COMPETITION IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!

DAWNTOWN BRIEF 2010

DawnTown 2010 is now open!  Registration begins today, and you can register at dawntownreg@gmail.comCLICK ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS DAWNTOWN BRIEF 2010 FOR THE DOWNLOAD.

In the coming weeks we will be including biographies on our jurors and directors, updates on the competition and venue, and regular Miami news.   Check in with the blog/facebook page/ twitter account for the latest information.

GOOD LUCK!

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Launch and brief to be announced next week!

TEASER: Next week we will officially announce the topic and brief for the DawnTown Miami 2010 Design Competition.   It will be either as early as Monday to as late as Friday, so you’ll just have to keep checking.  In the meantime, you might just want to read up on the history of aviation in Miami; just a clue for now.

Those fortunate diehard DawnTown fans will be rewarded for “Liking” our Facebook page with an early release on the brief.  Haven’t checked us out yet on Facebook?  Don’t worry, anyone that becomes a fan of the page between now and Monday morning will be eligible for that reward.

So what are you waiting for?  The clock is ticking…

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New director at the MAM Dowtown

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The Miami Herald’s article on the new director, Thom Collins,  of the Miami Art Museum click here

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Fall for the Arts

The Miami Herald , El Nuevo Herald, and the Adrienne Arsht Center in partnership with presenting sponsor the John S., and James L. Knight Foundation, invite you to celebrate Miami-Dade County’s rich and diverse arts community during the first annual FALL FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL on Sunday Sept. 12th from 12-6pm.

For more information click here

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New and Improved with Facebook!

Now with Facebook!

Follow us on our official 2010 Dawntown Facebook page!   By hitting the LIKE button at the top of the page, you’ll be able to stay current with updates and links regarding the competition and all things related to Downtown Miami.   We will also be releasing the Competition Brief and related Materials to all fans of the page!

Here is the link to our Facebook Page: DAWNTOWN MIAMI FACEBOOK

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Dawntown Miami 2010 is coming!

It’s that time of season again, when downtown Miami’s public international architectural ideas competition is upon us!  We are planning on riding the momentum from last year’s campaign to give Miami another potential vision of the future.  A couple of surprises await, as Dawntown has chosen a new topic and has 2 brand new directors running the show(…don’t worry, Andrew is still here)  All will be revealed before the end of August 2010, but expect the Dawntown Miami 2010 competition to be bolder and bigger than ever before!

In the coming days check back to the blog for information on the competition brief, site materials, and important dates.  There will be a complete overhaul of the blog, we’re working on a new  Facebook page and the Twitter account is active.

Find us on twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/DawntownMiami

Stay tuned for more…

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DIY City

From the DIY City website: “Our cities today are relics from a time before the Internet.  Services and infrastructure, created and operated by the government, are centrally managed, non-participatory and closed.  What is needed right now is a new type of city: a city that is like the Internet in its openness, participation, distributed nature and rapid, organic evolution – a city that is not centrally operated, but that is created, operated and improved upon by all – a DIY City.”  Check out the website, and discuss if this would be good for Miami.

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More on Miami’s Other Competition

Sorry we are slow to report on another competition in Miami, this one produced by Arquitectum for its second foray into Miami (their first was last year’s Museum of Immigration competition).  The topic was a new “civic center”, basically an entirely new downtown waterfront, with eye-popping results.  Check out the entries and winners at the Arquitectum website.

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MDC Does True Infill

From the latest Miami Dade College newsletter: “MDC’s Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts program is creating an environmentally sound setting from the ground up.  The new state-of-the-art building will be the first of its kind in the area to apply for LEED Silver status.”  More importantly, the project, currently topped off and being finished, may be the first true small-scale infill (two party walls) project in downtown Miami in decades.  Core and shell architecture by PBS&J, interior architecture by STA.  Let us know what you think in the comments.

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DawnTown 2010 Topic Chosen!

The secret Jedi Council of the DawnTown topic committee has chosen the new topic!  DawnTown staff will now spend the next month preparing the brief and materials for launch in August.  We’re stoked for another year of innovative architecture in downtown Miami, and we hope you are too!

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AIA Miami River Presentation

Here is a link to the final presentation of the AIA’s Miami River charrette (pdf), presented last week during the AIA’s annual national conference held this year in Miami.  Local government leaders were so impressed to have smart architects from around the country in Miami that, at the official opening reception, not a single mayor or commissioner showed up.  By the way, the most important finding of the Miami River charrette was that the river needs a single authority to simplify the current tangle of jurisdictions and implement a vision for the river.  Thoughts?

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Home Depot and Sustainability?

The Home Depot recently launched a website called the Sustainable Cities Institute, supposedly to offer tools for progressive planning to average communities.  They also announced a couple of million dollars of prizes for sustainable development.  Check out the website and let us know in the comments whether Home Depot’s efforts are a lot or a little.

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LEGO Architecture

Have you seen LEGO’s series of famous buildings?  The Empire State Building (above), Fallingwater, the Taj Mahal.  Check it out.  If I were a city planner, I would require models of all proposed projects made of LEGO.

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Architecture for Humanity Coffee

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HBO Documentary on Gehry

Another first-rate Miami NGO, YoungArts, which provides mentoring and scholarships to high-school students across the nation who are extravagantly talented in a particular art (sometimes several), has also created a series of documentaries about the mentoring between world-renowned artists and young prodigies.  The series is called “Masterclass” and can be seen on HBO.  A few years ago the students in the graphic arts category were graced by the wisdom of Frank Gehry, and the documentary of that interaction will air this Wednesday, June 9 at 6:30 PM.  Tell us what you think of the episode in the comments.

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Miami Modern Metropolis Event

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Reminder AIA Miami River Charrette Results

Just a reminder that, during the AIA national conference, which is in Miami this year, this week, one of the events is a multi-day charrette on the Miami River, which AIA is calling its Miami River Catalyst Plan.  DawnTown attended the public visioning session today and was surprised at the civil discourse between marine industry and residential stakeholders, and the comprehensive visioning that took place.  Final recommendations of the charrette will be presented at a public meeting on Wednesday, June 9 at 6 PM at the Hyatt in downtown, 400 SE 2nd Avenue, in the Ashe Auditorium.  For more information, see original post below.

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MDC Downtown Theater Reveal

Miami Dade College, which is currently building a new culinary arts school in downtown, completed transformation of the theater at the same campus.  The architect was STA, led by Todd Tragash, and features a playful, faceted proscenium.  Check out photos from the first event.

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AIA Guide to Miami Event

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