Today’s News - Wednesday, December 2, 2020
● Peter Dumbadze talks to 4 young, American architectural offices (3 launched in early March) re: how they "operate in response to the pandemic's challenges [and] address the wounds caused by centuries of injustice."
● Q&A with Jamaica-born Greg Minott, co-founder of The Dream Collaborative and president-elect of the Boston Society for Architecture/BSA re: making "Boston's design scene more diverse. Diversify the designers, he suggests, and we're one step closer to a city that will work for all of us."
● Shawn Micallef cheers Toronto's "plan to make COVID-19 winter more enjoyable" that "includes things that should have been done long ago - now is the time to push for more."
● Moore x 2: He ponders city life in a post-pandemic world: He doesn't see "the abandonment of big cities and offices predicted by more excitable commentaries" or "tumbleweed blowing through the City of London" - he does see "a welcome shift in priorities - to a saner approach to the places where we live and work."
● He minces no words re: why "the Tulip's towering vanity must be nipped in the bud" and not be given planning permission - "its outdated futurism resembles nothing more than the fantasies of a third-world dictator [and] comes across mostly as an unconvincing act of attention-seeking" (i.e. ego trip).
● AIA Houston and the Architecture Center Houston had to start from scratch and re-restore their storefront HQ after Hurricane Harvey did in the freshly renovated space a month before they were slated to move in (lots of pix, too!.
● Welton talks to Cornell- and MIT-trained Hiroshi Okamoto re: an early OLI Architecture project, the Mu Xin Art Museum on Wuzhen, China, that required draining a canal to build 60% of the museum that would end up underwater in the refilled canal (great pix!).
● Saskatoon Public Library picks the design team- for its new central library: Formline Architecture, Chevalier Morales Architectes, and Architecture49 were chosen for their "approach that will embody local First Nation and Métis identities, traditions and cultures, and that will express the aspirations of the Saskatoon community" (Formline is 100% Indigenous-owned).
● ICYMI: ANN feature: Patrick MacLeamy: In this excerpt from his new book, "Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm: The People, Stories, and Strategies Behind HOK," the former HOK CEO contends that just as buildings need strong foundations, companies on firm footing stand a better chance of long-term success.
Winners all:
● A great presentation of the winners of Canadian Architect magazine's 2020 Awards of Excellence.
● Eric Owen Moss takes home the 2020 American Prize for Architecture for "four decades of prolific architecture and urbanism," bestowed by the Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
● Great presentation of the organizations' American Architecture Awards 2020 (in miles of categories).
● Anne Whiston Spirn is named the 2020 ASLA Medal winner "in recognition of her lifetime of achievements as an author, professor, and thought leader in landscape architecture" + link to a great Q&A.
● Eyefuls of the UIA-HYP CUP 2020 International Student Competition in Architectural Design: "City Puzzle & Puzzle City."
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Peter Dumbadze: Novel Architecture in the Age of the Novel Coronavirus: In a time of unprecedented uncertainty, young architecture practices are proposing solutions to meet the demands of multiple simultaneous crises: For architects, this current moment poses questions not only about how firms operate in response to the pandemic’s challenges but also how they address the wounds caused by centuries of injustice. Metropolis spoke with four young, American architectural offices - Team B Architecture & Design, PINO PAVESE Architecture Office, WIP, and table of co....3 launched their businesses in early March, only Team B knows a pre-COVID world.- Metropolis Magazine |
Architect Greg Minott Wants to Make Boston’s Design Scene More Diverse: The Dream Collaborative cofounder and president-elect of the Boston Society for Architecture/BSA talks fostering diversity in local design: After finishing graduate school and moving to Boston for a job, he realized how whitewashed the field was - and how badly it needed diversification. “I was in a firm of 200 to 300 people, and there were just two of us that were minorities"...Diversify the designers, he suggests, and we’re one step closer to a city that will work for all of us.- Boston Magazine |
Shawn Micallef: Toronto has rolled out its plan to make COVID-19 winter more enjoyable. More could be done: ...getting through the pandemic winter means embracing the outdoors...to try to like winter...“Welcome T.O. Winter Plan” designed to encourage people to get outside safely...much has been learned over the last eight months in how to take advantage of what the city already has...Some are initiatives that should continue, post-pandemic, if Toronto is to be a true winter city...includes things that should have been done long ago...now is the time to push for more.- Toronto.com |
Rowan Moore: Life after Covid: will our world ever be the same? ...how a post-pandemic world will emerge into a new normal: It highlighted the importance of adequate living space and access to the outdoors. It renewed...an appreciation of social contact...These changes do not add up to the abandonment of big cities and offices predicted by more excitable commentaries...and of tumbleweed blowing through the City of London, but a welcome shift in priorities...changes could help to address...the imbalance in the nation’s housing that was at breaking point before Covid...there is at least a chance that the travails of 2020 could lead to a saner approach to the places where we live and work.- Observer (UK) |
