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Curing what ails our hospitals Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:02AMIn his book Anatomy of an Illness, the late political pundit Norman Cousins concluded, "A hospital is no place for a person who is seriously ill." Suffering from a connective-tissue disease, Cousins noted during his hospital stay how easily infections spread and the unnecessary testing that had patients being awakened at all hours for blood samples. He checked himself out and into a hotel and ...
Brainstorm: Curing what ails our hospitals Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:07AMIn his book Anatomy of an Illness, the late political pundit Norman Cousins concluded, "A hospital is no place for a person who is seriously ill." Suffering from a connective-tissue disease, Cousins noted during his hospital stay how easily infections spread and the unnecessary testing that had patients being awakened at all hours for blood samples.
Bookless Library Trend: Designing Space for Digital Learning Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:52PMWe've been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has finally arrived, making a beachhead on college campuses. At Drexel University's new Library Learning Terrace, which opened just last month, there is nary a bound volume, just rows of computers and plenty of seating offering access to the Philadelphia university's 170 million electronic items. ...
Is a Bookless Library Still a Library? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:54AMWe've been hearing about it for years, but the bookless library has finally arrived, making a beachhead on college campuses. At Drexel University's new Library Learning Terrace, which opened just last month, there is nary a bound volume, just rows of computers and plenty of seating offering access to the Philadelphia university's 170 million electronic items. ...
Expanding the artistic realm in Singapore Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:20PMOn a balmy Saturday evening last summer in the Dhoby Ghaut neighbourhood of Singapore, a few hundred people - residents and in-the-know tourists - stood or sat in rows of plastic chairs taking swigs of Tiger Beer retrieved from an ice-filled inflatable kids' pool.
IBM at 100: How Big Blue helped redefine corporate architecture Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:37PMIn the mid-20th century, as the U.S. asserted its role as global economic powerhouse, architecture provided the perfect outlet for companies like IBM to define their corporate identity.
Globe Trotting: Inspiring Contemporary Architecture from North of the Border Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:06PMClick here to view the full photogallery. Our northerly neighbors harbor a surprisingly positive view of their housing market. In a recent survey, almost 50% of Canadians believe their housing market and economy are back on the up-and-up. Even in...
Expanding the Cultural Realm in Singapore Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:04PMHaji Lane is known for its vintage shops, hookah cafes that spill onto the sidewalk and boutiques stocked with local fashion.
Apple's Next HQ: From Infinite Loop to Millennium Falcon Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 7:31AMApple is planning a futuristic new headquarters building in Cupertino. The massive proposed building is circular in shape, and company CEO Steve Jobs has likened its design to that of a spaceship. Jobs personally pitched the idea to the city council earlier this week, and Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong is reportedly very confident Apple will get the thumbs-up.
Cultured Traveler: Expanding the Cultural Realm in Singapore Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 1:48AMIn a place better known for its mall culture and sanitized efficiency, local artists and entrepreneurs are finding innovative ways to nourish homegrown art and fashion.
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Apple’s spaceship will become Valley icon Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 11:13PMIf Apple’s proposed spaceship campus gets approved and built, it will become an architectural icon in Silicon Valley.
Steve Jobs campaigns for new Spacechip style campus in Cupertino Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 11:55AMRead more
Arts hub `will be place for all' Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 2:25AMNewly appointed arts hub chief Michael Lynch has vowed to work hand in hand with British architect Norman Foster to make the West Kowloon Cultural District sustainable and energy efficient.
BBC North – review Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 8:57PMMediaCityUK, Salford Quays The BBC has long been bipolar when it comes to its buildings. The balance of power has long swung between its visionaries and bean-counters, at least since the rising architect Norman Foster designed a dazzling new building for BBC Radio in 1982, only for it to be scrapped in favour of some dim sheds in White City. Early in the last decade the Beeb tried to play Medici ...
Hadid, Foster designs earn architecture honours Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 12:57PMA curvaceous opera house in China and a reconstructed market hall in Haiti are among the projects earning kudos from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Shoreditch Locals Tear Down Proposed Tower Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 6:34AMA plan to build this whorling 25-storey tower at the Shoreditch end of Bethnal Green Road has drawn ire from local residents, with Open Shoreditch member Jago Action Group collecting over 1,000 letters in objection to the scheme, reports Building Design magazine . Amanda Levete, formerly a partner at Future Systems (the firm that built the Lords Media Cente among other things), has designed the ...
