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Aussie Architecture Awards 2008 | |
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Climate Change: Stronger, Faster, Sooner | |
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Los Angeles AIA Awards 2008 | |
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AUSSIE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2008 The new creative arts building at Brisbane Girls Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, combines two contrasting halves into a dynamic whole. Public spaces and circulation are housed in the eastern wing of the Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre, with its columns radiating in a distinctive K shape. The horizontally layered western wing contains flexible teaching spaces for art, music, drama, and technology. The two wings meet at a central atrium intended to foster social interaction and informal learning.
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Renzo Piano in Fort Worth, Texas — Behnisch Architekten, with Ayers/ Saint/ Gross in Baltimore, Maryland — Shepley Bulfinch and Erdman in Janesville, Wisconsin — Frank Gehry in Toronto, Canada — CORE architecture + design in Washington, D.C., USA — Randall Stout Architects, with RRMM Architects in Roanoke, Virginia — Leo A Daly in Los Angeles, California...
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CLIMATE CHANGE: STRONGER, FASTER, SOONER Recent scientific research — published since the deadline for the latest assessment report from the IPCC — reveals that global warming is accelerating far beyond the 2007 IPCC forecasts. This brief collects some of the key findings, including particular impacts of climate change in Europe.
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Three projects received top honors for built architecture in the annual design awards of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA): the Water + Life Museums and Campus in Hemet, California, by Lehrer + Gangi Design + Build; the Art Center College of Design's South Campus in Pasadena, by Daly Genik; and the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland, by Morphosis.
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STIRLING PRIZE FOR ACCORDIA HOUSING Pairing sensitively designed housing with generous open space, the architects of Accordia created an enduring residential development in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that embodies the inherent sustainability of livable communities. Their careful efforts have earned Accordia the Stirling Prize for 2008. Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designed the project with Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects. This is the first residential project to receive the prestigious prize, now in its 13th year.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Gehry-Designed Tolerance Museum Inflames Jerusalem Passions — Bloomberg, 2008.1121
Michael Gould Joins Hunt Hale Jones Architects as Urban Design/ Multifamily Studio Director — Hunt Hale Jones Press Release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
Aussie Architecture Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
People and Places 2008.1119 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
Eli Broad Plans Another Art Space — New York Times, 2008.1119
Prasad, Rogers, Bridges and Madelin Make London Mayor’S Design Panel — BD, 2008.1117
LAX Modernization Unveiled — Contra Costa Times, 2008.1117
California Fires Destroy 800 Homes and Continue to Rage — KOLD News, 2008.1117
Over 1,000 Houses Damaged in Powerful Earthquake in Indonesia — Xinhua, 2008.1117
California Fires Could Burn for Days, Official Says — CNN, 2008.1117
Hearst Tower Wins International Highrise Award 2008 — International Highrise Award Press Release, 2008.1114
NTSB: Design Errors Caused 2007 Bridge Collapse — Washington Post, 2008.1113
Stern Snares Scully Prize — Yale Daily News, 2008.1113
Climate Change: Stronger, Faster, Sooner — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112
People and Places — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112
Velux Awards Student Design — Velux Press Release, 2008.1112
Three Czech Buildings Nominated for European Prize — Prague Post, 2008.1112
El-Wakil Wins Classical Architecture Prize — BD, 2008.1111
Gettysburg Cyclorama Building Gets Stay of Execution — BD, 2008.1110
Max Fordham Wins Prince Philip Designers Prize — DesignWeek, 2008.1106
People and Places 2008.1105 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1105
Scores Dead in Honduras Flooding — IOL, 2008.1103
Flooding in Yemen — AlertNet, 2008.1103
Hanoi Suffers as Vietnam Flood Toll Rises to 55 — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.1102
Young Architect of the Year: Hackett Hall McKnight — BD, 2008.1031
People and Places 2008.1029 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1029
Los Angeles AIA Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1029
NJ Chapter of the AIA Announces 2008 Design Winners — Paramus Post, 2008.1025
Shortlist Revealed for World Building of the Year — Building (UK), 2008.1024
Grafton Architects Wins First World Building of the Year Award — World Architecture Foundation Press Release, 2008.1024
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