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BONNES NOUVELLES |
.GOOD NEWS. .AGENCY. |
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Winner
for Commercial, Institutional and Public Work
Richard Economakis Architectural Design has received a 2013 Palladio Award for the Civic Hall at Cayalá, in Guatemala. Supervising Architects were Pedro Godoy and Maria Sanchez of Estudio Urbano, Leon Krier was Consulting Architect, and Grupo Cayala are the client / developer. The New Town of Cayalá was masterplanned by Leon Krier with Godoy and Sanchez, and is now in its third stage of development, with the first of eight planned neighborhoods nearing completion.
National
Charrette Institute News:
The National
Charrette Institute (NCI) is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational
institution. They advance the fields of community planning and public involvement through research and publications.
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S.O.S. PARIS: Saving the city's heritage and environment
S.O.S. Paris was founded in 1973 with the purpose of defending the architectural heritage of the city, preserving the urban environment for its population. Go to campaigns and current projects.
Washington: The Classical City
"Washington: The Classical City" is a documentary produced by the National Civic Art Society (PLAY the video)
The Neighbourhood Effect 25 years after William Julius Wilson changed urban sociology, scholars still debate his ideas. Is anyone else listening?
A great article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. To read the full article, click here !
L'architecture peut être criminelle (Architecture can be criminal) Richard Tanniger, enseignant lausannois, préconise de faire comparaître pour crimes contre l’humanité certains architectes (link)
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Downtown
Silver Spring: From sub-urban to vibrant mixed-use town center source: http://terrain.org , Issue 31, UNSPRAWL |
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.L'ECHEC
.DU MOIS |
.THE FAILURE. .OF THE MONTH. |
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bank depositors are facing a levy on their savings
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Cyprus is being asked to trim its deficit, shrink its banking sector and increase taxes. For
the first time in a eurozone bailout, bank depositors are facing a levy
on their savings: THE IMAGE OF A BAILOUT Cyprus' banks were badly exposed to Greece, which has itself been the recipient of two huge bailouts
Learn more: www.zerohedge.com |
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LE FILM DU MOIS |
.THE MOVIE. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Silver Linings Playbook silverliningsplaybookmovie.com
Directed by David O. Russell
Music by Danny Elfman
Watch the trailer !
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VILLES SANS GRATTECIELS |
CITIES WITHOUT. SKYSCRAPERS. |
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Low rise, high density
New Delhi Delhi, India
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LE PROJET DU MOIS |
.THE PROJECT. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Tottenham Court Road, London Quinlan Terry Architects
2009
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This composition starts at ground level with a rusticated arcade supporting a giant Palladian Ionic Order with a superimposed giant Corinthian Order above complete with entablature and balustrade with an attic at the top and slate roof behind the parapet. At the two ends of the colonnade are plain and rusticated book ends to frame the composition and make a clean joint with the neighbouring classical buildings either side". (all images source:qftarchitects.com , ArchitectureMMXII)
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"The elevation facing Tottenham Court Road is a 9 bay classical building 100ft wide in natural limestone, bronze and glass in keeping with the buildings either side which are also constructed in Portland stone, glass and bronze.
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LA CARTE POSTALE DU MOIS |
THE POSTCARD. OF THE MONTH. |
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Greetings from Piazza Prato della Valle
Padova, Veneto, Italy
image credit Silvia Zambon, beniculturalionline.it |
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LE STADE URBAIN DU MOIS |
THE
URBAN STADIUM.
OF THE MONTH. |
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Estadio Vicente Calderón Location:
Arganzuela, Madrid, Spain
Learn more about ecocompactstadium !
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BONJOUR. TRISTESSE. |
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sorry, where is the swimming pool ?