Development plan for Cleveland Clinic: Whatever happened to ...? Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 5:08AMThe clinic has completed its master plan for Foster + Partners, providing a road map for potential developments on the clinic's main campus near downtown Cleveland, said Heather Phillips, director of corporate communications.
Technically beautiful Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 5:21AMEven in the most turbulent eras, intelligence and clarity sometimes win out over chaos, a fact evident in the work of the Engineers and Architects Association of Liberec (SIAL), a small but vitally important architecture studio that opened under communism.
Bad economy ends London skyscrapers' age of bling Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:31AMLondon property developers are sacrificing height and glitz for better returns as the craze for building signature skyscrapers comes to an end, said Ken Shuttleworth, the architect of the familiar Gherkin building. "The...
London skyscraper boom ends as city goes 'from vanity to sanity' Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 1:49PMLondon property developers are sacrificing height and glitz for better returns as the craze for building iconic skyscrapers comes to an end, said Ken Shuttleworth, the architect of the landmark Gherkin building.
London Skyscraper Boom Ends as City Goes ‘From Vanity to Sanity’ Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:57PMLondon property developers are sacrificing height and glitz for better returns as the craze for building iconic skyscrapers comes to an end, said Ken Shuttleworth, the architect of the landmark Gherkin building.
Stanford picks Diller Scofidio for arts center Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 2:24AMStanford University has made a habit in recent years of hiring big-name architects for high-visibility buildings, and it's doing so again. The university will announce today that it has selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro...
Labour's school building scheme 'wasted £2.5bn' Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 6:16PMThe days of swanky new flagship academies operating in "truly world class" school buildings are over, according to a government review published yesterday.
Archicritics: HL23 Gives LA Architecture Critic Opportunity to Insult NYC Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 4:13PMWhat gets a Los Angeles architecture critic all the way to New York? Neil Denari. LA Times archicritic Christopher Hawthorne came all the way east to check out HL23, the long-awaited Denari-designed condo building over the High Line that just...
Lina Bo Bardi: Outside the Pritzker Prize boys’ club Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 4:00PMIn Sao Paulo, you come face to face with architect Lina Bo Bardi’s gift to one of the world’s biggest cities. How has this woman been missed by architecture’s big award?
The Stunning Homes of Starchitects: British architect Norman Foster prefers his... Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 1:19PMBritish architect Norman Foster prefers his vacations in southern France, where he has designed a modern seaside villa—mechanized glass walls and all—to soak in the breezes. Curbed National is taking a look at where Foster and his fellow world-renowned architects...
Portugal's Eduardo Souto de Moura Wins 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 12:11PMPortugal’s Eduardo Souto de Moura, who has designed soccer stadiums, museums and office towers in his home country, is the winner of this year Pritzker Architecture Prize , the highest honor for architects.
Six Finalists Chosen for 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 9:02AMAward ceremony to take place on June 20 in Barcelona
Six Finalists Chosen for 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 9:02AMAward ceremony to take place on June 20 in Barcelona
Dallas arts district still a work in progress Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ 11:20AMDallas gathers museums, performance halls in one area Here in this can-do, Sun Belt city, the picture looks entirely different. The Dallas Arts District gathers this city's major arts museums and performance halls in a 19-block area to the northeast of the shimmering downtown skyline. The district is billed as the nation's largest contiguous urban arts district, and that's not its only ...
Globe Trotting: Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Boycotted For Screwing Over Workers Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 7:58AMIt was to supposed to be the land of dreams: a manmade island designed as a global epicenter of arts and culture, all furnished by big-name architects such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, and Norman Foster. Unfortunately, Saadiyat Island,...
Tiny details add up to big-picture solution Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @ 2:58PMMelbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, next to the Australian Synchrotron in Clayton, is the new kid on the block.
Slim's picks a bonanza for Mexico Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 7:36PMTHE world's richest man has made a gift of art.
Architects Get Sketchy: Today Wallpaper* reviews Architects' Sketchbooks, a... Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 10:40AMToday Wallpaper* reviews Architects' Sketchbooks, a new monograph containing sketches, doodles, and drawings from big names in the industry. "Ask any architect about the genesis of their work and they'll usually say something about the importance of drawing," notes reviewer...
