Knocking down Mies and Russia’s Olympics
May 7th, 2009 | by ecadman |Apparently, Russia is ahead of schedule for delivering the 2014 Winter Olympics site. Fingers crossed it’s more Bird Nest than Broadcast Centre.
And one Chicaho tribune blogger argues that it’s ok to known down a Mies building because it’s not so pretty – blasphemy or a fair point?
Olympic Projects Ahead of Schedule
Preparations for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, which will see the creation of 13 new venues, are ahead of schedule according to organizing committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko. Read more at the Moscow Times
Sochi’s Olympic Windfall
But will the games be of any benefit to Russia? It depends who you ask. More at the St Petersburg Times
Winners Announced for ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award 2008-2009
2967 teams registered for the 11th edition of the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award. 926 projects were submitted and the winner is a 150 metre by 105 metre picture frame for Dubai. More at Bustler
One Mies building on IIT campus can go; squat brick building isn’t his best work, and preservationists need to fight other battles
Mies van der Rohe’s brick “gunnery” building on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology is to be demolished to make way for a new $11.7 million metro station. More at the Chicago Tribune
Past works of Zaha Hadid to exhibit in Italy
An exhibition of Zaha Hadid’s best work will be held this October at the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in the Italian city of Padova. More at Arch Daily
HASSELL’s secrets of spin revealed
Apparently we always hear about Hadid, Gehry and other big names because they have mastered the art of “spin”. More at Architecture and Design
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