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Today's News - October 17, 2002

The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects honors local talent for projects around the world. -- Folks are grousing about Stirling Prize methods (and this year's winner). -- A planned cultural center in Alaska seeks an architect, as does a new waterfront development in the UK. -- An editorial claims "a great deal of the activity that travels under the banner of delivering sustainability is really sustaining the unsustainable." -- An architect designs a home for the homeless, but then the land is taken away. -- Praise for new designs for Habitat for Humanity in Detroit (maybe Anchorage should look into it…last week the organization's work there was called "ugly"). -- Copycat condos called on the carpet. -- There are lots of reports about the new library in Alexandria - BBC has the most pictures. -- Florence, Italy, will have a new subterranean station in Florence, Italy, designed with a British accent (the shortlist is an international Who's Who). -- A makeover for Toronto's retail avenue to rival Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district. -- An exhibition of Viennese design sheds "colorful light on the historical context of the modern struggle with material values." -- Princeton recently announced its new architectural projects will be part of its "branding" - Harvard hears the call. -- A national monument visitors' center blends with the land.