ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 370

Fri Feb 29 11:49:26 PST 2008

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FIRST HONG KONG BIENNALE
    by Jo Baker
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	Construction frenzy may have taken hold of Shanghai and
	Beijing, not to mention China's hundreds of other towns
	and cities. But for the past ten years, Hong Kong has
	floated behind serenely, like a successful, rather
	conservative older cousin. 

	Still, there are signs that the city is developing
	something that other Chinese cities lack: public
	discourse. Its first architecture biennale, running
	through March 15, 2008, headlines a growing public
	interest in the built environment.

	Staged in the old colonial rooms and cells of the
	historic Central Police Station, the biennale is
	showcasing works by 60 local and mainland Chinese
	architects, with a few exhibitors from beyond, and is a
	joint effort of the territory's top professional design
	bodies.

	It is running in tandem with a similar show in Shenzhen,
	a Chinese city and Special Economic Zone just across
	Hong Kong's northern border. The theme is "Refabricating
	City," and looks into the idea that modern cities must
	be regularly and consciously reworked to succeed. 

	The theme allows plenty of room for discussion. Do
	cities have a "sell by" date? How much of the past
	should be preserved for a meaningful future? How much
	input should the public have? All are hot topics in a
	town that struggles to balance its commercial
	development with cultural identity.
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Engineering Sidra Trees
    by Susan Smith
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	The Education City Convention Center on the outskirts of
	Doha, Qatar, designed by Arata Isozaki,  includes a
	giant structure resembling two intertwined trees to
	support the building's exterior canopy. Used in lieu of
	vertical columns, the 250-meter- (820-foot-) long,
	doubly curved steel tree structure forms the signature
	entrance to the convention center, currently under
	construction.
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People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
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	NTD Architecture in Rancho San Diego, California -
	CommArts and Cohos Evamy in Calgary, Canada - McLarand
	Vasquez Emsiek & Partners in Irvine, California -
	Philippe Rondeau Architecture in Jinan, China - LAB
	Architecture Studio in Nanjing, China - SmithGroup in
	Detroit, Michigan - RTKL Associates Inc. in Sun City
	West, Arizona...
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	2.  Born on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia, in 1901.
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	Atlanta, Georgia.
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