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Fribourg is a lovely Swiss city that seems to attract some of the worst architecture |
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LA PEINTURE URBAINE DU MOIS |
THE URBAN PAINTING. OF THE MONTH. |
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Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969)
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Place de la republique |
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LE VIRUS DU MOIS |
.THE VIRUS. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Hamburg suburbs, Deutsch,Niederdeutsc
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| Influenza or flu is caused by the flu virus which is a RNA virus. It is easily transmitted from person to person through air or by direct contact or through urbanist and architects. | ||
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LA DÉMOLITION DU MOIS |
.THE DEMOLITION. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Glencairn Tower Demolition, Motherwell 2011, November 20, 12.15pm watch the video of the 17-storey tower-block in Scotland |
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LA STATION D'ESSENCE DU MOIS |
THE FIRE STATION. OF THE MONTH. |
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Bologna, neighborhood Fire Department "Carlo Fava" Viale Aldini 142, 40100 Bo
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LA VITRINE DU MOIS |
.THE SHOP WINDOW. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Founders Circle at Pasanella and Son Vinters
Oyster Saloon, April 9, 2011 Photo Credit: Tina Wong/The Wandering Eater ©New Amsterdam Market
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source:
New Amsterdam Market is currently held in the parking lot fronting the Fulton Fish Market "New Market Building". This landmarked structure is the last riverfront market house built in the City of New York and was dedicated for public use by Mayor LaGuardia in 1939. The adjacent Tin Building has marked the site of the original Fulton Fish Market since 1831. Public markets have been held in this District since 1642. |
©The New York Times, 1939 |
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CHEFS-D'ŒUVRE DU XXe SIECLE. |
.MASTERPIECES OF 20th. .CENTURY ARCHITECTURE. |
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The Old Erie Canal and the Enlarged Erie Canal in Syracuse, N.Y.
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| "Clinton Square, Syracuse, N.Y." -- from: History of Onondaga County, New York / by Professor W. W. Clayton (D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y., 1878) | ||
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| "Packet Dock, Syracuse, N.Y." (American Publicity Co., Syracuse, N.Y.) -- postmarked Oct. 8, 1906 | "View East from Clinton Street Bridge -- Syracuse series" -- postmarked Jan. 15, 1908 | |
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The Erie Canal is famous in song and story. Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. An engineering marvel when it was built, some called it the Eighth Wonder of the World (source: www.eriecanal.org) |
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| "Syracuse, N.Y. Erie Canal Office" (Post Card Series no. 2025, Raphael Tuck & Sons, [London]) -- Postcard ; UNDB, postmarked Dec. 24, 1905 | ||
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Learn more at: The Erie Canal | http://www.eriecanal.org/index.html The Erie Canal: the most famous and influential man-made waterway | http://www.eriecanalway.org/ New York State Canal Corporation | http://www.canals.ny.gov/index.shtml The Official Museum of the Erie Canal | http://eriecanalmuseum.org/ Erie Canal Mapping Project | http://www.bipwap.com/ECMP/canal.html |
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LA PUBLICITE DU MOIS |
.THE ADVERTISING. .OF THE MONTH. |
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house with fuel package ! last chance for suburban sprawl houses
source: courier mail, homes guide Oil
Vulnerability in the Australian City ISBN
1 920952 50 0 |
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LE LIVRE DU MOIS |
.THE BOOK. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Published
by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Cambridge Scholars Publishing also available on Amazon Price £44.99
- $67.99
www.adamarchitecture.com/publications
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Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times "In this stimulating book, Robert Adam demonstrates how a global economy has brought forth a global architecture, in the form of commercialised modernism and the demand for iconic new buildings. Professor Adam interweaves the demands of the global economy with the development of the global architectural language, while chronicling the continuing resistance to both. The book ends with a question: how far will either the globalisation that occurred before 2007 or the associated dominance of North Atlantic architectural styles survive the crisis?" |
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Charles Jencks, author of Modern Movements in Architecture and Iconic Building: The power of Enigma "Robert Adam is that rarity, an architect who can think across the political and social landscape to find unexpected forces that shape the style and meaning of architecture. Taking us on a guided race through the 'isms' and 'starchitects' who have dominated the scene for ten years, he shows that globalisation is nothing new, but is still the strongest force that erodes cultural identity and results in the Janus-Facade of the iconic building. Adam's commentary is, as always, welcome, trenchant, wide-ranging and informed."
