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RSS NEWS - KENNETH FRAMPTON INTERVIEW + PHOTOS - 27JAN2010 |
source: NYTimes
Chances are you probably have no clue who Eli Broad is as a person. However, you are probably familiar with the slew of projects he has help fund including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Opera and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Check out this interactive map of projects that he has been involved with.
via: capewind.org
Protect beauty vs protect the planet? This has apparently been a long standing debate and battle over this proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod. See a recent article by the Washington Post here to get the current political, cultural and environmental turmoil.I’ve seen the wind turbines shown in the photo above personally in Denmark and after a while came to think of them as poetically beautiful. Why do people fear change so much. Yes it will be different, but so would a tsunami tearing through the Cape Cod region in a decade from a trajectory of further status quo. Get over your land values and sacrifice the horizon for survival.
I have not been able to check this film out yet. Love their crowd-funding concept and the 50 min Making-Of short on their website. Have any of you seen it? What did you think?
via: NYtimes
Interesting article about a mid-rise housing complex in Brooklyn and its pending transition into a lower density building form. Jencks professed the demolision of Pruitt-Igoe a similar building type in ‘72 the death of modernism but New York City’s Housing Authority is only now beginning to learn from its udder demise. Just imagine the number of people impacted by this failed urban design and architectural solution to housing the masses… back when architects turned to the darkside.
via: engadget
Many more sustainable concepts to revealed February 25th at the Green Gadgets Conference in NYC.
via: TechCrunch
For a mere $300, you can have this around your neck. Be sure to follow this link and check out the fantastic commentary.
