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ARCHITECTURE |
15.01.03
The Australian dean of the M.I.T. architecture school,
William Mitchell is to step down at the end of the American academic
year. He will now head MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences,
and its Media Laboratory.
Mitchell has been gaining a reputation in recent years for his work
investigating the digital landscape, publishing "city of Bits"
and other influential books during the Nineties.
In a lesser known achievement, Mitchell is guiding a massive building
programme at the MIT campus. Buildings designed by Fumihiko
Maki, Frank Gehry, and Steven Holl are currently in construction.
His most recent contribution is the website archnet,
'an online community for architects, planners, urban designers,
landscape architects, and scholars, with a special focus on the
Islamic world.'
MIT
news release
CHAFFERS WINNER NOT
POPULAR
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14.12.02
Since the Chaffers Park competition was judged in Wellington
late last month, there has been a backlash against the winning proposal.
Scheme A won the competition according to the jury, but local news
and community groups feel that Scheme D ought to proceed. Scheme
D, with its spiral park, was the popular choice.
Waterfront Development Subcommittee Chair David Kernohan commented,
"Scheme A has been selected not only because it is the strongest
design, but it also best meets the technical requirements for the
park redevelopment”.
Chaffers Park has until now been a well-located wasteland, situated
between the city and Oriental Bay. While it has good connections
to the East and West, it sits in the shadow of the old Post Office
to the North, and is disconnected from the action to the south by
a badly placed supermarket.
Public criticism of Scheme A centred on the scale of five new buildings.
One of these buildings is intended to accompany the lonely and hulking
Herd
Street Post and Telegraph building, which had to be retained.
This Edmund Anscombe building is out of place in the area now and
will cut any new park off from the sea and cast it in shadow.
Butterpaper has to date been unable to confirm just who the Scheme
A designers are but suspect that they are Benoit Vignes and Ariane
Smythe from Versailles, France, working with Boffa Miskell.
The Stage 2 winner will now proceed to Stage 3.
OFF SITE LINKS:
CHAFFERS
COMPETITION SITE
SCHEMES
A to E
Experts
override public choice for Chaffers Park
Scheme
A design challenged
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WTC
Decision Is Pushed Back
Re: New York. Finalists to be chosen in coming days.
(Newsday 29.01.03)
Major
surgery for regal lady
Re: Auckland. Old Chief Post Office reduced to a facade while Britomart
development progresses behind.
(NZH 25.01.03)
After
the bulldozers, a fresh start for black suburbs
Re: Canberra. Chief Minister advocates fire retardent planning for rebuilt
suburbs.
(SMH 24.01.03)
Gaudi
design proposed for WTC
Re: WTC. BBC digs up pictures of the Gaudi tower design mentioned earlier.
(BBC 23.01.03) KH
95-Year-Old
Plans Considered at WTC Site
Re: WTC designs. Antoni Gaudi gets in on the act posthumously with his
hotel design for the WTC site. No pics.
(Dayton Daily News 22.01.03)
Canberra
housing crisis looms Canberra fires. <<ACT
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has established the Reconstruction Taskforce,
headed by Anglican Bishop George Browning, to advise the government on
house and town planning design once the immediate fire threat is over.>>
(AGE 22.01.03)
Fire
guts ancient Chinese palace
Re: Hubei, China. 600 year old UNESCO World Heritage Site Yuzhengong Palace
burns to ground.
(CNN 21.01.03)
Bush
capital faces changes for safety Canberra fires. <<The
challenge now was to strike the right balance between fire safety and
bush living by re-examining planning regulations and considering an increased
capacity to re-use water on residential
properties to reduce the fire risk>>
(AGE 21.01.03)
A
See-Through Library of Shifting Shapes and Colors
Re: New York. Enríque Norten of TEN Arquitectos, the Brooklyn Library
for the Visual and Performing Arts.
(NY Times19.01.03, SW) Rego required
Site
looms as crowning glory for city's redevelopment
Re: Melbourne. Under construction : QV. Includes slide show showing new
laneway network.
(AGE 19.01.03)
Silos'
days are numbered, but planners hope to save time
Re: Melbourne. Richmond silos to buckle under demand for riverside offices.
