“Pole Dance” Coming to P.S.1

In 2009, just two months after the Dutch- and Chinese-born architects Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu established their office Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO–IL) in Brooklyn, the pair was recommended to compete in the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, which gives emerging designers the opportunity to design the courtyard entrance of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

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AIA Announces 2010 Young Architect Award Winners

This week, the AIA announced the nine recipients of the 2010 AIA Young Architects Award.

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London Zooming Toward 2012 Games

As Vancouverites enjoy the wealth of new venues realized for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Londoners are beginning to see a host of sporting venues, transit links, and other facilities spring up for the 2012 Summer Games.

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George Bissell, Noted California Architect, Dies

George Bissell, FAIA, a Newport Beach, California architect who, in 2000, received the American Institute of Architects California Council Lifetime Achievement Award, died at 82 on January 2 of complications from lymphoma.



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January Construction Retreats 1%

The value of new construction starts slipped 1% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $419.3 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

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SANAA Designs Artificial Landscape

Students and faculty at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, will begin hiking the internal topography of the new Rolex Learning Center when it opens on February 22.

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Bentley Offers Free Data Exchange Tools

In an effort to ease the exchange of structural information among construction project participants and between applications, Pennsylvania-based software developer Bentley Systems has released two tools, making them available to users without charge.

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Lobbying Tips for Architects

Want to be a real participant in this business called democracy—lobby on an issue that matters to you!

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Want to Get Lawmakers’ Attention? Pay Them a Visit

This Friday, Timothy Buckley, AIA, principal and sole employee of Greenstone Architecture, in Vancouver, Washington, will drive two hours north to Olympia, the state capital.

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New Olympic Medals Make Waves

Long before the athletes go for the gold at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, native son Omer Arbel won the commission to design the medals the winning competitors will sport around their necks.

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