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Today’s News - Wednesday, January 8, 2020

●  Kinder Institute for Urban Research Director Fulton pays eloquent tribute to urban affairs journalist Neal Peirce, "probably the most important person of the last half-century in moving forward a conversation about urbanism" with "an unstoppable and infectious optimism" (ANN has linked to his Citiscope over the years).

●  Anderton, Hodgetts, and SCI-Arc's Young remember the prescient "visual futurist" Syd Mead, of "Blade Runner," "Aliens" and other films, and "his influence on science fiction, real technology, and the growing discipline of world building."

●  Kennicott parses the demise of the Newseum that has died "in the days of fake news - the building had a gee-whiz enthusiasm for technology," and it "got a lot of things right," but "messages got mixed. More ominously, forces in American culture long hostile to journalism gained the upper hand."

●  Moore considers the gardens, waterfalls, and parks growing in "exotic new airports": "There have been large and dramatic airports before. The difference now is that sensation and artifice have overtaken the appearance of functionality. If you want to be dystopian, airports are prototypes for sinister societies of the future" (oh joy).

●  Hilburg reports that, after a two-year hiatus because of a payment dispute, construction of Calatrava's World Trade Center church is "finally back on track" - aiming for completion in the next two years.

●  King considers two new apartment towers in Oakland, California, that are "so-so on the skyline, but one soars on the street in a way that suggests it's a place where you might want to linger."

●  Morgan cheers a new plan for the 1928 Providence Arcade, "one of America's earliest (and now longest surviving) shopping arcades," now being "converted to condominiums in an effort to secure its future."

●  Baldwin brings us Chicago's Lakeview Low-Line by PORT Urbanism that "makes infrastructure pop" under a stretch of the city's "L" tracks.

●  Walker looks into how "Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019, and, while "several U.S. cities are reckoning with a troubling increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities," others "saw glimmers of success."

That was the year/decade that was - and what the new year/decade will be:

●  Lange & Lamster look back at "the ups and downs (mostly downs)": At "the end of the misbegotten decade we revisit our past prizes, pairing our initial write-ups with new commentary" and "how, if at all, our views have changed" (Golden Blowtorch for Poor Community Relations included - a must read!).

●  Moore mulls the best architecture of 2019 (and one turkey): "There are valiant examples of architects' irrepressible desire to do a lot with a little" ("Can I really include in the top five a building as mind-bendingly ugly as this? Yes.").

●  King, Fougeron, and Saitowitz talk to Pace re: the decade in architecture: "Do the new buildings present an architectural vision? And how do these projects play into San Francisco's ongoing struggle to address issues like homelessness, affordable housing, and global warming?"

●  Litt looks at "the sweet & sour" in Cleveland's 2019 architecture and planning: "The year was full of pushback over residential projects, and public griping among local architects about not getting enough work - the main legacy may be the bland, neo-modern apartment buildings going up."

●  Walsh looks at "how architecture responded to climate change in 2019," and "how architecture can be used as a tool to help the planet" (bee-friendly bus stops included).

●  Wainwright rounds up his architecture picks for 2020: "Rem Koolhaas is bored of the city" (and much, much more!).

●  Crook picks "12 buildings to look forward to in 2020."

●  ICYMI: ANN feature: Peter Piven: Cultural Fit: What is cultural fit when design firms merge or acquire, and how do you achieve it?

●  ANN feature: JoAnn Locktov: Venice Gift Guide: Many Venetian artisans and small businesses suffered extensive damages in the unprecedented acqua alta flooding in November, so when you invest in their creativity, you are helping them to repair, restart, and recover.

  


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