20030819
just got this spam:
.: Jonas 7:23 PM
.: Jonas 7:07 PM
.: sawad 6:44 PM
Tschumi's Greek Museum on hold.
"Greece's highest court has ruled against the government's plans on a new museum at the Acropolis in Athens, according to court officials. [...] The 90m-euro museum - a glass building designed by New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi - is behind schedule.
However, the Greek Government had pledged to have a purpose-built hall for the marbles ready for the Olympics."
BBC
It is getting tight for meeting this deadline
.: gisela 10:14 AM
WTC memorial competition:
"The 13 members of the memorial jury, chosen by LMDC officials to select the winning memorial, have begun indicating their preferences, according to a source familiar with the process. Each jury member places a dot on the memorial design boards he or she likes, and the designs with no dots are excluded from further consideration, the source said." (newsday)
.: Jonas 9:58 AM
20030818
Cedric Price died on Sunday aged 68
"Architects," Price once said, "are the biggest whores in town. They talk in platitudes about improving the quality of life, and then get out drawings of the prison they're working on." (telegraph)
.: Jonas 4:52 PM
shout out louder, kaja !
smartest words i have heard since the lights went out on thursday. keep it up, please + don't mind any strange looks; i look in awe.
.: Jonas 4:47 PM
20030816
24hours without power.
about two weeks ago i sat in a meeting with kate asher, a woman responsable for infrastructure development in the city. her team is currently looking at potential sites for a new power plant, because they think the city has not sufficient energy supply and buying energy from elsewhere would rise the costs for energy and for some -to me very mysterious reason- the idea of just simply having to pay more for more electricity seem to be not an option. amanda burden (the chair of the city planning commission) suggested that this project should include an educational program that educates people how to save energy. (wow, and this from a standard oil heirin). she got a few strange looks for such forward looking proposal. i suggested that increasing prices would actually also be a way of educating people to save energy. more strange looks. in the public discussion about what went wrong and should we blame the canadians...it seems to be clear that the country's power network is not first world standard. this doesn't surprise us arrogant europeans. but the solution seems to be to upgrade the system. more biggger better! where is the debate about education how to save energy, how to build more energy efficient buildings, cars, refrigerators. with temperatures in the 90's everyone seems to jumping right back onto the horse they just fell off and switch on the ac. shout out louder, amanda.
.: kaja 10:33 AM
20030812
The newest gossip about Columbia's new dean: no news.
3 weeks 'till the school year starts and counting.....
.: gisela 4:28 PM
20030811
Fred's Journal : Flash Mobs on MSNBC Tonight
"It looks like MSNBC are going to be doing a piece on Flash Mobs tonight (Monday 11th August). The show in question is Countdown with Keith Olbermann and it airs at 8pm in New York City. [..]"
.: Jonas 7:11 PM
20030805
At Ground Zero, Finding Harmony In Design? (Newsday)
The Pentagon Memorial's Lessons for New York (gothamgazette)
.: Jonas 1:09 PM
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