Wednesday
10 March 2010
As newsjunkie reaches for another mince pie, it seems architects are casting aside their selection boxes and getting stuck into the spirit of the season (and I’m not just talking about a tipple of festive sherry).
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New Junkie brings you a midweek bumper news round up, including the Japanese architect who says architecture is like sushi, the submitted designs for Architect’s Michael Jackson memorial competition and the latest from New York’s mayor on the Atlantic Yards project.
And, on a more serious note, how loopholes in the LEED certification process are failing the environment.
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.
It’s been a busy few days in the architecture journalism world; Frank Gehry, airports in India, an Israeli architect’s Sudoku spin off, America’s Climate Change bill, Guerrilla architects in Sydney…
It’s a bumper edition of international news junkie, but one we hope will leave you very satisfied indeed.
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.
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