"As architects we have a responsibility to society" - Richard Rogers
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MUNCIE Imagine youre on a plane.
Except youre not really going to fly anywhere. And while youre sitting inside the fuselage, youre actually... at a bus stop.
Ball State University architecture students are dreaming up second lives to recycle old airplanes. What if, they asked themselves, instead of sending retired aircrafts to graveyards to rust, they could be used to build bus stops and apartment complexes and emergency relief huts?
What really interested me is reusing something thats literally going to sit in a wasteyard, said second-year architecture masters student Daniel Potash, 23, who designed the bus stop. Why not reuse it?
Think of the strength and the size of an airplane the enormous amounts of pressure and extreme temperatures it must withstand, and the hefty amounts of weight it must carry.
The potential of its parts is a playground for an architects imagination. Its an intriguing concept, even if the experimental sketches may never be realized.
Like many brilliant ideas, this one originated at a bar.
About four years ago, Professor Harry Eggink had been toying with the concept of reusing airplanes and explored it a little with one of his advanced architecture classes. He brought some designs with him when he went to a bar with his youngest son and friends a bunch of aeronautical engineers.
Let me show you a couple of things, he said.
The feedback: Why arent we doing this already?
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Saudi Arabia participated in the two-day Arab Union of Architects (AUA) meeting in Tunisia, which discussed the teaching of architecture in various colleges and universities in the region over the weekend. We suggested the need to host another meeting in six months time to discuss the criteria in certifying colleges or universities. This is a significant contribution from the Saudi side, said Ghazi Saeed Al-Abasi, secretary-general of the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE). He revealed that the next meeting would be held either in Algeria or Morocco. Al-Abasi said that certifying schools based on standards set by the Arab architects union is necessary to ensure that quality architects graduate from the regions universities and colleges. He added that the meeting also discussed ways to improve the teaching of architecture as well as the problems encountered by architecture students. The 50 experts from ten countries also shared their own experiences as architecture students and practitioners in their respective countries in two sessions of the meeting. There were a total of 16 presentations made by the representatives from eleven countries, which included Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. The AUA has 18 members, seven of which abstained from participating in the meeting. He added that at present there are over 25,000 architects in the Kingdom, of whom about 3,000 are Saudi. There are also some 25 government and private colleges. A bright future awaits Saudi architects. Their services are very much in demand, to use an understatement, as the country is undergoing massive development, he said.
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IDEAS Boston 2013: B.K. Boley and Tamara Roy - Urban Architects
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Architects invited to register interest in designing new Crystal Palace
12:36pm Friday 13th December 2013 in News By Robert Fisk
Designing a Crystal Palace which evokes the spirit of the original while being fit for the future is no mean feat.
But the job is up for grabs, with ZhongRong Group wanting to hear from any architects who think they can take on the challenge.
Anyone interested in creating a landmark in the spirit of Joseph Paxtons original, has until January 20 to express their interest to the property developer.
A short list of three architect teams will then be drawn up in the spring, when the trio will be invited to prepare a detailed submission including initial concept designs.
The selected architect who will be appointed in the summer, will work closely with the lead consultant Arup.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "Creating a Crystal Palace for the 21st century is a truly unique opportunity.
"I am confident this search will attract some of the world's finest creative minds, many of whom we know are home grown talents.
"The key to the success of this exciting regeneration project, which is set to generate a significant number of jobs in London, is high quality design working in harmony with the rich heritage of this historic site."
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Johannesburg calls for architects #39; visions
December 6 - Johannesburg #39;s population is increasing by 10000 people a month. And the city is calling on urban designers and architects to help shape their ...
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The Australian dollar surged almost 50 percent against the greenback from 2009 to 2012, making exports less competitive and boosting the appeal of imports.
Architects of the float of Australias dollar, trading at a similar level to when exchange controls were lifted 30 years ago, say the currency must devalue and economic reform be renewed to avert a recession.
