| 11/05/2009 | Connecticut Science Center Sues Pelli Clarke Pelli
The Hartford Courant
The Connecticut Science Center has filed suit against the world-renowned architectural firm that designed it, seeking at least $10 million and claiming that architects at Pelli Clarke Pelli designed an iconic roof that was "structurally unsound." |
| 11/04/2009 | Burj Dubai Opening Delayed to Early 2010
Associated Press/AP Online
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai. |
| 11/05/2009 | In Chicago, Parks Proposal Builds on Burnham Dream
Chicago Tribune
Seizing upon this year's 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago, state legislators and open space advocates on Thursday will make public a series of steps designed to create a new legacy of parks and trails throughout the Chicago area, including new lakefront parkland. |
| 11/01/2009 | Critics Weigh in on Wyly Theatre and Winspear Opera House
The Dallas Morning News
Nov. 1--The opening of the AT&T Performing Arts Center's Winspear Opera House and Wyly Theatre has drawn attention in the national and international press. |
| 11/02/2009 | Call for Entries: International Competition for Urban Development in Denmark
PRNewswire
The aim of the project is todevelop the central harbour area in KAAge, Denmark, and the development, whichis intended to open KAAge towards the water, will be carried out in closedialogue with citizens and other stakeholders. |
| 11/01/2009 | Greening of the Former Sears Tower
Chicago Tribune
Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. |
| 11/01/2009 | Architecture Professor Takes Fresh Look at Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Nov. 1--Franklin Toker wanted his readers to feel the heartbeats of the Pittsburgh neighborhoods he loves. |
| 10/29/2009 | Architect Plans Repairs to Fire-Damaged CCTV Building in Beijing
Associated Press/AP Online
BEIJING - The chief architect for the landmark new headquarters for China's powerful state broadcaster said the part of the complex that burned in a massive fire earlier this year can be repaired and does not need to be torn down. |
| 10/29/2009 | NY City Council OKs New MoMA Tower
amNewYork
Oct. 29--The City Council Wednesday approved plans for a controversial skyscraper next door to the Museum of Modern Art that will redefine the midtown skyline, rising about as high as the Chrysler Building. |
| 10/28/2009 | Perkins Eastman Hired to Master Plan "China Vegas"
Business Wire
China Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CHHL), an asset holding company engaged in land and real estate development in China, announced today that the Company has contracted award-winning planning and architecture firm Perkins Eastman, the largest firm in New York and the one of the 15th largest architect firms in the world, to provide planning and architectural services to the Master Planning of 100 sq km land for "China Vegas - A New World Resort City" in Inner Mongolia, in the People's Republic of China. |
| 10/12/2009 | Recession Forces Head of AC Martin to Make Tough Decisions
Los Angeles Business Journal
ARCHITECT Christopher Martin knows a thing or two about riding out a recession. |
| 10/30/2009 | New Book Puts Spotlight on Bauhaus Movement
Associated Press/AP Online
"The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism" (Knopf, 544 pages, $40.00), by Nicholas Fox Weber: In this informal group biography, art historian Nicholas Fox Weber, author of "Le Corbusier" (2008), profiles six key artists and architects from the experimental teaching institution known as the Bauhaus, which flourished in Germany amid the cultural ferment of the Weimar era only to be shuttered by the Nazis. |
| 11/06/2009 | Winning design: Columbus is home to four of the five honored buildings in the 2009 Design Awards of the American Institute of Architects' local chapter
The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
Nov. 6--The Columbus chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 2009 Design Awards, honoring the work of local architecture firms. |
| 11/06/2009 | Greenwalls Modular Planting Systems Launches at Greenbuild
PRNewswire
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- At Greenbuild next week McCaren Designs will be introducing their new Greenwalls Modular Planting Systems, a sustainable building solution designed and engineered for maximum biofilteration of indoor air, thermal regulation and striking aesthetics. |
| 11/05/2009 | New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle
Business Wire
Today, the Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation's first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. |
| 11/05/2009 | Design ruling halts construction
Aiken Standard
Nov. 5--Construction has stopped at a condominium being built on Park Avenue after Aiken Design Review Board members ruled against granting a Certificate of Appropriateness for changes made to the property. |
| 11/05/2009 | City touts 'green' benefits of arena
Orlando Sentinel
When a crane operator at the new Amway Center construction site hoists the final roof beam into place at a "topping-off" ceremony today, it will go on what will be one of the "greenest" arenas in the country. |
| 11/04/2009 | Advocates Plan for New Chicago-area Parklands
Chicago Tribune
Nov. 4--Seizing upon this year's 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago, state legislators and open space advocates on Thursday will make public a series of steps designed to create a new legacy of parks and trails throughout the Chicago area, including new lakefront parkland. |
| 11/04/2009 | Anderton's facade fades into history -- Too costly to integrate into new construction
Commercial Appeal, The
A demolition crew reduced the expressive, pale green walls of the old Anderton's East restaurant to rubble on Tuesday. |
| 11/04/2009 | The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Announces Its 2010 List of State's 10 'Places in Peril'
PRNewswire-USNewswire
ATLANTA, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2010 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state. |
| 11/03/2009 | San Francisco's Three Emerging "Green" Hospitals to Be Topic of Panel Discussion at Greenbuild International Conference on Nov. 12
MARKETWIRE
San Francisco is taking a giant step forward on the "green" healthcare scene with three distinct, environmentally sustainable hospitals. |
| 11/03/2009 | Michigan Avenue YWCA Building: Preservationists Strive to Rescue Facade of Crumbling Landmark
Chicago Tribune
Nov. 3--If South Michigan Avenue's so-called Streetwall, a strip of historic buildings on the western border of Grant Park, must be weaker, at least maintain its impressive facade, a preservationist and residents say. |
| 11/02/2009 | Zeidler Partnership Architects: Eberhard Zeidler Wins Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award
MARKETWIRE
On November 1, 2009, at the Healthcare Design 09 Conference, Eberhard Zeidler, Senior Partner Emeritus at Zeidler Partnership Architects has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA). |
| 11/02/2009 | Still no tenant in RI's historic Providence Arcade
Associated Press/AP Online
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence Arcade was once the heart of the capital city's downtown. |
| 11/02/2009 | Duluth Architects and Engineers Build Their Numbers, Drawn By Innovation and Region's Amenities: Architects and Engineers Seem to Love Duluth. And Duluth Seems to Love Them.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, Minn.)
Nov. 2--Maybe it's because Duluth is a regional hub without the hassles of a big city. |
