable commodity but a public good.- Places Journal |
The Unforeseen Consequences of Proposition 209 on African American Architects: Though the measure began within the state’s sprawling public university system as an effort to combat what some viewed as “reverse discrimination”...its impact on the racial composition for architecture and construction work - even according to its main proponent - is the most notable. And not in a good way...However, the tide, may be turning. -- National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)- Commercial Observer |
Blair Kamin: The University of Chicago's architectural oddball, by the designer of the Aon Center [Edward Durell Stone], gets a vibrant, energy-saving remake: ...was a knockoff of Stone’s much-admired U.S. Embassy in New Delhi of 1959. The exotic, templelike structure...was old, dirty, forlorn and...intimidating. How could it ever be turned into the inviting, light-filled, modern hub of the university’s Harris School of Public Policy? While the [Keller Center] has buffed up the building’s once-decaying exterior, its interior, appropriately, is more of a reinvention than a restoration...[it] is not faultless...Still, this is an exemplary work of architectural recycling. -- Farr Associates; Theaster Gates [images]- Chicago Tribune |
Kriston Capps: The Problem With Washington, D.C.'s New Apple Store: The city has converted a cultural gem entrusted to the entire city into an exclusive outlet that serves only the few: For Apple fanatics...the Apple Carnegie Library is a win...a plus for others as well...Apple built a new home for the Historical Society of Washington, D.C...Yet for the city, [it] represents a failure of imagination...privatizing cultural centers to save them in not a sustainable path...Let’s call a spade a spade: The city’s historic [library] is now a cellphone store.- CityLab (formerly The Atlantic Cities) |
Philip Kennicott: The best part of the new Spy Museum? Its exterior: ...[it] is making an investment not just in a bigger space, but also in a neighborhood that planners and developers are desperately trying to redeem, from Brutalist office-block dead zone to a lively entertainment and commercial district...Like the Pompidou Center, [it] looks a little inside out...a lot of muscular energy, which almost makes up for the dreariness of most of the interior spaces...a building that, like spying, is intriguing rather than beautiful. -- Ivan Harbour/Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners [images]- Washington Post |
Kyle Chayka: The Brand Builder: From architect to tastemaker, Bjarke Ingels is designing the future: ...his signature blend of aggressive salesmanship and techno-utopianism is set to define the built environment that the rest of us will have to inhabit...as well as the future of architecture firms...In most major cities the firm has a project or three...buildings that are specific without being local, existing within cities but not of them...a kind of aggregate BIG world...as architecture merges with brand building...He’s less invested in ideology than in attaining an air of profitable idealism...the end result of this omnipresence is a kind of absence, as unique place...lose their meaning and purpose. -- BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group- The New Republic |
The Midnight Charette Podcast: Neil Denari on The High Line, Urban Design and Experimental Music: ...teaching, living in New York City and Paris...and more.- ArchDaily |
Future Design Week: 7-day festival centered around sustainable design and its potential to be a driving force in building a better future; curated by Desa Potato Head, Bali, May 17-23- Desa Potato Head (Bali) |
Katharine Schwab: The race to redesign Notre-Dame is heating up - here are 6 of the wildest ideas: Recycled plastics, solar panels, greenhouses, and urban farms - because why not? ...concepts from design studios around the globe have been pouring in as the debate about how best to rebuild the cathedral begins, with some insisting that [it] should be rebuilt exactly as it was, while others...have proposed that it should be modernized. -- Norman Foster; Vincent Callebaut Architectures; Studio Nab; Summum Architecture; Miysis; Studio Tjoa; Poa Estudio; Studio Drift [images]- Fast Company |
Alex Marshall: Glass, Golden Flames or a Beam of Light: What Should Replace Notre-Dame’s Spire? Plans for the restoration of the Paris cathedral have begun appearing online even before an official contest opens. Some have been received more kindly than others: No major architect has yet issued a proposal...but several said they would consider entering a competition when details were announced. -- Vizum Atelier; Nicolas Abdelkader/Studio NAB; Alexandre Chassang/ABH Architectes; Alexandre Fantozzi/AJ6; Mathieu Lehanneur; Dakis Panayiotou/Kiss the Architect; Alex Nerovnya; Clément Willemin; Eugène Viollet-le-Duc- New York Times |
David Adjaye wins contest for major new cultural centre in New Delhi: .the new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art & Kiran Nadar Cultural Center...as-yet-unseen ‘veil of triangles’ design...was praised for being both ‘elegant and iconic’ and ‘a visually and emotionally engaging building that was alive, dancing and timeless’. -- Snøhetta; Ennead Architects; Thomas Phifer and Partners; Selldorf Architects- The Architects' Journal (UK) |
City Selects Five Finalists in Competition to Design NYC's Most Challenging Sites: ...Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC design competition for small-scale, urban infill housing...evaluated on their design, replicability, and construction feasibility. -- Anawan/101 + Kane; Michael Sorkin Studio; OBJ; Only If; Palette Architecture [images]- City of New York / AIANY |
Aleksandra Jaeschke Wins 2019 Wheelwright Prize: ...$100,000 traveling fellowship to fund her research proposal "UNDER WRAPS: Architecture and Culture of Greenhouses"...aims to explore the culture and architecture of greenhouses around the world, focusing on the interactions between plants and humans across a spectrum of contexts and cultures...stems from her fascination with the multifaceted nature of greenhouses and the very act of sharing a roof with plant life. -- AION- ArchDaily |
RAIC announces recipients of the 2019 Awards of Excellence: The eight projects and individuals...reflect outstanding achievement in architecture through innovation, green building, allied arts, advocacy, and journalism. -- Brent Bellamy; Klaus Nienkämper; Kathryn Walter; DIALOG; gh3*; B+H Architects and McCallumSather; Architecture 49/EVOQ Architecture; Alex Bozikovic- Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) |
10 U.S. and Five Canadian Projects Receive 2019 North American Copper in Architecture Award: ...program recognizes excellent uses of copper in residential, educational and government buildings. -- ZGF; Ruhl Studio Architects; Formline Architecture; SHoP Architects; HMFH Architects; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Marlon Blackwell Architects; Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture; Affleck de la Riva architectes; WJE Engineers & Architects; Schoeler Heaton/Robertson Martin Architects; Jeffrey Morton; Architecture49/DFS Architecture & Design/STGM Architectes; Diamond Schmitt Architects/KWC Architects- Copper Development Association/Canadian Copper & Brass Development Association |
ANN feature: Norman Weinstein: Best Bauhaus Books to Peruse During the Bauhaus Centenary: New publications offer invaluable biographical insights and contemporary global responses.- ArchNewsNow.com |
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