Week Review 1
ALA win the Heksinki Central Library Competition. The best of the six shortlisted entries wins, and a kind of homecoming from the preeminent office in Helsinki finally with a major public building in their hometown.
Pritzker Architecture Prize committee will not honor Denise Scott Brown’s request for Pritzker recognition. It makes them look bad twice over refusing to acknowledge the fact of their collaboration, and for looking totally sexist too! See Kazys piece.
Jarret Walker of Human Transit nails it with cynisism is consent. Nothing should be welcomed more than constructive complaints.
The BBC charts out the future of thinking and breathing buildings and of cities as ecosystems.
2013 RIBA Awards winners announced. I’ve only had a cursory look at this but the list looks long and deep on quality.
Mayor Bloomberg unveils $20B plan to build new NYC defenses against climate change.
Following the first proper post on declad about The Lego House, some more lego news.
To inspire more co-creations, LEGO has launched its Cuusoo platform in beta. Anyone can submit a project idea and those that reach 10,000 votes will be reviewed by LEGO and potentially turned into real products. If the project reaches production, the person who submitted the idea will receive 1% of the total net sales of the product. Via
Hapy Birthday Kevin Roche.