Wednesday
10 March 2010
Alajandro Aravena must be among the most worthy winners of a big architectural cash prize in recent history. If you read BD’s big piece on him you’ll understand why.
Also in today’s news round up: The recession claims another victim in the US, with inter-disciplinary artist and architect Vito Acconci forced to close his studio and the famous Mariinsky Theatre in Russia is looking for a new design.
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.
It’s a big day for big names. Renzo Piano has won a new building commission; Brad Pitt unveiled a new list of architects unveiled for his New Orleans project; the recession has a silver lining for an early Frank Gehry building that was due for demolition and there’s a roundup of schemes for the Herzog & de Meuron curated Ordos 100 project.
Less starry stories include a new building for the Union of Architects in Russia, support for the green schools bill from the AIA and a revamp for the des Halles district in Paris.
The Bucky Fuller challenge is one of News Junkie’s favourite competitions, offering a vast array of solutions to some of the world’s most serious problems. This year’s finalists have just been published online and offer some serious inspiration covering everything from CAD to eco city mapping.
Maybe these are the types of projects Rem Koolhaas is thinking about as he disucsses the end of the era of showy architecture in the Wall Street Journal?
And as the numbers of UK architects on the dole escalates, news from Israel is similarly depressing. Read the rest of this entry »
As the global recession has tightened its grip on the construction industry, many have been muttering about the end of iconic architecture. Now Rem Koolhaas has waded in with his own take.
The Architectural Record looks at the impact of the 88,000 industry job cuts in the first quarer of this year and Gehry quits a park project in Miami. Read the rest of this entry »
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