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Today’s News - Monday, April 15, 2002

An intriguing new show is opening this week at the Canadian Centre for Architecture - a literal "laboratory" of spaces designed by six young firms from Montreal. Today's feature presents the computer renderings and models of the architects' visions. Beginning Thursday, and through mid-September, you can see the real things. Breaking news this morning: Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has won the 2002 Pritzker Prize

• the first sole practioner to do so. There were reports from all over; we selected two: The Sydney Morning Herald (an obvious choice), and the Los Angeles Times, which we found offered the most in-depth coverage of the architect and his work.

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"Laboratories" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture: Six young architectural firms take over CCA galleries to explore the shape of things to come.- ArchNewsNow Feature

The Aussie tin shed is now a world-beater: Glenn Murcutt recipient of the 2002 Pritzker Prize [image]- Sydney Morning Herald

Elevating the Natural: Architecture's top honor goes to Glenn Murcutt of Australia, who blends Modernism with a love of the environment. By Nicolai Ouroussoff- Los Angeles Times

Obituary: Sir Peter Shepheard, 88, Urban architect with a lifelong vision of the natural world- The Guardian (UK)

Competition: 20th Space Magazine Prize for International Students of Architecture and Interior Design. Deadline: July 31, 2002- Korea Times

Commentary: The Key Role of Universities in Our Nation’s Economic Growth and Urban Revitalization - By Richard M. Rosan, President, Urban Land Institute- Urban Land Institute

A Plan Without a Master: Master builders of urban planner Robert Moses' ilk will probably not be a part of the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan.- New York Times

No Building Consensus: On Capitol Hill, an Office Project Divides a Neighborhood - Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates- Washington Post

When Art Puts Down a Bet in a House of Games [Guggenheim Las Vegas] By Herbert Muschamp - Rem Koolhaas- New York Times

Architecture commentary: Graves' CTC [Children's Theatre] design a mismatch: cloying design...is a desecration...will maim a monument.- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Commentary: It's time for our big cities to grow up- The Guardian (UK)

The Architecture of Air Travel By Michael Sorkin- New York Times

Stockholm teaches how to plan for future- Toronto Star

Utzon's unfinished symphony: Sydney Opera House- The Age (Australia)

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