Peter Jonson, who advised the central bank chief of the time, and Ross Garnaut, who counseled then-Prime Minister Bob Hawke, say the resource investment boom has rendered Australia uncompetitive. General Motors Co. this week cited an elevated exchange rate in deciding to stop making iconic Holden cars in the nation, as did Qantas Airways Ltd. on Dec. 5, when it flagged a record first-half loss and 1,000 job cuts -- announcements that echoed the economys early 1980s malaise.
There are some quite strong parallels, said Jonson, a former head of the Reserve Bank of Australias research department who has observed the nations economy for more than 40 years. When you look at Qantas, look at the vehicle industry, look at manufacturing generally, look at education, look at tourism, its a tough time.
The Aussie is trading at about 90 U.S. cents, around the level in 1983 when Hawkes government removed exchange controls and embarked on an economic overhaul that freed up the finance industry, cut tax rates and slashed tariffs. Garnaut and Jonson now call for the government to moderate spending, lawmakers to scrap taxes they say deter investment and employers to keep wage gains at less than the pace of inflation.
The Aussies strength has made everything uncompetitive in Australia except pulling iron ore and coal out, said Garnaut. A big adjustment in the exchange rate has to be part of the improvement in competitiveness.
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A computer rendition of a proposal to transform the citys currently grey Novy Arbat into a multi-level green zone.
Muscovites were asked toimagine what would make Moscow an"awesome" place tolive andhad their dreams visualized in84 sketches byprofessional architects as part ofthe "What Moscow Wants" exhibit, which was ondisplay atthe Moscow Urban Forum last week.
As much as getting people's voices heard, this project was about giving young professionals theopportunity toshowcase their talent ararity ina city where thearchitectural market is dominated bya few strong firms.
Moscow residents had tocomplete three simple statements: "It would be awesome if ," "this way people will be able to ," and"this way thecity can become ." All three ofthese were used toset anoptimistic tone andprevent people fromusing theplatform tocomplain about their neighbors or other mundane problems, said theproject's director Olga Polishyuk.
"This is astory about ideas. Not about problems or about complaints," she said.
More than 2,000 people left their ideas onthe website Moscowidea.ru fromJuly 10 toSept. 22, andarchitects voluntarily responded tospecific pitches with 84 sketches.
Proposals ranged fromambitious plans tobuild new bridges andtheme markets, tosimple adjustments like creating aroof shield forthe people waiting inlines outside thePushkin Museum, tothe offbeat idea ofthree-story heated homes forstray cats.
Theproject provided arare platform forthe country's young architects todisplay their work, Polishyuk said. These architects often shy away fromcompetitions either because they do not think they can win against thefew prominent firms that dominate theindustry or because they are afraid oflosing ownership oftheir ideas.
Thecity's chief architect Sergei Kuznetsov told TheMoscow Times onFriday that he has not seen the"What Moscow Wants" exhibit yet, but noted its value forthe capital.
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The developer behind a controversial plan to build approximately 61 townhouses on 2.5 acres in Queen Anne has released a first look at the plan ahead of an initial design-review meeting.
Camwest, a part of national home builder Toll Brothers, would put the homes on the block bounded by Ninth and 10th Avenues West, West McGraw Street to the north and mostly single-family houses to the south. The site has been home to the Seattle Children's Home since the orphanage's founding in 1905. Most of the current buildings date to the 1960s.
The site is zoned for townhouses, as is abutting land to the south and across the street to the west and east. But the area to the north is zoned for single-family houses on 5,000-square-foot lots.
Opponents of the plan have organized, creating the group "Future Queen Anne." That group's next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday inQueen Anne Lutheran Church,2400 Eighth Ave W.
Click through the gallery above to see details on the site and several options for the development that Camwest andNicholson Kovalchick Architects prepared.The first design-review meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Dec. 18 in Room One of Queen Anne Community Center, 1901 First Ave. W.
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