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  • July 2008

    • Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      newser  |  Fast Company  |  Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      With US homes on average twice as large as they were 50 years ago—and, of course, dwarfing those in all other developed countries—rethinking our idea of "home" is as crucial to cutting global warming as switching to a smaller car, says architect Edward Mazria in Fast Company . Half of all greenhouse gas emissions are building-related; residential buildings make up 21% of national energy consumption—almost as much as transportation. More »

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      environment  • architecture  • green technology  • design  • green building  • sustainable living  • green home  • sustainable development

    • New York Times Dismantles Rods After 3rd Climber

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 10, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      New York Times Dismantles Rods After 3rd Climber

      After the third man in 5 weeks scaled the facade of the New York Times building, the newspaper has begun removing dozens of the distinctive horizontal rods that sheathe the new skyscraper. Opened last year and designed by Renzo Piano, the building has attracted death-defying climbers who have ascended all the way to the top via the ladder-like beams. The Times building's trademark rods are energy-efficient, designed to admit sunlight without overheating the interior. More »

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      New York Times  • architecture  • stunts  • Renzo Piano  • New York Times building

  • June 2008

    • Dubai High Rise Would Add Novel Twists

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Dubai High Rise Would Add Novel Twists

      If heights make your head spin, a planned 80-story tower in Dubai might not be the place for you. Set to be the "world's first building in motion," David Fisher's design features doughnut-shape floors that rotate 360 degrees around a fixed cement core, the AP reports. It would be the first skyscraper for a relative unknown prepared to "revolutionize the way buildings are made." More »

    • Daring Architecture Energizes Beijing

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Jun 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      Daring Architecture Energizes Beijing

      Some of the world’s most adventurous architects have found a gung-ho partner in Beijing, the most noticable payoff being the soon-to-be completed CCTV headquarters—"a dazzling reinvention of the skyscraper," writes Paul Goldberger in the New Yorker. Other creations, such as an ovoid peforming arts center dismissed as "the egg" by residents, come off as "silly and cumbersome," but such risks are worth it. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • architecture  • new construction  • Forbidden City  • automobile  • cctv

    • McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 22, 08 8:41 PM CDT

      McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

      When it comes to building green, a LEED rating is the ultimate cachet-- but they're tough to get, the New York Times reports. And homes approved by the Leadership in Energy and Evironmental Design council tend to be small and pricey, with one platinum-certified four-bedroom house in California on the market for $2.8 million. Still, cities and homebuilders alike are jumping on the bandwagon. More »

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      environmentalism  • architecture  • green energy  • green building  • green  • green home  • green construction

    • Iconic Sign Is Fabulous Indeed

      newser  |  Las Vegas Weekly  |  Jun 14, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Iconic Sign Is Fabulous Indeed

      It's been nearly a half-century since the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign went up on the Strip, and Betty Willis is still as sharp as she was when she designed it, Las Vegas Weekly reports. Willis created the neon design back when the Strip still intersected dirt roads, but she never doubted "fabulous" was the best word for her hometown. More »

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      Las Vegas  • Nevada  • architecture  • design  • Las Vegas Strip  • icons

    • Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      Architect Daniel Libeskind won worldwide acclaim for his stark, unsettling Jewish Museum in the heart of Berlin. Now the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has moved into a new Libeskind-designed building. But as a critic for the New York Times observes, the Bay Area institution shies away from the particularities of the Jewish experience. More »

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      San Francisco  • Jews  • architecture  • Judaism  • Daniel Libeskind

    • Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      newser  |  Building Design  |  Jun 7, 08 5:28 AM CDT

      Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      Don’t accuse them of playing with their food; the finalists in the 2008 London Festival of Architecture’s Jelly Design Contest aren’t fooling around. Using what Americans would call gelatin, “a vast range of architectural motifs and techniques have been used to spectacular effect,” an event organizer tells Building Design. Entries will be evaluated on aesthetics, innovation and “wobble factor.” More »

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      food  • England  • architecture  • design  • sculpture  • University College London

  • May 2008

    • Damn Straight! Leaning Tower Stabilized

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 29, 08 3:06 AM CDT

      Damn Straight! Leaning Tower Stabilized

      Italian engineers have stabilized the leaning Tower of Pisa, safeguarding it from toppling over for at least another 300 years, the Times of London reports. The famously off-kilter tower began tilting shortly after construction started in 1173, and was in danger of falling. Engineers didn't try to straighten it completely, as Benito Mussolini once dictated, but succeeded in getting it back to its 19th century angle. More »

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      Italy  • architecture  • engineering

    • China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  May 26, 08 5:27 PM CDT

