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A traditional-lookin g, ecologically friendly house that can fit on a small city lot took first place in the annual design contest of the St. Paul chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
The Neighborhood Development Alliance, which works on housing issues on St. Paul's West Side, collaborated with the architects on this year's contest and now wants to build the house on a narrow, vacant lot at 837 Oakdale Ave.
"There was no sense in just having a bunch of pretty pictures," said Karen Reid, NeDA executive director. "We want to build next year and are looking at the design, calculating costs.''
The design, by Zachary Flann of Miller Dunwiddie Architects in Minneapolis, won what is known as the St. Paul Prize and the $1,000 award that goes with it. Three other designs got honorable mention and $150 awards.
Sylvia Frank, chairwoman of the St. Paul Prize Committee, regularly scouts local organizations for possible contest material and called the neighborhood alliance. Reid said the contest assignment to design a house for a small lot was perfect for the tax-forfeited property, which the nonprofit housing assistance group has been trying to develop. The lot is owned by the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
Flann's design was selected from 25 entries in this year's contest, which was open to architec
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World Day of Design is an international holiday celebrated throughout the world on April 27, acknowledging the vital role of design in the public arena. U.S. designers and the public are invited to join in celebrating a day already recognized in such countries as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan and Turkey.
In support of this initiative, AIGA is issuing a call for entries for a juried exhibition of posters to acknowledge April 27, 2005 as the first World Day of Design celebration in the United States. The theme for the exhibition is "diversity," broadly defined as "a point of respect in which things differ." Poster submissions should reflect a positive message of the value of diversity in our society.
AIGA members are invited to submit entries for the exhibition. Student submissions will be judged separately, but all submissions will follow the identical guidelines and requirements.
Members should submit a poster that reflects the theme of diversity. All poster submissions will be juried by a panel of design and education professionals. Each AIGA member may submit one entry for consideration by the jury.
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The DesignSingapore Council and the International Federation of Interior Architects and Designers (IFI) have inked a deal which will have IFI basing its headquarters in Singapore from February.
The body represents over 35,000 interior architects and designers.
Its projects include promoting good design, setting professional standards and helping young designers.
IFI will receive an annual grant of S$50,000 and have an office at the new National Library Building at Bugis next year.
It said Singapore was the ideal choice since it was easily accessible and had an international outlook.
The Federation said it was a tough decision to make on where to base its new headquarters.
It received over 20 proposals from cities like Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Shanghai and Seoul; but in the end, it chose Singapore.
Said Dr Milton Tan, director of the DesignSingapore Council, "It's about being part of a major network and the HQ is like a major point of contact, a major node in the international network of designers. We expect to find many IFI projects here as well, their meetings, their members coming here for various seminars."
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Design 360, CNN's popular programme focusing on the world of design, visits Beirut, to find out about the architectural and cultural renaissance which has been taking place there since the civil war ended fifteen years ago.
Fionnuala Sweeney, host of the programme explores the many buildings, commercial and residential, which still bear the scars of that protracted conflict, but discovers that preserving these buildings as such is indeed the intention of those who've been rebuilding the Lebanese capital.
Sweeney talks to architect Bernard Khouri, the man behind the famous bunker concept nightclub B018, amongst other things. Like so many professionals of his generation, Khouri returned to Beirut from the United States when peace finally prevailed. Khouri initially wanted to help rebuild the shattered capital and imagined creating public buildings like schools and libraries, however, he is most famous for his uniquely designed restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
'What brought me back to building was the entertainment industry. I came to realise the entertainment industry is a market because it is also certainly is a reflection of civilization, a form of culture. And, it is also a face of a city, a relevant face of a city,' says Khouri in the programme.
Sweeney also talks to Annabelle Karim Kassar who works for Solida
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France's newest wonder, a bridge that pierces the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, was officially inaugurated Tuesday as fighter jets roared overhead leaving a trail of red, white and blue smoke.
President Jacques Chirac lifted a French flag from a plaque and dedicated the Millau span, which is billed as the world's tallest roadway bridge.
"Mission accomplished,'' Jean-Francois Roverato, president of the Eiffage construction group that built and will operate the bridge, said at Tuesday's ceremony.
When it opens to vehicles on Thursday, the bridge will enable motorists to take a drive through the sky _ 270 metres above the Tarn River valley for a 2.5-kilometre stretch through France's Massif Central mountains.
"This exceptional opening will go down in industrial and technological history,'' Chirac said, praising the bridge's designers and builders for creating "a prodigy of art and architecture -- a new emblem of French civil engineering.''
The bridge will serve as a symbol of "a modern and conquering France,'' he said.
Designed by British architect Norman Foster, the steel-and-concrete bridge with its streamlined diagonal suspension cables rests on seven pillars -- the tallest measuring 340 metres, making it 16 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The bridge, which has an airy and fluid appea
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