Monthly Archives: May 2011
Architects face a ‘new normal’ but will recover as business slowly improves
“Big Tent” event brings together economists, designers in half-day session Architects and other designers need to readjust their careers to match the “new normal” in real estate development, according to local economist Gary London. “The past is not prologue,” London says. “Virtually every understanding we’ve had about the built environment prior to the recession has
Young architectural firm lands major projects, expands staff
Reaching higher in a recession In just five years, Matt Rinka has built his firm, Rinka Chung Architecture Inc., into one of the hottest architectural firms in the area. The Milwaukee firm is working on two major downtown projects — the Moderne apartment high-rise in the former Park East freeway corridor and Washington Square, which
Architecture Killed the American Folk Art Museum
Last night, the American Folk Art Museum — that beloved, bedeviled museum on West 53rd Street — confirmed what many of us had feared for years. It is in such deep debt and has such low attendance numbers that it will sell its building and relocate back to a lobby space one sixth its current
UNStudio Architecture design of Education Executive Agency & Tax offices in Groningen, Netherlands
A new, 92 meter tall complex of soft, undulating curves marks the skyline of Groningen. This asymmetric, aerodynamic construction is set amidst small, ancient woodland, sheltering rare and protected species. The project includes the design, construction and financing of two public institutions; the national tax offices and the student loan administration. The commission from
‘Why Architecture Matters’ gets behind the facades
“It’s all architecture.” So said master designer I.M. Pei some years back, when an interviewer asked him to distinguish between the different styles then prevalent on the American landscape. Pei’s good-humored evasion is true enough. In simplest terms, architecture, as the design and construction of buildings, legitimately includes everything from Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia State Capitol
Progress Report: Ground Zero Projects
1 World Trade Center: It’s reported that it’s currently rising about one story per week, with 64 of the 104 floors built. Estimated completion: End of 2013 2 World Trade Center: Crews are currently working on the basement. Estimated completion: Undetermined 3 World Trade Center: Basement work is going slowly, full tower construction is in
Clear Capital® Reports National Double Dip
U.S. home prices double dip as West, South and Northeast regions fall prey to the last grip of winter. TRUCKEE, CA – May 5, 2011 – Clear Capital (www.clearcapital.com) today released its monthly Home Data Index™ (HDI) Market Report, and reports prices have double dipped nationally 0.7 percent below prior lows experienced in March 2009.
Architects, experts discuss past and future of Chinese architecture
Architecture is still a fledgeling industry, whose recent successes mustn’t be allowed to obscure endemic problems of appreciation and organization. Such were the conclusions of “China Architecture 10 Years (2000-2010): Architecture & Society,” a series of forums (held in Beijing and Shanghai, with another scheduled in Guangzhou) inviting local architects and government officials to discuss
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