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Nightmare Playgrounds
Much has been made, in recent years, of including public realm improvements in larger architectural schemes.But the Dark Roasted Blend blog's special on nightmare playgrounds serves as a warning to all - beware public art and designing for children...Dark Roasted's Architectural Horrors series has been proving thoroughly entertaining. New Junkie ...
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An angry Venturi and Mayne's floating home
There appear to be two big talking points in the architectural press in America right now and both involve Pritzker winners.The first is the new plans for the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia which have attracted the wrath of none other than the great Robert Venturi. The other is Thom Mayne's ...
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Richard Rogers trivia - a guilty pleasure
An interview with Ruth Rogers in The Sunday Times Style magazine has revealed previously unknown facts about the life of the man behind the public image.News Junkie loves it when someone reveals some trivia on people whose public image is very serious. Yes, we are admitting to a not very ...
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A heavyweight Pritzker prize theme park
We're all used to hearing about starchitectural new developments in the middle east; huge projects like Saadiyat cultural island which attract some of the biggest names in modern architecture to build architectural theme parks. But in the south of France the Chateau La Coste winery has been quietly building its ...
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Get well soon Ai Wei Wei
News Junkie is trying very hard to catch up with all the interesting news after a week without Internet access, television or newspapers. There appears to be some movement on Atlantic Yards with a Russian Oligarch stepping in the secure the development's future, but further discussion of Russian oligarchs will ...
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News Junkie is on holiday...
... in Greece after finally arranging some proper time off for a belated summer holiday. But never fear, various members of the BD news team will be filling in with some international news round ups and funny stories from the world wide web.
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Things are luke-warming up for Atlantic Yards
Having very publicly dropped Frank Gehry's super expensive but rather popular scheme for the controversial New York Atlantic Yards project, developer Bruce Ratner has taken a bit of a kicking for the new designs.The latest element of the scheme, a $770 million basketball arena designed by SHoP, was unveiled last ...
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Darwin Centre freebies
In these days of financial decline, it is rare for a practice to find itself with clients who have a serious promotion budget for their project. So all feelings of envy should be directed towards CF Møller, architects of the £78 million Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in ...
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The 'rubbish' amphitheater and why we should be wary of being protectionist
Today's News Junky round up is truly international, taking in plans for a new 50,000 seat auditorium on a former rubbish dump in Israel, stalled hotels in St Petersburg and an ancient Hindu design philosophy being used by modern architects in India.With so much going on around the world and ...
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The return of the architectural satirist
Regular readers of News Junkie will remember when we first discovered our favourite architectural cartoonist, Klaustoon. And now he's back from the summer break with a fresh take on prize-winning recluse, Peter Zumthor...To be fair, the competition for our hearts wasn't a difficult one as witty architectural cartoonists seem rather ...
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Is architecture like sushi?
New Junkie brings you a midweek bumper news round up, including the Japanese architect who says architecture is like sushi, the submitted designs for Architect's Michael Jackson memorial competition and the latest from New York's mayor on the Atlantic Yards project.And, on a more serious note, how loopholes in the ...
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Architectural pornography?
OMA have always liked to do things a bit differently, but it's unlikely they saw this one coming. In News Junkie's favourite story of the year thus far, Koolhaas' practice has been accused of designing a building that emulates human genitalia. Can you guess which building it is?Apparently the ...
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Prince vs Preservationists, Gropius under threat and nudity in New York
It's time for another news round up and this one is quite entertaining, even if News Junkie does say so herself. In Paris, a member of the Qatari royal family is attracting the wrath of architects, but not for the same reasons he would in dear old England. Meanwhile in ...
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Calatrava justifies his budget and Holl revels in controversy
News Junkie is back with the news round up which today features an Australian ex-Trade Union boss and Calatrava justifying the huge price tag for the World Trade Centre hub.Plus Stephen Holl enjoying controversy in Norway, the nano homes that could help solve Mumbai's chronic shortage of affordable housing and ...
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Taking an architectural break
We all know that architects work long hours, past retirement age and often beyond the call of duty. So when it's time for a break, you'd think that most would opt for a holiday destination that didn't remind them too much of work. But no.At this time of year it's ...
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Have Herzog & de Meuron joined the conservatives?
If the New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff is to be believed, Herzog & de Meuron are showing worrying signs of a conservatism that is taking over the architectural world. But is one building really a good thermometer for the creativity of the entire profession?Herzog & de Meuron are ...
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Green with ivy
News Junkie is back with today's web round-up which includes two of the nicest green designs we've seen in a while - Jacques Ferrier's Shanghai Pavilion and Herzog & de Meuron's green roof extravaganza.And no, we don't mean green as in eco-friendly, but literally green with plant life.And in other ...
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News Junkie is away on holiday
Please send any interesting gossip or articles to anna.winston@ubm.com
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Alsop's art
News Junkie has scoured the web to find some examples of Will Alsop's art, for those of you out there wondering what the "most creative man in architecture" will be doing now he's stepping back from his practice.We're not sure here at BD how you describe Alsop's painting style, but ...