Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 2008)

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UK’s Shanghai Surprise

Heatherwick Studio’s Expo 2010 Pavilion
By Stanley Collyer

A Modern Fit for a Traditional Park Setting
Massachusetts Biotch Firm Brings High Design to Ipswitch
By John Morris Dixon

A Second Midwest Commission for Zaha Hadid
Michigan State University Stages Art Museum Competition
by Stanley Collyer

Siberia as Cultural Destination?
The Perm Contemporary Art Museum Competitiion
by Stanley Collyer

Performance Venue as Winter landscape
The Oslo Opera House Makes Its Debut
by Stanley Collyer

Interview: Andrzej Bulanda of Bulanda Mucha
with Stanley Collyer

Designing Aljada’s Central Hub

Zaha Hadid Architects Wins UAE Masterplan Competition

Following the international competition, ARADA has appointed Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to design the Central Hub, the centerpiece of Aljada, the developer’s masterplan in Sharjah, UAE. The other competitors in the invited competition were HOK (U.S.) and RMJM (London).

Developed with environmental considerations integrated throughout the masterplan to minimize the consumption of resources, the proposal conceptualizes the moment a water droplet strikes the earth’s surface, captured in an array of elliptical buildings designed to channel prevailing winds into civic spaces and courtyards to facilitate cooling during the summer months. The central observation tower is surrounded by vibrant public squares with water features irrigated by recovered and recycled water. Tensile canopies sustain a microclimate at ground level for verdant gardens of species native to the region.

Review: A Rift in the Earth

Art, Memory, and the fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

by James Reston, Jr.
Arcade Publishing
New York (2017)
Hardcover, 267 pages
ISBN 9781628728569

View from the memorial to the Washington Monument
Photo: Paul Spreiregen

Having an idea is one thing. Realization of that idea is another. Maybe this should have been the main thrust of a new book on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Instead, the author of this book, whose interest in this topic dates back to his military service during the Vietnam conflict, chose to sensationalize the the cultural and political themes familiar to the project, rather than treat its progress in contrast to the evolution of other recent memorial competitions located on or near the Mall, the political and emotional components of the various memorials notwithstanding. The World War II Memorial and Eisenhower Memorial also were fraught with controversy by the public and in the press, whereby one hardly resembled the original design, and the other has not yet made it beyond the drawing board. Projects on or near the Mall run into similar obstacles in navigating their way through the DC approval process unscathed, regardless of the subject matter.\

K2K Planning Competition (Kensington / Kingsford)

Finetuning a Sydney Suburb’s Future

Competitions in Australia have become more commonplace than could have become anticipated two decades ago. It was in the early 1990s that Sydney’s mayor, Frank Sartore, decided that competitions could improve on the rather mediocre architecture so prevalent in the city at that time. As a result, major government projects became the subject of design competitions, and a number of notable projects ensued, especially in higher education.

Taichung Tower 2 Competition

Everyone is well aware of the measures one encounters when entering almost any tower, residential or office, in this era of high security. We are not just talking about protecting the occupants of a residential highrise, but rather the separation of workers from the street and the community at large. The Taichung Tower is intended as the antithesis to this concept of isolation, encouraging interaction at different levels, within the workplace, as well as access, though limited, to the community at large.

Taichung, certainly one of Taiwan’s most forward-looking cities, has just completed a final competition to complete the ambitious Taichung Cultural Center complex—a tower to replaced Sou Fujimoto’s abandoned winner of the initial Taichung Tower Competition (below). The Fujimoto scheme was shelved based on the high construction estimates for his revolutionary scheme—by some accounts doubling the anticipated budget.

Aarhus New School of Architecture

After surmounting two formidable obstacles, an open international competition with over 260 entries and a second stage limited to four other finalists—two of which were high-profile invitees*—the young Copenhagen firm of Vargo, Nielsen & Palle was declared the winner of the Aarhus School of Architecture Competition. As is often the case when a competitor from a small firm advances to a final stage, the winner teamed up with ADEPT, which had placed in the top six as an honorable mention in the open stage and Rolvung & Brøndsted Arkitekter, Tri-consult and Steensen Varming.

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Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 2008)

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Annuals Sale!

• Half price on 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Annuals.
• 2016 Annual now available in PDF format.

Recent Competitions

Designing Aljada’s Central Hub

Zaha Hadid Architects Wins UAE Masterplan Competition

Review: A Rift in the Earth

K2K Planning Competition (Kensington / Kingsford)

Taichung Tower 2 Competition

Aarhus New School of Architecture

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Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 2008)

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Volume 18, Number 4 (Winter 2008/2009)

Annuals Sale!

• Half price on 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Annuals. • 2016 Annual now available in PDF format.

Recent Competitions

Designing Aljada’s Central Hub

Zaha Hadid Architects Wins UAE Masterplan Competition

Review: A Rift in the Earth

K2K Planning Competition (Kensington / Kingsford)

Taichung Tower 2 Competition

Aarhus New School of Architecture

• Half price on 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Annuals.
• 2016 Annual now available in PDF format.