Rome's Battle With Contemporary Architecture
The only modern building in Rome's historic center, a Richard Meier designed museum, is considered offensive enough that it may not last in its current form.
"On the banks of the Tiber river by two baroque churches and Emperor Augustus' 2,000-year-old Mausoleum sits a marble, glass and steel structure -- the first modern building to rise in Rome's historic centre.
But unlike the ancient landmarks around it, the Ara Pacis Museum, designed by U.S. architect Richard Meier and unveiled two years ago, may not last -- at least in its present form.
Rome's new right-wing mayor, Gianni Alemanno, promised upon taking office in April to tear it down, saying it lacked "compatibility" with the heart of the ancient city."
Full Story:
Published on Sunday, August 10, 2008 in
- Is There a Perfect Density?
- Six States Considered Laws to Make it Legal to Run Over Protestors This Year
- Aurora Rising
- The Most Effective Way to Reduce Employee Driving
- Corridors Are the Secret to Improving Transit in Small Cities
- When Men Control the Debate About the Future of Cities
- Five Big Ideas About the Future of Transportation and Land Use in Los Angeles
- The 'Steady Decline' of Suburban America
- Trump's Infrastructure Plan Slow to Materialize Despite New Executive Order, Flow Chart
- Congestion Pricing Finds New Life in New York City
- Average Commute Times Won't Change Because of the Hyperloop
- Gentrification and Controversy in the Bronx
- Trafalgar Square Shows How to Reuse Pedestals Where Statues Once Stood
- Copenhagen's Post-Industrial Adaptive Reuse
- The Trump Administration's Assault on Diversity Spreads to Housing Vouchers
- Night Mayors Come to America
- Friday Eye Candy: An Infographic for Every Transit Mode
- Is the Era of the 'Free' Freeway Coming to an End?
- A Montana College Town's Beer Economy
- High-Speed Rail Takes Steps Forward in Houston, Though Challenges Remain
