Archive for May 9th, 2008
THE WASHINGTON POST – When Eero Saarinen, the architect who designed both Dulles International Airport and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, described the state of his profession in 1959, it sounded a lot like our own architecturally muddled times: Our surroundings, he observed, “have become total chaos.” Read Story
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ARCHITECTURE WEEK – Over the course of his 38-year career, Richard Johnson, designer of many major cultural buildings in Sydney, has worked on scales ranging from exhibit design to urban design. His projects have included world expo pavilions, museums, embassies, schools, office buildings, hotels, master plans, and landscape design, many with his current firm, Johnson [...]
ARCHITECTURE WEEK – Ask most architects to name the most elemental ingredients of great architecture, and chances are they will say “space and light.”
But these are not necessarily the first two words that come to mind when thinking about skyscrapers, especially tall buildings in New York City. Read Story
BUILDING DESIGN – Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore resigned this week, strongly denying the institution’s recent decision to scrap plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters had prompted the move. Read Story
HULIQ.COM – 2008 Pritzker Architecture Laureate Jean Nouvel will speak at the National Building Museum on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm as part of the Museum’s popular Spotlight on Design lecture series. Read Story
DESIGN TAXI.COM - Out of nearly 10,000 entries, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) won the 2008 People’s Voice Webby Award for the America’s Favorite Architecture (AFA) website. The AFA web site was created based on the results of an AIA public poll which asked American’s to choose their favorite examples of architecture. The AFA website [...]