      China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle&mdash;at First

      Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker . The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and see evidence of what enrages the world about China. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • architecture  • stadium  • migrant labor

    • Guggenheim Vegas Failure a Rare Stumble

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 13, 08 5:54 PM CDT

      Guggenheim Vegas Failure a Rare Stumble

      Now that the shutdown of the Guggenheim Museum's Las Vegas satellites is complete, many in the art world are faulting museum leaders in New York for not understanding the realities of the Strip. But for one LA Times critic, it's not just the Guggenheim that misread Vegas. Rem Koolhaas, the musem's designer and perhaps the world's most lauded architect, deserves some of the blame. More »

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      Las Vegas  • architecture  • Las Vegas Strip  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  • Venetian  • Rem Koolhaas

    • Capital Ambition Feeds Beijing's Building Boom

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 2, 08 12:42 PM CDT

      Capital Ambition Feeds Beijing's Building Boom

      The new Terminal 3 at Beijing airport—the largest building in the world—is not only the gateway for visitors streaming into the Chinese capital for this summer's Olympics. It's also the capstone for an unprecedented building program that has transformed Beijing into a world-scale architectural showcase. The New York Times looks at how China is translating its rapid growth and political ambition into such projects—and hoping the world notices. More »

    • Rome's New Mayor Vows to Raze Renowned Museum

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 2, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Rome's New Mayor Vows to Raze Renowned Museum

      Only a few days into his mandate, Rome's new right-wing mayor has sworn to dismantle a state-of-the-art museum designed by American architect Richard Meier, reports the Times of London. Gianni Alemanno called the Ara Pacis museum, built 2 years ago to house a peace altar from the Augustan period, "invasive" and "a disfigurement in the heart of Rome," prompting protests from the city's cultural elite and the architect himself. More »

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      Italy  • architecture  • culture  • Rome  • Richard Meier  • Gianni Alemanno

  • March 2008

    • Jean Nouvel Wins Pritzker Prize

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 31, 08 2:45 AM CDT

      Jean Nouvel Wins Pritzker Prize

      The French designer of the Arab World Institute in Paris and Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater has won architecture's top award, the Pritzker Prize, reports the New York Times . Jean Nouvel’s projects "greatly expanded the vocabulary of contemporary architecture,” the Pritzker jury noted. “His inquisitive and agile mind propels him to take risks in each of his projects." More »

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      architecture  • Abu Dhabi  • The Louvre  • honor

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Mahony Griffin: Unsung Genius

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 1, 08 9:38 AM CST

      Mahony Griffin: Unsung Genius

      You may never have heard of her, but you have seen her work. Marion Mahony Griffin illustrated much of Frank Lloyd Wright's early work. She also illustrated the work of Walter Burley Griffin, her architect husband. She may have been one of America's greatest  architects in her own right, the New York Times reports, overlooked because of her self-effacing nature and the tendency of scholars to pursue "great men" theories of history. More »

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      Chicago  • architecture  • Frank Lloyd Wright

  • December 2007

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Olympic Games  • Adolf Hitler  • architecture  • urban revitalization  • Munich

    • Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Dec 16, 07 6:17 PM CST

      Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

      Oscar Niemeyer turned 100 this weekend, but the famed Brazilian architect is still planning for the best years of his life: he’s still developing bold designs—including a museum that resembles a giant eye—starting a magazine, and he recently remarried. Niemeyer, who soared to fame in 1956 after dressing Brazil’s capital in exalted curves, has also kept his communist ethic, Der Spiegel says. More »

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      Brazil  • Fidel Castro  • architecture  • Communism  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  • revolution  • Oscar Niemeyer

    • Best New Buildings of 2007

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Dec 6, 07 1:10 PM CST

      Best New Buildings of 2007

      Looks weren't all that mattered to BusinessWeek and Architectural Record in choosing their 2007 architectural awards. "Contribution to business" was important, too. Their top picks: InterActive Corp. Headquarters, New York—Gehry Partners Young Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto—Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects US Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Md.—Skidmore, Owings & Merrill More »

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      list  • architecture  • green building  • buildings  • top 10

    • 2 Downtowns, 1 New Museum

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 1, 07 10:22 AM CST

      2 Downtowns, 1 New Museum

      New York's New Museum, the scrappy showcase for contemporary art founded in a SoHo loft 30 years ago, reopens this weekend in a building Nicolai Ouroussoff describes as "a series of mismatched galleries precariously stacked one atop the other." For the New York Times ' architectural critic, the building, designed by the Japanese architectural firm Sanaa, "succeeds on a spectacular range of levels." Not since the Museum of Modern Art opened in the 1930s "has a museum seemed so in touch with the present." More »

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      New York  • art  • architecture  • museums  • Gentrification

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