All articles by Emily Cadman – Page 4
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RMJM defies the trend and Aussies get protected
A year ago, News Junkie could name at least ten practices that were talking about opening branches in the Middle East. How times change. Now the news that RMJM has enough work to open three new offices in Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey is is almost shocking. At least we know ...
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Hitting the nail on the head
You know you've made it as a Starchitect when there are satirical cartoons about you circulating around the web...Klaustoon has to be News Junkie's favourite cartoonist at the moment, offering an entertaining insight into Harvard's Architecture department. It's refreshing to find an architect with a finely developed sense of humour.A ...
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Greener futures, AIA cuts and a very long bridge
The Internet takes on a fetching shade of green as the Wall Street Journal and Toronto consider retrofitting and the role of greener buildings, while everyone else is still worried about cuts. Meanwhile in Russia plans are progressing to build one of the longest bridges ever seen. A Suburban Future ...
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Bucky Fuller competition, OMA job cuts and jobs in Israel
The Bucky Fuller challenge is one of News Junkie's favourite competitions, offering a vast array of solutions to some of the world's most serious problems. This year's finalists have just been published online and offer some serious inspiration covering everything from CAD to eco city mapping.Maybe these are the types ...
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The saga continues...
The debate over Prince Charles' involvement with the Chelsea Barracks scheme rumbled on in the papers over the weekend, with a full page and a large swathe of the Sunday Times' letters page devoted to the subject.News Junkie is getting a bit bored of the whole thing, frankly, but ...
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Blog of the week: Notcot
News Junkie loves photo library style website Notcot so much it visits the site at least three times a day.But Notcot isn't an architecture blog! you cry. Yes, that is true, but it is one of the best resources for keeping up to date with all things design on the ...
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Cesar Pelli's new museum and planners in crisis
The more environmentally worthy among you may have taken time out to celebrate Earth Day yesterday. But in New York it was a chance to try and turn the entire building stock green. Beat that.However, it's not all green tinted glasses. One city council in America has taken the decision ...
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Archibabble watch
News Junkie has always found archibabble highly entertaining, if a bit frustratingly impenetrable at times. So it's nice to see that others are also enjoying archi-speak over on the ArchiSeek blog.Blogger Gunter is offering a fascinating analysis into the symbolism behind Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland president Sean ...
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Why Koolhaas thinks the global recession could be a "healthy thing"
As the global recession has tightened its grip on the construction industry, many have been muttering about the end of iconic architecture. Now Rem Koolhaas has waded in with his own take.The Architectural Record looks at the impact of the 88,000 industry job cuts in the first quarer of this ...
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Libeskind is optimistic, Ordos 100 and race in architecture
It's always nice to hear some cheery words from a Starchitect, especially one who can stay optimistic about a $8.6 billion project when it hits trouble. So hats off to Libeskind.Elsewhere, race is back on the agenda, stimulus money is being spent and British architects are advised not to ...
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Freelon's winning streak and a pedestrian-friendly Abu Dhabi
In News Junkie today we take a look at an interview with Philip Freelon (who is designing the new Smithsonian with Adjaye), glance at plans to make Abu Dhabi more pedestrian friendly and – shock horror – the New York Times has realised architects are having a tough time...Freelon's winning ...
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Zumthor not "this holy, mystical guy in the alps" and conversations with Frank Gehry
News Junkie kicks the week off by finding out a bit more about two of the world's most respected architects...I’m No Crazy Recluse, Says Pritzker Winner Zumthor: InterviewInsightful interview with this year’s Pritzker prize winner, Peter Zumthor.“I’m not a networker and I don’t constantly promote and publicize my work. The ...
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'Bright spots' in Australia, Zumthor pics and more drama in India
Peter Zumthor’s Pritzker win is still dominating the architectural headlines, but Mass Studies 2010 pavilion and ‘bright spots’ in Australia also caught BD’s eye today. Elsewhere, thousands of Indian architects face being stripped of their title as the government continues to express unhappiness with the CoA.Korean Pavilion at Expo 2010 ...
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Claws out for India's Council of Architecture
International news junkie has been floored by a nasty cold but is back with "sick" buildings in Greece, Shigeru Ban in Aspen and a juicy story from India, where a row over the role of the Council of Architects is brewing. Architecture Council in nominee warIndia's Council of Architecture is ...
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Blog of the Week: Bldg Blog
Californian-based Geoff Manaugh has one of the most visited architectural blogs on the web.Aside from blogging, he also Twitters and has an interesting flickr stream – the first BLDGBLOG book comes out in June.Read it at http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
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NewsPeter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has won the 2009 Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award.
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Gensler's San Fran art museum and designing through a depression
Most of the international stories that have caught BD's eye today have come from the states, including a thoughtful piece on Designing Through a Depression and news on projects by Zaha and Libeskind.SFMOMA Plans AheadIn San Francisco, plans are afoot for a major new art gallery extension by Gensler. According ...
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An attack on Italy's lack of earthquake proof architecture and zero energy housing in Malaysia
It's been a bumper day for international news from Italy, to Russia to PolandThe eathquake disaster in Italy has revealed the country's sub-standard buildings and lack of quake-proof architecture, according to Red OrbitMiami City Leaders are voting on whether or not to designate the Bacardi buildings as historic structures despite ...
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Michigan problems for Hadid, Facebook launch for AIA
In today's international news digest, problems for Hadid in Michigan, the AIA launches into Facebook and Sibir Sues Chigirinsky for $328MHadid-Designed Broad Museum on Hold in MichiganA new museum designed by Zaha Hadid for the Michigan State University has been put on hold as questions are raised over the funding ...
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Blog of the week: New Architects in Latin America
Each week, news junkie will be looking outside the mainstream architecture media to highlight the best, most interesting – or simply quirky - architecture blogs on the web.This week, an insight into a new generation of South American architects.Elias Redstone of the Architecture Foundation is off touring Latin America and ...