| DELAHUNTY
IN HOT SEAT 24.02.02 |
Victorian State MP and ex TV star Mary Delahunty has taken over
the planning portfolio from an overstretched John Thwaites. Ms Delahunty
enters the job with no prior experience in the field, and at a critical
time. Michael Buxton, RMIT associate professor of environmental
planning, warns that she will have to act quickly as Melbourne is
at the beginning of a tall building boom. "The number of high-rise
applications in the last two years approximates the boom days of
the '80s, and a lot of these are 60 to 80 storeys." He says
that 100 high-rise towers are planned over the next two decades,
and warns that with current height restrictions, Melbourne will,
"be turned into any other asian or american high-rise city."
SOURCE : MELBOURNE TIMES 20.02.02
| GEHRY
ON GOGGLE BOX 21.02.02 |
Frank O. gets his own TV show this Sunday as his career hits overdrive.
You can see it on SBS Australia at 9.30p.m. on Sunday 24th February.
SBS
TV SCHEDULE 24.02.02
| COURT
DISMISSES "ECOLOGY ARCHITECT" CASE
21.02.02 |
In matters relating to this week's editorial,
a raglan man was recently in court for using the title "architect"
without being qualified or registered. Unfortunately the New Zealand
registration authority, the AERB, missed the court date on Tuesday
and the case was dismissed. Steve Hart, the man in question, said,"many
sectors of business use the word "architect" widely. From
golf course designers, interior designers, communications architects,
and software architects – I am an ecology architect."
WAIKATO
TIMES 20.02.02
| ROGERS
GETS BLAMED FOR COST OVERRUN 19.02.02 |
The verdict is in on Lord Richard Rogers' stalled Welsh Assembly
building, which was halted recently due to spiralling costs. Originally
forecast at £26.6 million, the building now appears to be
worth £10M to £20M more. Rabid pollies have laid the
blame at the feet of Rogers, though most of his fees will be recovered.
Welsh finance minister Edwina Hart said that Lord Rogers "significantly
underestimated the cost of the building. He was not found to be
negligent". No mention is made in this article of the fate
of the project's Quantity Surveyors.
IC
WALES 14.02.02
VAULT
TO MOVE 16.02.02
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It was announced yesterday that Vault will be shifted to the site
of Wood Marsh's new Malthouse complex in Southbank, with the blessing
of the scupltor. Ron Robertson Swan said, "I am looking forward
to (the move) because I think it will give it a new breath of life.
I am happy for it to be back where people who are interested in
the arts congregate."
AGE
15.02.02
VAULT'S
FUTURE PERIL 03.02.02
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Melbourne once had a city square. Central and integral to this square
was the Vault sculpture by Ron Robertson Swan. This yellow
steel origami was hated by the press and the council ended up sneaking
it one night down to Batman Park, which was at the time a bit of
a wasteland. Now the wasteland is quite a nice park and very visible
from the Crown Casino. And so the cycle starts again. Mr Dennis
Napthine, leader of the Liberal state oppostion, in popular hard-talking
style of modern Australian leaders, has declared that it should
be dumped at "the bottom of Port Phillip Bay". If it weren't
for its new found use as a shelter for the homeless, BUTTERPAPER
would prefer that it be installed on the steps of parliament.
AGE
01.02.02
WATCH THIS SPACE CHANGE A POTTED HISTORY
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