Based on an observation by Greene and Greene’s David Mathias that the Beatles were the Frank Lloyd Wright of music, Architect magazine (@architectmag) roped Architizer (@architizer), Co.Design (@fastcodesign), and a bunch of other Twitter hounds into a game this morning that made us lose track of all other work for at least 45 minutes.
Here’s the deal: [...]
Is anyone building bolder in America than REX?
Recently the Governor of Kentucky announced that the firm’s three-legged tower, the ”Museum Plaza” in Louisville, was back on the table (a $100 million federal loan pending). If funding is approved in this tough economy, the 62-story skyscraper would be revived, yet again, after its original concept from 2005.
In addition to creating jobs, the [...]
Hallo Berlin: we’re throwing a party tonight in Prenzlauer Berg. Beer + World Cup soccer + architects + speakeasy lair in East Berlin = vunderbar. [via Architizer on Facebook]
The three-legged, multi-use REX tower in Louisville, Kentucky was thought to be dead in the water, another casualty of the economic downturn—Principal Joshua Prince-Ramus never wanted to [...]
January is so over. Time flies when you have a bevy of architecture news to keep you busy.
DESIGN OBSERVER:
Meredith Davis has written a compelling article about who owns the rights to student work – the student or the institution in which is was created. Let us know what you think in the comments.
NEW YORK TIMES:
Nicolai [...]
