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Cooper Union Call for Responses

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:02:59 GMT

The Cooper Union Student Eco initiative is looking for designers across the world who have an opinion on the current trend of green design. We are collecting responses from professionals, students, and the population at large to incorporate into our first public work. We hope to use the construction of Cooper Union's new academic building as a vehicle to stimulate a public conversation about sustainable construction and green design in the context of New York City and beyond. More after the jump..

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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:17:47 GMT

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Geo-Mimicry

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:34:05 GMT

_urb_ features a series of posts on Geomimicry: a a verbal description, history, and current projects. This is related to the recent MVRDV Tirana Rocks project and ensuing discussion here on Archinect.

Brian A. Murphy in Cross Town Traffic

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:44:47 GMT

A short story of driving around with BAM, who says, �If my architecture can put a smile in somebody�s face, I feel I have done a good job.� elseplace

ORIENTING ISTANBUL: CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE?

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:17:22 GMT

An interdisciplinary conference to take a place in UC Berkeley (thanks Javier), as Istanbul is one of many world cities that turn to culture to establish a place on the world map. It is also the site of a unique debate on European integration entwined with the memory of earlier Orientalist representations. The selection of Istanbul as one of the Cultural Capitals of Europe in 2010 highlights the social and spatial tensions of staging cities and imagining citizens as consumers of culture. web site. Also see, Back to the Future of the Creative City: Amsterdam�s creative redevelopment and the art of deception @ MUTE Magazine

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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:00:29 GMT

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Stern pick incites debate

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:08:02 GMT

Could the choice of a traditional architect to build Yale�s two new residential colleges actually betray the University�s tradition? That�s what some are arguing one day after University President Richard Levin announced that he had tapped Robert A.M. Stern to design colleges 13 and 14. Some critics counter that the selection betrays Yale�s legacy of pushing the architectural envelope. Yale Daily News | prev. | in the forum

Architecture degrees leap in popularity

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:04:48 GMT

The annual number of students applying to study architecture has jumped by almost 10,000 in the past four years, making architecture degrees more popular than ever. BD | related?

Curry Stone Design Prize Announces Five Finalists

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:26:24 GMT

An architectural firm that builds homes from sandbags in the shantytowns of Cape Town, South Africa, the young inventor of the world�s first non-turbine wind-powered generator, and an Indiana-based university professor who builds shelters using scavenged materials are among the five finalists for the inaugural Curry Stone Design Prize. The winner will be announced Sept. 25, 2008 at the IdeaFestival in Louisville, KY. Bustler

Are architecture schools turning into factory farms?

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:39:54 GMT

The uniform teaching programme of many schools will create �tasteless chickens�, says Tim Ronalds; while Richard Hayward argues that schools remain almost entirely free-range. BD

Should I try to tackle sexism?

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:38:05 GMT

In a heated site meeting, the developer made a sexist remark about the project architect. Should I bite my tongue or give him hell? BD

Upcoming Architecture & Design Events

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Thursday September 04

Under A Sustainable Flag, with Ray Anderson, Sydney Australia - Foundation Hall, MCA

ADC YOUNG GUNS 6: THE FINAL FIFTY, New York City

Friday September 05

Latz + Partner: Bad Places and Oases, Berlin, Germany

PictoplasmaNYC, New York, NY - Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU

Design Cities, London, United Kingdom - Design Museum

New Practices New York 2008, New York, NY - AIA NY Chapter

Saturday September 06

Good Greens Festival, Chicago, IL - DuSable Museum of African American History

Sunday September 07

Design September, Brussels, Belgium

Monday September 08

Rogelio Salmona �Open Spaces / Collective Spaces�, Tokyo, Japan - Gallery Taisei

Tuesday September 09

Architectures of finance from the Great Depression to the Subprime Meltdown, Cambridge, MA - MIT Museum Compton Gallery

Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures, Cambridge, MA - MIT Museum Compton Gallery

4th Annual Green Building Festival, Toronto, Canada - Toronto Congress Centre

Cityscape USA 2008, New York, NY - The Javits Centre

Urban Interior Occupation, Melbourne, Australia - Craft Victoria

Wednesday September 10

Urban Waterfront Revitalization Conference, Bremerton, WA - Kitsap Conference Center

Green Design Festival, Athens, Greece

Cusp Conference 2008, Chicago, Illinois

Polar Opposites - IDSA 2008 National Conference, Phoenix, AZ

New York to Nairobi Photographs by Julie Dermansky & Memorials and Meaning Panel Discussion, New York, NY - Center for Architecture

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Tirana Rocks: MVRDV Wins Lakeside Competition in Albania

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:23:42 GMT

The city of Tirana and an international jury announced MVRDV winner of the competition for the urban masterplan creating a new dense urban neighborhood with a park and public facilities at the shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital. Bustler + discuss

Park your Park in "Parking Day LA!"

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:48:45 GMT

Don't forget to feed the meter.. More after the jump.

Featured Jobs Today: in Wisconsin

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:00:49 GMT

Integrity Resources, LLC seeking Project Architect in S.E. Wisconsin

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