(AGE 16.01.03)
New
Yorkers debate WTC plans
Re: New York. Public interest in new proposal mounts, hearings to start
soon.
(BBC 13.01.03) KH
Prince
to build new traditional village
Re: United Kingdom. Charles to build second nostalgic village, harking
back to a time when royalty was respected.
(INDEPENDENT UK 12.01.03)
Cinemas
axed from updated mid-town project
Re:
Sydney. Two new residential towers proposed. Limited competition between
Richard Johnson, Norman Foster, and Kohn Pederson Fox.
(SMH 10.01.03)
Appraisals
of Ground Zero Designs
Re: WTC designs. The big names gather. "Everyone is so warm and fuzzy
and self-congratulatory it distresses me".
(NY Times 09.01.03, KMCF) Rego required
Rescaling
the Guggenheim
Re: Guggenheim. New NY Gehry Gugg. canned and Rem's Las Vegas one closes
for a while.
(NY Times 05.01.03) Rego required
Iraq's
Cultural Capital
Re: Iraq. See the architecture under threat.
(NY Times 05.01.03) Rego required
Architecture
the winner, says Natusch
Re: NZ. Guy Natusch awarded New Year Honour for services to architecture.
(NAPIER COURIER 31.12.02)
Ancient
loos uncovered
Re: United Kingdom. 800 year old royal sewer to make way for shopping
centre.
(AGE 29.12.02)
Architecture:
Erotic gherkin to lonely testicle
Re: 2002. The architectural year.
(Financial Times UK 27.12.02)
Cornell to
Keep Architecture School
Re: United States. Cornell school almost lost.
(ABC (U.S.) 20.12.02)
Big
wheel to roll into city
Re: Melbourne. New Docklands Waterfront City to include oversized ferris
wheel (just like London and Moscow).
(SMH 20.12.02)
Rediscovering
and Celebrating the Vertical Life
Re: New York. New WTC designs by Libeskind, Foster, Meier et al examined.
Includes interactive feature.
(NYT 19.12.02) Rego Required
Terraplanet
grounded with $26m black hole
Re: Australia. Monument magazine and its stablemates are in big trouble
again.
(The Oz 19.12.02) KMCF
World
Trade Center architects aim high
Re: New York. 5 big proposals for the site. The plans are online too.
(BBC 18.12.02) KH
At
Ground Zero, the Freshest Architecture May Be the Answer
Re: New York. On the eve of the unveiling of the new designs for the WTC,
Herbert Muschamp discusses why architecture needs to be of its day.
(NYT 18.12.02) rego required
Building
a perception of invisible forces
Re: Sydney Custom House, Andrew Andersons proposal. It isn't working
so it's changing. Even the escalators are out!
(SMH 17.12.02)
The
bold and the beautiful
Re: Melbourne. Federation Square. A glowing review by Andrew Benjamin.
(The Oz 14.12.02)
Brogden
aims to capitalise on Sydney's urban stress
Re: Sydney. Medium density residential buildings are becoming an election
issue as the State opposition leader gets nostalgic for the burbs.
(ONLINE OPINION 13.12.02)
Government
plans tight building rules
Re: New Zealand. Leaky Building crisis pushes government into action.
(NZH 13.12.02)
Buildings
in Old Town to be razed
Re: Edinburgh. A gap at the heart of the city after recent fire.
(Guardian UK 10.12.02)
Boyd
house demolition row moves to Supreme Court
Re: Melbourne. Bitter tussle between Boyd house owner and Heritage
Victoria gets more bitter.
(AGE 07.12.02)
Another
Southbank high-rise on the way
Re: Melbourne. Ivan Rijavec. Yes, another residential tower.
(AGE 07.12.02)
Building
a perception of invisible forces
Re: Santiago Calatrava. Preview of SBS documentary.
(SMH 03.12.02)
Famous
silos come to end of the road
Re: Melbourne, Fender Katsalidis. South Richmond severs another link
with its industrial past.
(AGE 03.12.02)
All
work, all play
Re: Offices, Alsop Architects. Fun and the British office.
(Guardian UK 10.12.02)
Defenestration
Re: Words. And the meaning is... A laypersons guide to archispeak.
(NY Times 01.12.02) Rego req'd.
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