Monday
22 March 2010
It is always sad when a great architect dies and their office is disbanded. Years of work including architectural drawings and sketches end up on the rubbish tip.
So let’s give a big cheer for the State Preservation Office and Archives of Michigan, USA, who have joined forces to save World Trade Centre architect Minoru Yamasaki’s records…
News Junkie is back with the news round up which today features an Australian ex-Trade Union boss and Calatrava justifying the huge price tag for the World Trade Centre hub.
Plus Stephen Holl enjoying controversy in Norway, the nano homes that could help solve Mumbai’s chronic shortage of affordable housing and why architects need to go back to school.
While some people (News Junkie included) still value the old-fashioned architectural drawing, there’s no denying BIM has some advantages and planners love it. Wisconsin is just the latest area of the world to begin demanding BIM models in the early stages of planning.
Meanwhile in New York, there are signs of life for the Arts Centre originally proposed by Daniel Libeskind for the World Trade Centre site, but will it still have Gehry on board? How do we stop important privately-managed buildings from becoming ‘ghost architecture’? And Coney Island gets a nod of approval.
It has finally happened; Obama has remembered that Urban regeneration was a key part of his pre-election policies. You can watch the video of his speech on the White House website, but cynics like News Junkie will want actions rather than words.
Elsewhere, Murcutt blames fusty planning officials for lacklustre architecture in Australia, SOM’s Sears Tower gets renamed and Jean Nouvel transforms the Ile Seguin.
The registration debate takes a complicated twist with a story about foreign architects working on projects in Thailand. It looks like there may be change in the law to make the relationship a bit more above board, after one Thai architect registered a complaint about Amanda Levete Architects
Registration also rears its head in Jamaica, where unregistered professionals are breaking the law by submitting building plans for planning.
And the recession shows no signs of easing in Ireland, with architects still suffering huge numbers of job losses.
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