Rowan Moore: The Tulip’s towering vanity must be nipped in the bud: There’s no evidence the 305-metre ‘cultural attraction’ would boost confidence in the Covid-battered City of London: Designed by Foster + Partners...[its] object is not to maximise lettable square metres...the project serves to feed the egos of the Safras and of Lord Foster...A public inquiry...to recommend whether [it] should be given planning permission...means that all sorts of ingenious arguments are being produced for and against it...its outdated futurism resembles nothing more than the fantasies of a third-world dictator...comes across mostly as an unconvincing act of attention-seeking. + U.S. election commentary- Observer (UK) |
Peep the Architecture Center Houston and AIA Houston’s New Downtown Digs: The groups are finally moving into their ultra-modern space, three years after a major setback: The historic B.A. Riesner...has been re-restored...about a month before the groups were slated to get into their new-and-improved space, Hurricane Harvey doused the freshly renovated space with four feet of water, and the groups were forced to start over from scratch...designed by Murphy Mears Architects...balances the tenets of minimalist modern design with the best flood-protection practices..."the space became a little more unique than it otherwise would have been"...currently showcasing the highly anticipated "2020 Visions" exhibit.- Houstonia Magazine |
J. Michael Welton: The Mu Xin Art Museum: OLI Architecture: Trained at Cornell and M.I.T., followed by an stretch in I. M. Pei’s office...One of [Hiroshi Okamoto's] firm’s first projects was the [Museum] in the historic water town of Wuzhen [Zhejiang Province, China]...dedicated to the life, art, and writing of...20th-century Renaissance man...his home town...had come to appreciate the economic power of tourism...the 72,000 square-foot museum...sits on a canal that was drained to build the 3-story museum...60%...now underwater. Once completed, the canal was refilled...a museum with a distinctively Western and contemporary look, but one that celebrates the life and work of a now-famous Eastern aesthete.- Architects + Artisans |
Saskatoon Public Library announces the new central library design team: Formline Architecture, Chevalier Morales Architectes and Architecture49...chosen for their expertise and proposed approach...that will embody local First Nation and Métis identities, traditions and cultures, and that will express the aspirations of the Saskatoon community. The team also demonstrated successful experience in designing sustainable, universally accessible buildings...Formline is 100% Indigenous-owned and specializes in culturally sensitive and environmentally responsible design...- Canadian Architect magazine |
Canadian Architect announces Winners of 2020 Awards of Excellence: Now in their 53rd year, these awards are the highest recognition for excellence in the design stage in the Canadian architectural sector...The jury selected 6 Awards of Excellence, 5 Awards of Merit, 3 Student Awards of Excellence, 1 Photo Award of Excellence, and 3 Photo Awards of Merit. -- Zeidler Architecture; Modern Office of Design and Architecture &Henry Tsang Architect; KPMB Architects & TreanorHL; Ja Architecture Studio; Saucier+Perrotte Architectes; Lemay + Angela Silver + SNC-Lavalin; Sisam Architects; Pelletier de Fontenay + Leclerc Architectes; etc.- Canadian Architect magazine |
Eric Owen Moss: IIcon-maker wins the 2020 American Prize for Architecture: The Los Angeles-Based Architecture Office Honored for Four Decades of Prolific Architecture and Urbanism: ... selected as this year’s Laureate...by both The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.- Chicago Athenaeum/European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies |
Awarded Categories for American Architecture Awards 2020: Over 120 shortlisted buildings have won...for the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad and by international architects for buildings designed and built in the United States.- Chicago Athenaeum/European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies |
Anne Whiston Spirn, 2020 ASLA Medal Winner: In recognition of her lifetime of achievements as an author, professor, and thought leader in landscape architecture...and for her continuing drive to promote environmental justice...Since 1987, she has directed the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, an action research program + link to Q&A- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) |
Results: UIA-HYP CUP 2020 International Student Competition in Architectural Design: “City Puzzle & Puzzle City”: design mixed-use buildings per plot for around 8.000-32.000 inhabits focused on Media and Culture in Yangliuqing, Tianjin, P. R. China. First Prize: Oldcity Pacemaker by Huang Luyao, Wang Jupeng, Liu Jixin and Zheng Xiaoqi; etc.- Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine (China) / International Union of Architects (UIA) |
ANN feature: Patrick MacLeamy: The Pyramid Strategy: In this excerpt from his new book, "Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm: The People, Stories, and Strategies Behind HOK," the former HOK CEO contends that just as buildings need strong foundations, companies on firm footing stand a better chance of long-term success.- ArchNewsNow.com |
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