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Today’s News - Wednesday, July 22, 2020

●  Craig L. Wilkins, "one of the most prolific writers about spatial justice and winner of the National Design Award for his scholarship on Black architects," minces no words re: why "it's time for architects to accept responsibility - the current question being bandied about is: What can we do? Then, architects sort of tinker around the edges - just as we have always done."

●  Q&A with accessibility consultant Karen Braitmayer who "weighs in on accessible design and how we can make strides to truly design for all": "Architecture schools need to help young disabled people in their quest to become architects."

●  Archaeologists from Cal State conclude that "ramps leading into temples show Ancient Greeks put inclusive design into action to improve access for disabled locals. The impressive architectural innovation from about 25 centuries ago highlights the lack of disabled access at many venues today."

●  Quang Truong takes a deep dive into where innovation in architecture will come from next: "The long, complicated, and labor-intensive AEC process is where many proposed innovations find their greatest hurdles" (his three "cornerstones" framework might help).

●  Architects Down Under "raise significant heat concerns over Charles Darwin University plans" - they also claim "details of the project have been drip-fed and revisions have been made after public submissions closed. ARM Architecture said materials and finishes were still being chosen."

●  MAD Architects and three French firms unveil the design for the 2024 Paris Olympics Aquatic Center, envisioned as "a piece of a public artwork" that "flaunts a translucent curved facade that appears to be floating with a rippled reflexive effect."

●  The Orbit, Canada's "City of the Future" in Innisfil "moves ahead with the approval of a central train station designed by PARTISANS.

●  Green brings us eyefuls of St. Petersburg, Florida's new St. Pete Pier 26-acre walkable pier district with a focus on "Bending Arc," a "sculpture with a social justice message" - and the park that "echoes" its message.

●  One we couldn't resist: A "sunken medieval Italian village may resurface for 1st time since 1994" - followed by tales of other underwater cities - and the current (depressing) crisis of rising sea levels.

Deadlines (we love "Creature"!):

●  Call for entries: Emotions, Architecture, Opioids: design a methadone medication unit in Venice, Los Angeles; open to students and professionals; cash prizes.

●  Call for entries: Lagos - City of Water Architecture Competition: design a building, structure, or master plan that helps envision a future for Lagos on water; open to students, recent graduates, and young architects; cash prizes.

●  Call for entries: LA+ CREATURE: choose a nonhuman creature as your client, then design (or redesign) something that improves your client's life and increases human awareness of and empathy towards your client's existence; cash prizes; open to students & professionals.

●  Call for entries: eVolo 2021 Skyscraper Competition: What is a skyscraper in the 21st century?

●  Call for papers for an upcoming issue of Nexus Network Journal: Modeling: Conceiving, Testing, Defining, Convincing.

COVID-19 news continues:

●  SWA's Baumgardner delves into how "the pandemic offers an opportunity to re-wild our communities," helping our already under-funded parks departments, and creating a "new aesthetic - an unkempt, rambling, and wild style of park 'design' created in an organic, vernacular character" (mention of puppies included).

●  Wainwright talks to "the designers rethinking theater for the COVID age" via "wraparound screens, touring deckchair pop-ups, rooftop suction devices" (and possibly "the first post-viral theater seat).

●  Diamond Schmitt's Matthew Lella in a radio interview re: how the power of architecture can "bring audiences back into live entertainment spaces": "It already has."

●  USGBC releases new LEED guidance for credits that "integrate public health and social equity with sustainability planning."


  


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