Sir Ken Adam BAFTA Tribute Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 11:17PMA master of designing immense open spaces combining futuristic visions of technology with a love for German Expressionism and modern architecture, Adam is also a darling of the design and architecture worlds with fans and friends from Sir Norman Foster to Harry Potter-designer Stuart Craig.
Foster to Design Harbor-Front Cultural Project in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 9:11AMFoster + Partners’ design for West Kowloon Cultural District, a harbor-front site that will become an arts hub with 17 venues including an opera house, was chosen by the city’s government.
Save the planet! Back a dictator Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 6:08PMJust four years ago, Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime was a darling of the global warming movement for its green policies: The Libyan government has…
Arthouse Films Weighs in on Norman Foster Doc Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 10:19AMArthouse Films has just picked up North American, New Zealand and Australian rights for “How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?” The feature documentary from filmmakers Carlos Carcas and Norberto Lopez Amado follows the rise of world-renowned architect Norman Foster, the man behind high-profile buildings like New York’s Hearst Building and the Beijing Airport. The deal was negotiated by ...
Doctor builds a high life Friday, February 11, 2011 @ 7:00AMSTANLEY Quek has used skills honed in medicine and diplomacy to become a global property developer.
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? Documentary Traces the Rise of Norman Foster Sunday, January 23, 2011 @ 12:01AMThe documentary, which will be released on January 28, is written and narrated by Deyan Sudjic, Director of the London Design Museum and one of the most celebrated writers and critics of architecture in the world. © Valentín Alvarez.
Towering designs for harbour city Sunday, January 16, 2011 @ 7:00AMWHEN Frank Gehry came to Sydney to present his draft ideas for the new business school at UTS last June, the university went utterly giddy.
A half-century's perspective Architect Carl Abbott has seen many changes in architecture, but for him, Sunday, January 16, 2011 @ 5:41AMFifty years ago, when Sarasota was in the middle of the postwar boom, Carl Abbott got his
Show time Friday, January 7, 2011 @ 1:24AMBy Hong Kong standards of "can do" it's taken a ridiculously long time to trigger a beat for a cultural heart.
The supersize skyline: Why 2011 will be the year architecture takes a giant leap upwards Thursday, January 6, 2011 @ 6:22PMBrute bigness will be a defining feature of architecture in 2011. The way large buildings occupy space, and even the way architecture will become the threshold to outer space (thanks to Norman Foster and Richard Branson) has put supersizing firmly on the menu.
Too scared, too dull: why we miss the French connection Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 7:02AMLe Grand Paris, le Petit Sydney. Wouldn't it be funny if, after all, fascism ended up not just running the world, but saving it? OK not funny exactly. But ironic, paradoxical and scarily possible.
New York: The Place Where Architects' Dreams Come to Die? Thursday, December 9, 2010 @ 1:53PMWe may have called Frank Gehry's 8 Spruce Street, née the Beekman Tower, the best building of the year, but Real Deal architecture critic James Gardner hates the building inside and out. Just as a peacock, under its feathers, is no different from a turkey, so 8 Spruce Street -- shorn of its trappings, and notwithstanding a slight asymmetry in the massing -- is not greatly different from most ...
Pretty, gritty city Thursday, December 9, 2010 @ 6:31AM"Alles ist Kunst" ("everything is art"), proclaims a painting on the wall of a disused brewery in Dortmund, a city in the industrial Ruhr region, recently transformed into an art gallery.
Abramovich’s $400m for St Petersburg docks Wednesday, December 8, 2010 @ 9:33AMST PETERSBURG. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is to fund the $400m restoration and development of New Holland island, an 18th-century naval dockyard in the centre of St Petersburg. The site, which now sits abandoned and covered in rubble, will...
Report: Lord Norman Foster to design City of Apple Tuesday, December 7, 2010 @ 9:55AMBritish architect Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners fame is tipped to design a City of Apple for the Mac maker, according to a new report. Spanish newswire elEconomista.es claims Lord Foster has been in talks with Apple about the design of a major new headquarters dubbed 'City of Apple' for the company in Cupertino, California.
Starchitecture Still Going Strong in Arab Emirates: Over the weekend, the New... Monday, November 29, 2010 @ 2:01PMOver the weekend, the New York TImes examined five starchitect-designed museum projects set in the Arab emirates of Qatar and Abu Dhabi, and interviewed I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster (his National Museum in Abu Dhabi is pictured), and...