| 11/19/2009 | Funding Woes Scuttle Toyo Ito Project at UC Berkeley
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
Nov. 19--Bay Area art lovers will not be stepping into a futuristic, $200 million UC Berkeley museum designed by celebrated Toyko architect Toyo Ito, but they still will have a new museum in the city's downtown within the next several years, officials with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive said Wednesday. |
| 11/19/2009 | LA Times: Bush Library Design Lacks Swagger
Los Angeles Times
As a politician, George W. Bush was never afraid to be a lightning rod. |
| 11/19/2009 | Chicago Tribune: Bush Library to Go for That Georgian Look
Chicago Tribune
George W. Bush's political leanings are certainly more right than left, so one might have expected his presidential library to be an exercise in lock-step traditionalism. |
| 11/19/2009 | Foster's Design for Yale Building Draws Mixed Reactions
New Haven Register
Nov. 19--NEW HAVEN -- The ultramodern School of Management building designed by Foster and Partners for Yale University drew high praise Wednesday from school alumni and Yaleconnected architects, but some criticism from neighbors and land preservation advocates. |
| 11/18/2009 | Build Boston Dispatch: Economist Predicts Construction Uptick
Boston Herald
Some good news is coming out of the annual Build Boston show, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, starting today at the Seaport World Trade Center. |
| 11/19/2009 | Burj Dubai to Open in January 2010
Middle East Company News
The eyes of the world will once again focus on Dubai on 4 January 2010 as the emirate unveils its latest landmark and high-profile addition to its iconic skyline: Burj Dubai. |
| 11/17/2009 | Zero-Energy Laboratory in Colorado Under Way
Associated Press/AP Online
GOLDEN, Colo. - Homes and office buildings consume three-quarters of U.S. electricity, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to lower that figure by erecting what it believes will be the largest "net-zero" energy building in the world - one that produces as much power onsite as it uses. |
| 11/13/2009 | Grimshaw to Oversee Heathrow Expansion
Building Design
Greenpeace calls third runway scheme 'the greatest climate change project on the planet' |
| 11/18/2009 | AIA: Architects Getting More Contracts
Los Angeles Times
After more than a year of meager activity, the nation's architects reported a growing number of new contracts in October from builders preparing to get real estate developments off the ground. |
| 11/13/2009 | New Museum by Zaha Hadid Opens in Rome
Associated Press/AP Online
ROME - Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely a keeper of a glorious artistic past. |
| 11/12/2009 | Spero Daltas, Architect of "Emerald City," Dies
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.)
Nov. 12--Thanks to Spero Daltas, an octagonal "Emerald City" rose in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, a Persian princess got her palace and university buildings, libraries, banks and embassies were built around the world. |
| 11/15/2009 | New Frank Gehry Book Examines the Architect's Residential Work
Chicago Tribune
If you're a fan of starchitect Frank Gehry, "Frank Gehry: The Houses" (Rizzoli, $85) will offer you a look at his work that goes beyond his greatest hits. |
| 11/14/2009 | L.A. Opens 8 Transit Stations
Los Angeles Times
It would be tough to overstate the level of cynicism that exists in certain corners of the Los Angeles establishment about the future of mass transit in Southern California. |
| 11/13/2009 | Las Vegas Architect, Former Firm Fighting on Several Fronts
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nov. 13--A local architecture firm under scrutiny for irregular campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid also is sparring on other fronts with the ex-employee who reported it to the Federal Election Commission. |
| 11/14/2009 | AIA Utah Presents Annual Design Awards
The Salt Lake Tribune
Nov. 14--Three Utah buildings, one a community center focused on physical play and the others devoted to pursuits of the mind, won top honors Friday from the Utah chapter of the American Institute of Architects. |
| 11/12/2009 | In Ireland, Government Demands Steep Cut in Architect Fees
Irish Times
ALREADY FLOUNDERING from the downturn, architects are coming under severe pressure from State agencies, whose remit to shave costs and cut back on expenditure is being felt across both the construction industry and the architectural profession. |
| 11/16/2009 | Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Synagogue Gaining Recognition
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Nov. 16--Architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent the final months before his death in 1959, at the improbable age of 91, wresting two of his greatest buildings to completion. |
| 11/16/2009 | New Book Explores 878 World Heritage Sites
Detroit Free Press
Think of it as the world's greatest hits. |
| 11/20/2009 | In Providence, a crescent of green business sprouts
Providence Journal
Nov. 20--PROVIDENCE -- When Alteris Renewables decided to add another office in either Rhode Island or Southeastern Massachusetts, it considered Fall River, New Bedford and Bristol. |
| 11/20/2009 | Shanghai then, now and beyond
Chicago Tribune
Shanghai is an unbelievably disorienting city, bursting with human and motor traffic, crisscrossed by glowing infrastructure, punctured by Space Age skyscrapers and simmering with the ruins of old neighborhoods. |
| 11/20/2009 | MCAD reorients to raise profile: The Minneapolis art college is spending $2.6 million to reinvent itself as urban oasis in a historic neighborhood.
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Nov. 20--Minneapolis College of Art and Design has begun a $2.6 million landscaping project designed to raise the school's profile and improve access to the campus it shares with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in south Minneapolis. |
| 11/20/2009 | EDITORIAL: Fort Worth's New Architectural Jewel Shines in Cultural District
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Nov. 20--The Fort Worth Cultural District welcomes another gem to its array of world-renowned institutions today with the opening of the spectacular Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. |
| 11/01/2009 | Travels in the History of Architecture
History Today
Travels in the History of Architecture Robert Harbison Reaktion Books 287pp Pounds 19.95 ISBN 978 1861 894359 A new verb for the Internet age is wilfing - What was I Looking For? |
| 07/20/2009 | Harley Ellis Devereaux.(ARCHITECTURE)
Los Angeles Business Journal
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| 07/20/2009 | Room for flexibility: architect homes in on live/work spaces as L.A.'s urban future.(UP FRONT)
Los Angeles Business Journal
Karin Liljegren has firsthand experience in the challenges of creating a "live/work" environment. |
