| 02/10/2012 | Remembering Norma Merrick Sklarek: Pioneering African American Architect
Los Angeles Times
Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American woman in the country to become a licensed architect, who helped produce Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport and the American Embassy in Tokyo, died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades. |
| 02/07/2012 | 'Luminous Field' Will Show Millennium Park in a New Light
Chicago Tribune
Feb. 07--Normally the light in Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero's spare Humboldt Park apartment is plain, not funky at all. |
| 02/12/2012 | When Architects Build a Marriage and Design a Home
The Baltimore Sun
Architects live and breathe design, blissfully losing themselves in details most people would never notice ? |
| 02/07/2012 | Atlanta's Tallest Skyscraper to Be Sold at Auction
Associated Press/AP Online
ATLANTA - The tallest skyscraper in the southern United States is going up for public auction after its owners missed mortgage payments. |
| 02/09/2012 | Report: Building Toppled by NZ Quake Substandard
Associated Press/AP Online
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people during last year's New Zealand earthquake did not meet construction standards, according to a government report released Thursday. |
| 02/07/2012 | Eisenhower Family Fighting Gehry Monument Design
United Press International
The family of former President Dwight Eisenhower says objections to the proposed Eisenhower memorial on the Washington Mall are being ignored. |
| 02/07/2012 | Partial Collapse of Building Kills 1 in Brazil
Associated Press/AP Online
SAO PAULO - A 13-story building partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside Sao Paulo, Brazil killing a 3-year-old girl, firefighters said Tuesday. |
| 02/04/2012 | Memphis Architecture Firm Unveils Plans for Zero-Energy Building
Commercial Appeal, The
archimania has completed plans for a rare type of building designed only to save the world and save money for Tennessee. |
| 02/03/2012 | Fewer Architecture Students Means More Elitism
Building Design
A drop in architectural student numbers cannot ever be "a good thing" (Debate January 13). |
| 02/07/2012 | Revitalization Plans Unveiled for Downtown Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Telegram
Feb. 07--COLUMBUS -- More than 100 survey responses showed people aren't happy with the downtown area. |
| 02/06/2012 | Calatrava To Design Buildings For Taiwanese University
PRNewswire
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yuan Ze University in Taiwan, affiliated with Far Eastern Group, one of Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerates, has commissioned world-renowned architect, engineer and artist, Santiago Calatrava to design an ambitious new building complex for its campus. |
| 02/03/2012 | Richard Rogers Calls for Broader Architectural Education
Building Design
Initial three-year course should also cover planning and landscape |
| 02/03/2012 | UK's Royal College of Art Appoints New Head of Architecture
Building Design
Charles Walker, the Canadian-born architect and structural engineer who has worked for both Zaha Hadid and Arup, has been made head of architecture at the Royal College of Art. |
| 02/05/2012 | San Francisco's Dogpatch Pier District Braces for Renewal
Associated Press/AP Online
SAN FRANCISCO - There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair. |
| 02/05/2012 | Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Are Inspiration for Maya Lin's 'Pin River'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Feb. 05--Maya Lin entered the national consciousness in 1982 when she won a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., while an undergraduate at Yale University. |
| 02/03/2012 | Specs and the City
Building Design
Amsterdam-based Next Architects has launched the first English edition of its Modern Architecture Game, a trivia board game that involves wearing Le Corbusier-style round glasses while matching buildings and quotes to the appropriate architects. |
| 02/02/2012 | Steven Holl Architects to Design Expansion for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston Chronicle
Feb. 02--The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has selected Steven Holl Architects to partner with its board and staff in developing a long-awaited expansion, including a new building at the corner of Bissonnet and Main streets. |
| 01/18/2012 | CO Architects, FXFOWLE Form Bicoastal Partnership
Real Estate Weekly
Los Angeles-based CO Architects and New York City-based FXFOWLE formed a joint venture -CO/ FXFOWLE- late last month. |
| 02/03/2012 | Chicago's Wrigley Building Backed for Landmark Status
Chicago Tribune
Feb. 03--The city landmarks commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a recommendation to give landmark status to the Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue, a move preservation advocates say is long overdue. |
| 02/02/2012 | Tigerman Retains Bite in Chicago Retrospective
Chicago Tribune
Some architects swear by Stanley Tigerman. |
| 02/01/2012 | Missouri Firm to Design Temporary Pavilion for Nelson-Atkins Museum's World's Fair Exhibition
The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri)
Feb. 01--In the run-up to its major new exhibit on the products and legacy of world's fairs, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art put out a challenge: Design and build a temporary pavilion that would stand impressively on museum grounds and reflect the spirit of innovation and modernity those global expositions have long represented. |
| 01/27/2012 | Olympic Projects Set to Dominate RIBA Awards
Building Design
Main stadium among schemes to be entered for London accolade |
| 02/02/2012 | Academy of Experts to Chime in on Bethlehem Steel Redevelopment Plans
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Feb. 02--As developers eye some of the still-vacant Bethlehem Steel buildings between the Sands casino and the SteelStacks cultural campus, a national group of architects and urban planners will offer ideas on the best way to redevelop what remains of the old plant. |
| 02/01/2012 | Exhibition Review: Breaking Ground - Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles (1945-1980)
Los Angeles Times
In 1949, Eugene Kinn Choy built his family a home in Silver Lake. |
| 01/31/2012 | Mies van der Rohe's Tugendhat to Reopen Again
Associated Press/AP Online
BRNO, Czech Republic - It was completed in 1930, a Modernist masterpiece by legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. |
