New York New York plus Graft’s Russian Jewish Museum
June 10th, 2009 | by ecadman |It’s a pretty New York heavy news round up today, with more rumblings from Atlantic Yards, the opening of the High Line and New York University’s new building proposal.
Thom Mayne has been announced as artist in residence for the LA film festival, and SanDiegoans (is that right?) are protesting against a jail expansion using twitter.
Outside of the States, nineteen pro-bono designs have been unveiled to rebuild the burnt homes in Victoria, Australia and Graft unveils its plans for the Russian Jewish Museum.
Frank Gehry Out of Rest of Yards Too
Is Gehry off the whole project? WYNC seems to think so. More at WNYC
Meanwhile Brooklynites call foul on new designs for Atlantic Yards arena project More at New York Daily News
L.A. festival taps artists
Independent film festival selects US Pritzker winner Thom Mayne as one of its artists in residence. More at Variety
City turns to Twitter, Facebook to fight jail expansion
In San Diego, residents are using Twitter to protest against a proposed new jail. More at Sign On SanDiego
Wing and a Prayer
New York University is asking the city of New york to make an exception to its zoning laws for a new rectangular box building by Machado & Silvetti Associates. More at the Architect’s Paper
On High, a Fresh Outlook
Nicolai Ouroussoff visits the High Line and likes what he finds. More at the New York Times
Perm Museums’ Plan Dubbed the ‘New Bilbao’
How many more Bilbao’s can the world take? Apparently now the city of Perm, an industrial city two hours flight from Moscow, is reinventing itself. More at the St Petersburg Times
New Russian-Jewish Museum of Tolerance / Graft Architects
The committee for the Russian-Jewish Museum of Tolerance has finalised the German-based Graft Architects‘ design for the new museum. More at Arch Daily
Cardin + Ramirez Win Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium Competition
The winner for the competition to design the £16.5 million planetarium for Montreal (see BD’s story) has been selected and a model will be unveiled in the next few weeks. More at Bustler
Nineteen firms unveil bushfire designs
The Victorian government has launched an online catalogue of house blueprints that promotes architects’ pro-bono efforts to bushfire victims. More at Architecture and Design
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