Dr. Scott Lash, Professor of Sociology and Director of Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London "Alongside its historical sweep and sociological understanding, this book offers a critique of the global cult of the star architect and identifies a 'reflexively modernist' architecture. Adam identifies an architecture for the post-2008 economic condition that is no longer self-obsessed but creates space through an intensive communication with the on-the-ground social and natural world." |
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.LE CLIP .DU MOIS |
.THE CLIP. .OF THE MONTH. |
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New York's Pennsylvania Station source: blogs.providencejournal.com ARCHITECTURE
HERE AND THERE BLOG by David Brussat
"This
year marks the 50th anniversary of the demolition of New York's Pennsylvania
Station and the 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal.
The crime of tearing down Penn Station - now widely acknowledged to
be "an act of monumental vandalism," as an editorial in The
New York Times put it - may have helped preserve the life of Grand Central
..." [read the full
post]
(Penn Station, But Deliver Us From Grand Central) |
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.LA CONFERENCE .DU MOIS |
.THE CONFERENCE. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Place Making Conference 2013 presented by the Institute for Quality Communities
Institute
for Quality Communities Phone Number: (405) 445-4477 Email: iqc@ou.edu
Please join us Wednesday, April 3 as we present the 2013 Placemaking Conference, featuring world leaders in the fields of placemaking, urban planning, historic preservation, and walkability. The conference, including lunch and dinner, is complimentary and open to the public. Please registerto reserve your place at the conference as soon as possible !
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CNU 21 May 29 - June 1, 2013 Salt Lake City, UT
WHY CNU
21?
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LivCom
Awards 2013 for Liveable Communities 2013 in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Full programme and further information: click here ! |
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.L'EXPOSITION |
.THE EXHIBITION. .OF THE MONTH. |
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Manet Portraying
Life
From 26 January 2013 to 14 April 2013
Royal Academy
of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts is hosting the first major UK exhibition dedicated to Edouard Manet's portraiture. The exhibition features more than 50 paintings, including pastels and contemporary photographs obtained from public and private collections in Europe, Asia and the USA. The works are arranged thematically, exploring Manet's world and the landscape of 19th century Parisian society. Highlights include The Luncheon, depicting Léon, the son of Manet's wife, and Music in the Tuileries Gardens, which shows the artist's literary and theatrical friends. |
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.ARTICLES PROPOSÉS .ET LIENS |
.SUGGESTED. .ARTICLES & LINKS. |
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The Death of the American Mall and the Rebirth of Public Space | http://www.theinternational.org
Walkable neighborhoods increase real estate demand | http://communities.washingtontimes.com
Mapping the Relationship Between Income and Rent | http://www.theatlanticcities.com
Column: Koolhaas plans kooky Venice biennale | http://blogs.providencejournal.com
Communities need to build better millennial connections | http://www.newgeography.com
S.O.S. PARIS: La fin de l’âge des gratte-ciel | http://sosparisblog.wordpress.com
March-April 2013 Better! Cities and Towns | http://www.cnu.org/
La nuova chiesa armena di S. Giovanni Battista | http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_737_Mazzola_Atayants.pdf
Patient urbanism: Build neighborhoods without high debt | http://bettercities.net
2012, hécatombe pour le marché de la construction | http://www.lefigaro.fr/immobilier
Highways to boulevards blog: Interview with Ian Lockwood | http://www.cnu.org
La folle politica urbanistica responsabile del debito pubblico italiano | http://magazine.quotidiano.net/ecquo/tagliaventi
Dissolving border vacuums - At-grade border vacuums: Parking lots and vacant lots | bettercities.net
Bristol's architect mayor wants the city to be a 'laboratory for change' | http://www.guardian.co.uk
The project of the students of the Notre Dame University for Brandevoort | http://www.simmetria.org
Residential Recycling Conference, March 19-21, 2013, Chicago, Illinois | http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com
Rigenerazione Urbana: modelli assurdi e modelli virtuosi | http://www.de-architectura.com
Savannah’s surging downtown defies downturn | http://www.ajc.com
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