Asia Eco Green Building Congress 2009 starts (17 March)

Today the Asia Eco Green Building Congress started with workshops in Shanghai by Woods Bagot and EMSI.
Tomorrow formal opening and presentations will be made by speakers from ARUP, Cundall, EDAW, Woodhead, Woods Bagot, Meinhardt and Shanghai Expo organisers. The congress will go until 19 March
for more details goto the Congress Website

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Ou Ning to curate south China 2009 architecture biennale

After months of discussion and evaluation, the committee of Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture has selected Ou Ning as the chief curator for its third installment, due to be launched at the end of 2009 in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the coastal city in the South China known as the [...]

Best (and worst) of 2008: Architecture – Los Angeles Times

LA Times takes a look at the Best and Worst Architecture
“China stood astride the architecture world this year. Its Olympic class of landmarks offered a dizzying range of styles — some sleek, some daring and some thoroughly conventional — and at least three individual buildings”
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Nakazawa’s practical magic – Building Design

Pamela Buxton of Building Design reports 
“US architect Paul Nakazawa found his forte was coaching others to make the most of their talents. With a client list including Morphosis and OMA, here he talks to Pamela Buxton about how to survive the downturn”

read the full article @ the [SOURCE: Building Design – Nakazawa’s practical magic]

Young city sets space for heritage

Besides its iconic Bund, Shanghai has plans to preserve as much of its less than 100-year-old architectural and cultural heritage.
EVEN though Shanghai does not have much architectural heritage, the city is doing everything it can to preserve whatever is there.
read more @ the SOURCE: thestar.com.my – Young city sets space for heritage.

City skyscraper to open ‘Observatory Bridge’ on 100th floor — Shanghai Daily | wå¥ — English Window to China New

AN “Observatory Bridge” on the 100th floor of the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center in Pudong New Area will open on August 30.
City skyscraper to open ‘Observatory Bridge’ on 100th floor — Shanghai Daily

A DIY Guide To Building A Green Roof Hits The Virtual Shelves.

London, England. Two of the UK’s leading proponents of green roofs have teamed up to produce ‘THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS’ – a guide aimed at individuals with a Do-It-Yourself inclination along with those having trouble persuading local contractors to take up the challenge of installing a green roof on their behalf.
‘The [...]

Beijing boasts stunning new buildings – International Herald Tribune

This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that could have been plucked from science fiction.
A series of landmarks, notable for their futuristic design, will greet visitors to the Olympics. They include an Olympic stadium that looks like a giant bird’s nest, [...]

World’s first rotating skyscraper unveiled in Dubai – Telegraph

The 80-storey “Dynamic Tower,” will be a shifting skyscraper of luxury apartments on spinning floors, which will be attached to a central column.
Plans for the project were unveiled in New York by Italian architect David Fisher, who said: “This building will have endless different shapes”.
SOURCE: Telegraph.co.uk – World’s first rotating skyscraper unveiled in Dubai [...]

Shanghai to have China’s tallest building – Dragon to dwarf the city’s skyline – Shanghai Daily

CHINA’S tallest building, to be built in Shanghai, will look like a coiled dragon, according to its designer. The 580-meter-high Shanghai Center will top the city’s skyline.
The US firm Gensler and the Shanghai-based Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University. A dozen overseas and domestic firms offered designs for the building from April [...]