Tag Archives: Design Competition

Spookitecture! Oh my!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by David Brussat

Today is the perfect day to post images of more than 1,700 entries for the proposed Guggenheim Helsinki museum, generated by an international competition, that have been released to the public. The exercise reminds me of a phenomenon that goes … Continue reading →

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Pedestrian pedestrian bridge

Posted on October 3, 2014 by David Brussat

A bridge project I’d hoped and prayed was dead has risen to become, for lack of more ambitious possibilities as yet, the likely first part of the Route 195 development project to move forward in Providence. The streets and utilities … Continue reading →

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Zaha in Baghdad? Not.

Posted on June 28, 2014 by David Brussat

Zaha Hadid’s come from behind victory in the international competition to design the next Iraqi parliament building probably also wins the prize for projects not likely to happen. Zaha somehow received the contract although Assemblage, of the U.K., won for … Continue reading →

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How vulnerable is Gehry’s Ike?

Posted on February 5, 2014 by David Brussat

The industry journal that rules on Capitol Hill is not the Washington Post but Roll Call. Here it publishes “It’s Time to Bury Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Design,” an assessment of the prospects for Frank Gehry’s not just ridiculous but sinister … Continue reading →

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