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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From Building Design: London mayor Boris Johnson will attempt to draw a line under the bitter departure of architectural adviser Richard Rogers by appointing Tate boss Nicholas Serota in his place. Serota's appointment is now official, as are those of several other new members of the Mayor's Design Advisory Panel. BD used a Freedom of Information request to obtain correspondence between Rogers and...
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英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Spotlight: Julie Andrews as Maria Did the Von Trapp family really hike over the Alps to Switzerland? In the closing scenes of The Sound of Music , the singing Von Trapp family is seen heading up the mountains to freedom from the Nazis . In truth, though, they walked to the nearest railroad station, where they boarded the next train to Italy. From there, they made their way to London and, eventually,...
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Abduzeedo by design - (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
This week we're going to talk about Renzo Piano and his main works that marked the history of architecture. Technology, in its unique and unusual ways, is still characteristic of his work that leaves people perplexed in all corners of the world. <!--break--> Renzo Piano was born in Genova, Italy, on September 14th 1937. In a family full of builders, we are fortunate to have contradicted the...
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varnelis.net - network culture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Unfortunately I won’t have a chance to see this show, but I had the chance to contribute a brief piece on Archizoom’s “Structure for Leisure in Prato–Permanent Luna Park in a Shopping Centre” to the catalogue for First Works: Emerging Architectural Experimentation of the 1960s and 1970s , now on display the AA. The show explores the first projects that architects of that...
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Architecture Revived (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The Shanghai Pudong International Airport replaced the Hongqiao in 1999. Two more runways opened in the following years, and Terminal 2 opened in 2008. The third Terminal will open shortly. The first Terminal (photo above) resembles the famous Kansai International Airport in Japan, with stacked gates and a waving roof form. The second Terminal, by Richard Rogers, is round with a upper skylight lighting...
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Pink Dog's blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Good to see some imagination and effort going in to putting to good use those development sites which the recession means are otherwise going to stand empty: The City of London Corporation is actively encouraging alternative uses for plots where development has been hit by the credit crunch. The Richard Rogers designed "cheesegrater" was put on [...]
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Since the recession scuppered upmarket plans for the development of ' Noho Square ' on the site of the demolished Middlesex Hospital a desolate hole has gaped in Fitzrovia. A year long campaign by locals to make the space available to the community, however, looks finally to come good. The developer now in charge of the site has agreed to throw it open for a year. A section will be turned into temporary...
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Cipher Mysteries (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Earlier this year, I was contacted by a 58-year-old US Army / Navy computer programmer from North Carolina: he claimed to have solved the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript, and wanted me to post details on my Cipher Mysteries blog, but without revealing his identity. Yesterday, however, Richard Rogers went public with his claims (which is why I [...]
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The Trade Secrets Vault (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
By Drew C. Wilson Havelock News A self-described computer geek, Richard Rogers believes he has cracked a code that has eluded scholars and researchers for more than 500 years. Mystery has always surrounded the Voynich Manuscript, located at Yale University....
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Brockley Central (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The most recent designs for Convoy's Wharf in Deptford Building.co.uk reports that Deptford's most important redevelopment project (on Lewisham's little scrap of riverside land) is "back on track." It writes: Plans for the £700m 3,500-home Convoys Wharf scheme in Deptford, south-east London, which floundered during the downturn, are back on track, as its new developer prepares to submit...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Carlos Acosta in Agon. Photo by Bill Cooper If you're not heading out to a fireworks display in London this week, there are still plenty of whizzes and bangs coming from other forms of entertainment in the capital. Here's some recommendations. Let us know if we've missed anything too... Be There First: London Shows Opening The Royal Ballet is staging Agon / Spinx / Limen at the Royal Opera House from...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The law granting him immunity from prosecution has been lifted but Berlusconi insists forthcoming trials will not oust him The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has insisted he will stay in office even if he is convicted in one of the trials in which he is a defendant. After a summer of sex scandals and legal wrangling, Berlusconi faces two trials, following a decision by the country's top...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
WRITS ARE flying over the Chelsea Barracks fiasco in London. Lord Richard Rogers’ firm, originally commissioned to redevelop the 13-acre site, is suing owner Quatari Diar for £2m in fees, after having its design dropped like a hot potato when it was criticised by Prince Charles.
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Cook Sister! (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Lloyds Building - London August 2009 The Lloyds Building is an iconic piece of London architecture, also known as the "Inside-Out Building". It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Rogers was also co-designer of...
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