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...Even though it was the middle of the summer, no-one had heard of Pecha Kucha, and we didn't advertise at all, both events were total sellouts." Last month, the city hosted its biggest Pecha Kucha yet, with 1,500 aficionados greeting such creative luminaries as Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Tunisian-born designer Tom Dixon. "It's new, it's improvised and chaotic," says Viktor Oldiges, organizer of the recently launched Shanghai evenings. That certainly doesn't sound like any presentation we've sat through before. To find a Pecha Kucha Night near you, visit pecha-kucha.org
...Southwark Cathedral for the "sermon" by Renzo Piano, co-architect of Paris' Pompidou Center, on the grand design for his London Bridge Tower. Dubbed the "Shard of Glass," it should stand as Europe's tallest building when completed in 2010. Then drop in at the Barbican to hear Rem Koolhaas, a fierce critic of skyscrapers, at the Big Debate on London's soaring skyline. PASSEGGIATA Armed with a bit more knowledge, it'll be time to hit the streets. On the Passeggiata (Italian for a walk), you'll take in architectural gems, temporary installations and exhibitions on a stroll from...
...world. There was more, of course - at Davos, there always is. Those wanting a sneak preview of a possible 2006 match-up in the U.S. presidential race could catch both Senator John McCain and former Virginia Governor Mark Warner. Those anxious to understand modern design could chat to Rem Koolhaas, while opera buffs sought out Peter Sellars. You have to pick and choose in Davos, to decide what it is that you take away from the long journey up the mountain. For me, the key message was that things are not going to be as we have grown used...
Huang, who helped clinch Beijing's Olympic bid, wooed top foreign architects like Rem Koolhaas and Jacques Herzog to outfit the city for the Games--a move some criticized as unpatriotic and others lauded as visionary. "In China it can be hard to get people to think past the next week, or what's good for a certain neighborhood," she says, "But planning a city like Beijing requires a much longer view." That, and no small amount of imagination. -By Susan Jakes
Posner considers a slew of world-ending scenarios with REM-style enthusiasm. He reports one scientist’s estimate that there’s a 1 in 100,000 chance of an asteroid smashing earth in any given year and killing a billion people. Alternatively, Posner speculates, “superintelligent robots” might turn on their human creators and “kill us, put us in zoos, or enslave...