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Today's News - September 7, 2006

Fine-tuning Nashville's new concert hall. -- Security lessons learned from 9/11. -- Cultural plans still cloudy at Ground Zero. -- An exhibit celebrates the Twin Towers. -- A number of pro's review the Gulf Coast one year after Katrina. -- The New American Village could be a model for rebuilding communities on the Gulf Coast. -- Is new urbanism a "millennial version of Mayberry"? -- Plans for n underground visitors center for Vietnam Memorial are just too over the top. -- Australia struts its architectural stuff in Venice in a shack-like building. -- Princeton adds Moneo to its architectural firmament. -- Big plans finally get green light in Sligo. -- Biophilic design takes root. -- An Australian architect rooted in Singapore. -- Two Irish architects have an unusual solution to lessen environmental impact of building boom. -- Adjaye divides and conquers. -- GSA hires another architect for a newly created post. -- A modest California Modernist deserves more recognition. -- Chicago exhibits prove that the city's "green" idealism and rhetoric are beginning to translate into concrete results.
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2006_09_07.htm - September 7, 2006

Today's News - November 15, 2005

Taliesin West loses its founding dean. -- A call for high-density on higher ground in rebuilding New Orleans. -- Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards offers a cautionary tale in backwards planning and a reversal in the public process. -- Singapore and South Korea sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Design Cooperation to improve economics and quality of life. -- While Seoul picks its best buildings, still complaints of foreign invasion, suspicion of local talent; conference and exhibit extol local talent. -- Sizing up suburbia on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Preservation and public process issues in Charleston and New York continue to broil. -- Jacksonville's new library is "five stories of style." -- Detroit holds high hopes for high design for new FBI HQ. -- Phyllis Lambert wins 2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize. -- Forbes list of 10 architectural tastemakers. -- Legorreta retrospective in Mexico City shows his passion (but, surprisingly, no mention of Barragn or affordable housing). -- Chicago exhibit highlights five women architects who are "breaking up of the old-boys' club" and raising lots of questions, while a new book offers a "magisterial account" of the First Chicago School.
http://www.archnewsnow.com/news/news_2005_11_15.htm - November 15, 2005