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 Costly Sydney Design Competitions May Be ScrappedSydney's architectural competitions are under threat from local councils that consider them too costly and unnecessary, preferring to waive them in favour of design panels.Self-proclaimed "City of Innovation", Wollongong, is expected to scrap the architectural competitions included in the City Centre Plan two years ago. Wollongong City Council has run not one competition over the past two years, instead granting exemptions where designs stay under the height limit. The move could set a precedent for other city councils, especially Newcastle, Gosford, Liverpool, Penrith and Parramatta, the other city councils identified by the government under the metro strategy. "It is in the context of deplorable decision on deplorable decision," Sydney architect Philip Thalis told Architecture & Design. "The six cities initiative was an appalling piece of bad planning, it was rushed, it was bungled, the choice of them is poorly thought through, the work that was done by the department of planning is uniformly condemned. And their sop to people was that they'd have these weak development competitions and the first sight of trouble and they abandon those. It's a complete abdication of any quality agenda for these places." more www.arc... (23) added by Levent OZLER |
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 The urbanSHED International Design CompetitionThe New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY) announced the launch of the urbanSHED International Design Competition with support from the Alliance for Downtown New York, ABNY Foundation, Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC), and the New York Building Congress.The unique competition challenges the global design community to create a new standard of sidewalk shed design that improves the pedestrian experience while maintaining or exceeding the required safety standards in New York City. The urbanSHED International Design Competition is open to architects, engineers, designers, and students from around the world, allowing for the widest possible participation. Sidewalk sheds are typically built over public space to protect pedestrians during construction activity, and there are currently more than 6,000 sidewalk sheds installed and in use today at New York City's buildings and construction sites, spanning more than 1,000,000 linear feet. "Sidewalk sheds play a critical role in protecting New Yorkers during ongoing construction projects, but they can also hide the City's breathtaking architecture and one-of-akind streetscapes," said DOB Commissioner Robert LiMandri. "That's why we are inviting the leading architects, designers, and students from around the world to develop a new kind of sidewalk shed - one that is not only safe and functional, but is also pleasing to the eye." competition (ended) current design competitions more The urbanSHED International Design Competition design directory AIA New York > Architecture Organizations AIA Chapters added by Levent OZLER |
 Property Sector Needs to Face the Sustainable FutureThe building sector is not doing enough to deliver sustainable construction solutions, according to a survey of senior property professionals.The research, compiled by global architecture practice Woods Bagot, revealed that 82 per cent of respondents support the statement that the industry is not doing enough to deliver sustainable solutions Earle Arney, Director at Woods Bagot's London office, said "The property sector needs to refocus. Buildings currently represent 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions: if we continue on our current trajectory then the world's buildings will be at the top of the environment's epitaph." Woods Bagot surveyed more than 200 senior property professionals in the Europe, the Middle East, Asia United States, and Australasia to determine an honest appraisal of a sustainable future for the construction industry. The respondents felt that despite the awareness of climate change, the property industry's two most significant challenges are the lack of industry support to deliver sustainable solutions, and the ability to provide a convincing argument for the benefit of sustainability to clients. The survey revealed that energy efficiency and generation is the most important issue for the future. This was followed by reducing carbon footprints of new and refurbished developments as well as the reduction of water usage. more Property Sector Needs to Face the Sustainable Future design directory Woods Bagot > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
 Hybrid: Architecture and Planning Strategies for Renewable CitiesThe most densely populated area in the west of the Netherlands lies beneath sea level.Rising sea levels and increasing rainfall necessitate creative responses to climate change. Designing and transforming with water is crucial for the preservation of the Dutch landscape on all levels; from creating more room for rivers to detailing the drainage in the streets. With the expected systemic changes in energy and food supply, adaptation is not merely a water issue but more than that. Climate mitigation and adaptation issues are intertwined and need to be thought of in connection to each other. Duzan Doepel will address some of the challenges of sustainable urban and architectural design with respect to climate change in Holland. He believes that renewable cities and regions should be able to generate more energy than they consume and be self sufficient in the production of food. Closing energy, water and waste cycles on the building and district scale is a strategy DSA is exploring to achieve this. This approach generates HYBRID forms of architecture and urban clusters. He will illustrate how contemporary Dutch designers are thinking about these issues using examples from DSA, West 8, deUrbanisten, VenhoevenCS and MVRDV. event (ended) current design events more info cfa.aia... (25) design directory Center for Architecture > Architecture Galleries added by Levent OZLER |
 Al Gore to Keynote USGBC's Greenbuild ConferenceThe U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced former Vice President Al Gore as the opening keynote speaker for USGBC's annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo being held Nov. 11-13, 2009, in Phoenix, Ariz."Al Gore's impressive career and bipartisan outreach have helped elevate global climate change to the main street public consciousness," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. "The role buildings play in our lives, our health, the economy and the global environment - including being responsible for 39% of the carbon emitted in the United States - means the built environment is a tremendous opportunity for us to make real change, and Vice President Gore's keynote address will be an inspiration to the Greenbuild community to make 2010 yet another banner year for green building innovation and growth." Gore's keynote address will kick off Greenbuild at the Opening Keynote & Celebration, taking place Nov. 11 at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Al Gore has championed awareness and action to confront global climate change since his earliest days in the U.S. Congress 30 years ago, and is regarded for his pioneering role in helping put one of the most important challenges of our time on the map, with his best-selling book and Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. more Al Gore to Keynote USGBC's Greenbuild Conference design directory U.S. Green Building Council > Sustainable Design Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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