Latest news from http://news.baade.org http://news.baade.org http://archidose.blogspot.com/2010/09/half-dose-78-still-action.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:50:24 +0000 For the exhibition Still Action -- on view at the School of the Art Institute's Sullivan Galleries in Chicago until October 2nd -- Brandon Pass designed, built, and installed (the last two with Nick Bastic) a kinetic wall installation for artists Elissa Papendick and Libby O'Bryan to "challenge and broaden the curatorial process as an artistic practice."Inspired by anthropologist C. Nadia Seremetakis's concept "still-act" ("moments when a subject interrupts historical flow and practices... tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531343.post-7006886926500856553 41.83 -87.64 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Ecy7RhevlHw/idUSTRE6865JQ20100907 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:54:01 +0000 HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign blame to BP as well as other companies involved in the well's operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6865JQ20100907 23 -102 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/ZXptHByrnrE/6-crucial-errors-lead-bp-spill.php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:33:00 +0000 Photo via NY Daily News It's beyond well-known by now that crucial mistakes and shoddy cost-cutting measures were instrumental in bringing about the tragedy at the Deepwater Horizon drill site. But it's still rather alarming to look at them back-to-back-to-back -- New Orleans Times...Read the full story on TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/6-crucial-errors-lead-bp-spill.php?campaign=th_rss 29.96 -90.1 http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1301 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:10:10 +0000 On behalf of their client, the Agence du Partenariat pour le Progrès (APP) with its implementing partner, the “L’Agence pour le Developpement et la Réhabilitation de la Ville de Fès” (ADER-Fès), the sponsor would like to invite you to sign up to an open competition for the design of a site in the Medina of Fez, Morocco, known as Place Lalla Yeddouna. Key objective of the “Place Lalla Yeddouna” project competition is to find design... http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1301 32 -5 http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1301 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:10:10 +0000 On behalf of their client, the Agence du Partenariat pour le Progrès (APP) with its implementing partner, the “L’Agence pour le Developpement et la Réhabilitation de la Ville de Fès” (ADER-Fès), the sponsor would like to invite you to sign up to an open competition for the design of a site in the Medina of Fez, Morocco, known as Place Lalla Yeddouna. Key objective of the “Place Lalla Yeddouna” project competition is to find design... http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1301 39.76 -98.5 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/08/country-diary-cornwall Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:04:56 +0000 The procession of bards wends its way through narrow streets in St Ives. From the Guildhall they pass St Ia's church, whose pillars are garlanded in hops, the lifeboat station, harbour, cafes, ice-cream and pasty shops, art galleries, gift shops, holiday lets and crowds of bemused visitors, en route to the Island, the site of this year's Gorsedd. There, yntra deu vor (with sea on each hand) the gathering of blue-robed bards attracts spectators perched on rocks and grass below the chapel of St... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/08/country-diary-cornwall http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1300 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:51:37 +0000 AIANH & the NH Young Architects’ Forum announces a design competition for a new Architecture / Engineering Building on the NHTI campus. The AIANH Intern/Young Architect Design Competition was created to provide an opportunity for interns and young architectural professionals to strengthen their design skills, gain recognition, and assist a community with their design challenges. It is open to all New England architectural interns and architects within five years of registration.... http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1300 http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1299 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:45:12 +0000 PAVE the Way, a 3D Design Challenge is an exciting opportunity available for students to showcase their work at a major industry event, GlobalShop 2011. College students who are enrolled in accredited store design, interior design, visual merchandising, and industrial design programs are invited to design a 3D floor fixture for this competition, which is sponsored and presented by B&N Industries. Finalists will then work with B&N Industries to produce a prototype of their design for... http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1299 http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1298 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:36:45 +0000 Embassy Park is an under-used, small, urban park in the heart of downtown Waltham, Massachusetts. COGdesign invites students and professional landscape architects & designers, artists, architects, engineers, gardeners, builders, and designers of all kinds to take part in the Embassy Park Ideas Competition to redesign this urban park on Moody Street. The goal of this competition is to generate innovative ideas to transform this urban space into a vibrant place that reflects the energy,... http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=1298 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/07/william-morris-review Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:29:55 +0000 Blackwell, Bowness-on-WindermereWithout William Morris, there would be no Blackwell – built on the shores of Windermere by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott in 1900 and regarded as one of the most harmonious examples of Arts and Crafts architecture in the country. It makes the ideal location for an exhibition examining Morris's love affair with the north, which he described as "the loveliest part of all England".Morris was a frequent visitor to Cumbria, where he "sniffed the smell of the moors and... http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/07/william-morris-review 39 22