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October 31, 2005
Them Are Fightin' Words
The above photo, of the new Herzog & de Meuron de Young Museum in San Francisco, is by Ben Lepley - posted at Archinect. Lovely.
Mike Davis is sure picking some fights, he recently penned a piece on the rebuilding effort in NO and MS. I quote, "Into this fraught and sinister situation now blunders the circus-like spectacle of the Congress of New Urbanism (CNU): the architectural cult founded by Miami designers Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk ... Duany, who never misses an opportunity to push his panaceas to those in power, has foolishly made himself an accomplice to the Republicans' evil social experiment on the Gulf Coast." Whoa. Davis is whipping up some serious barbs here. Inside the Charrette, some excellent coverage from John Massengale at Veritas et Venustas.
A few weeks back I featured the work of Edward Burtynsky, in particular his photographs of the Three Gorges Project. Today he's featured in the Washington Post (which includes a lovely audio slide show) in lead up to a retrospective of his work on view at the Brooklyn Museum until Jan 2006. Another hat tip to the work of Edward Burtynsky.
NYT on housing development in the Lower Hudson River Valley, just north of New York City.
The shrinking pedestrian space of New York City, an excellent juxtaposition at Starts & Fits.
A walk around the 2012 London Olympic sites, before anything is built. A flickr photo set from a fine London blogger, Diamond Geezer.
From SquatterCity an interesting & little know legal concept concerning property and the investment in it by those other than the owner... This could have some interesting implications down south.
Posted by jmarston at October 31, 2005 02:37 PM