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 RIBA: March Results of the Future Trends SurveyThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announced the March 2009 results of its monthly Future Trends Survey, marking the end of the first quarter monitoring business and employment trends affecting the architects' profession.Overall there were minimal changes from last month's data concerning workloads; 44 per cent of all respondents expected their workloads to decline over the next three months, compared to 46 per cent in February. Only 13 per cent predicted an increase and 43 per cent believed they would stay the same. More larger practices were predicting a reduced workload (50 per cent over the next three months, compared to 44 per cent in February). Since the survey commenced in January 2009 there has been a steady increase in the number of individual respondents indicating that lack of work has lead to them personally being under-employed in the current month; this figure now stands at 32 per cent, up from 21 per cent in January 2009. In terms of sectors, the proportion of participants predicting that workloads across the private housing, commercial, and public sectors would stay the same were 54 per cent, 52 per cent and 56 per cent respectively, compared to 46 per cent, 41 per cent and 55 per cent respectively in February. more RIBA: March Results of the Future Trends Survey design directory RIBA > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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 Europe and the English Baroque: Architecture in England 1660 - 1715Some of Britain's best known and most-loved buildings can be described as English Baroque, from St Paul's Cathedral to Blenheim Palace.Architects have always been influenced by the work of other architects, but in the late 17th century few of them traveled abroad to see what was being built in Italy or France. So where exactly did architects such as Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor and Sir John Vanbrugh get their ideas? The exhibition will show how these three, and other architects, took inspiration from Baroque buildings across Europe, largely from books and engravings. It will challenge the usual perception that the English baroque was derived chiefly from Italy and show how France, and particularly Francois Mansart, was a key influence. The exhibition contains drawings and prints from the RIBA Library collections as well as the recently acquired 1694 model of Easton Neston by Nicholas Hawksmoor. There are also loans from Sir John Soane's Museum, All Souls College and the Queen's College, Oxford as well as private collections, many of which have never been shown in public before. There will be around 60 exhibits by amongst others Wren, Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh, William Talman and James Gibbs as well as studies by artists and craftsmen such as Grinling Gibbons, Louis Laguerre and Sir James Thornhill. event (ended) current design events more info www.vam... (79) design directory Victoria and Albert Museum > Design Museums added by Levent OZLER |
 Tokyo 2016 Hails City's New Universal Accessibility Design ProgramTokyo 2016's Bid to host the most compact, sustainable and athlete-friendly Olympic and Paralympic Games has been given a further boost with the launch of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's (TMG) program to implement design projects based on universal accessibility over a five year period.The program begins this month and incorporates 112 individual projects. All will utilise innovative design concepts, enhancing Tokyo's status as a barrier-free city in which everyone can reach their full potential. This strengthens the extensive work taking place in Japan's vibrant capital - such as accessibility enhancements on its efficient transport network - to create a showcase barrier-free urban centre in the years before the 2016 Games. Tokyo 2016 will introduce its own set of unique innovations to further enhance the Games experience for athletes, visitors and officials with disabilities. The Paralympic Village, IBC/MPC media facilities, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) hotels and almost all competition venues will be located within an 8km radius of the Olympic Stadium. added by Levent OZLER |
 Frank Gehry Selected to Design Eisenhower National MemorialGehry Partners, the Los Angeles-based architectural firm headed by Frank O. Gehry, has been selected as lead designer of the national memorial to Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower.The Eisenhower Memorial will be the seventh national presidential memorial in the Nation's Capitol, and the first since the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial opened in 1997. The selection of Gehry Partners, was announced by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission and the General Services Administration. According to Commission Chairman Rocco C. Siciliano, "It's appropriate to have one of today's most outstanding architects design a memorial for one of our country's greatest leaders." The Gehry team was one of four finalists in a three-stage competition that began with forty-four design firms from across the United States. Evaluation factors included previous work, interviews, and responses to the memorial's pre-design program, which addressed Ike's extraordinary accomplishments and the physical parameters of the memorial site. One of the world's most celebrated architects, Frank Gehry has designed iconic buildings such as the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. more Frank Gehry Selected to Design Eisenhower National Memorial design directory Gehry Partners > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
 Ontario Association of Architects Adopts 2030 ChallengeThe Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has demonstrated its support for going green by adopting the 2030 Challenge."This is just the beginning," says Sean O'Reilly, chair of the OAA's sustainable built environments committee and the association's immediate past president. "This is just one of the many initiatives the OAA is planning to implement over the next few years to support and promote green and sustainable building activities." Buildings are a major source of demand for energy and materials that produce by-product greenhouse gases. The challenge, issued by the Architecture 2030 organization, calls on the global architectural and building community to adopt a series of targets for reduction in fossil fuel consumption in new buildings and major renovations. more dcnonl.... (28) design directory Ontario Association of Architects > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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