News Junkie

Pascall & Watson get the Louvre and green schools for the US

So, the House of Representatives has passed a bill to build one of the  most ambitious schools programmes in recent history. But it’s not the first time that something like this has been passed by the House and ignored by the Senate. Fingers crossed it goes through this time.

Elsewhere there’s some late criticism of Zumthor’s Pritzker win, RMJM lands a big project in Ireland and Pascall & Watson are appointed architect’s of record for the Abu Dhabi Louvre.

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Libeskind is optimistic, Ordos 100 and race in architecture

It’s always nice to hear some cheery words from a Starchitect, especially one who can stay optimistic about a $8.6 billion project when it hits trouble.  So hats off to Libeskind.

Elsewhere, race is back on the agenda, stimulus money is being spent and British architects are advised not to look to Australia for work.

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Freelon’s winning streak and a pedestrian-friendly Abu Dhabi

In News Junkie today we take a look at an interview with Philip Freelon (who is designing the new Smithsonian with Adjaye), glance at plans to make Abu Dhabi more pedestrian friendly and – shock horror – the New York Times has realised architects are having a tough time…

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