Architectural review of the Evenko amphitheatre
Maybe this is one of the problems with architecture in our time: an architecture site reviews the Evenko amphitheatre project with no consideration given to the natural site or the profit‑making enclosure of public land involved.
In other big park news, the Olympic park is barring a return of the noisy Oasis festival that shook neighbouring housing. This item stresses that the city has no say in what’s planned for the park, while the CAQ intends to dismiss the longstanding management structure there and push it harder as a venue. I’m just glad I don’t live next door.
Blork 11:17 on 2019-10-18 Permalink
That architecture site (“The Architect’s Newspaper”) is a pretty informal rag which, like most trade newspapers, seems to be mostly about upbeat stuff and pretty pictures (all with Pinterest links) in order to attract advertisers. So I would not expect such a rag to say anything negative, lest the subjects of their articles choose to pull their ads.
And to be fair, it does bill itself as “news” not “reviews” such as you’d find in a more academic journal, which would be obtuse and dry AF but at least would be more likely to take a wider view of a project.
Blork 11:20 on 2019-10-18 Permalink
…although it does mention the removal of trees and references CityLabs’ article about that.