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Today's News - November 18, 2002

This week at ArcSpace: High-tech in a hangar Copenhagen, and a conference center glows on Tokyo's skyline. -- Is New York spreading itself too thin? -- Pelli listens in on Garvin's talk at Yale: "He has a very rare combination of a fresh mind and great optimism" (scroll down page to reach article). -- Kid-friendly hospitals. -- Chicago manufacturers are not happy with landscaping rules. -- Developer praised "for having the courage to build atop a landfill, something rarely attempted anywhere," but design leaves a lot to be desired. -- Frank Lloyd Wright inspires insight into what's lacking in corporate culture. -- Adaptive re-use of a Chicago landmark wins award, but Philadelphia (as elsewhere) grapples with a growing architectural movement that says a building doesn't have to be old to be historic, and Italy pleads for help to save its historic villas. -- Nine circles make a perfect neighborhood (and win a patent). -- Affordable housing doesn't have to be ugly to be inexpensive. -- A "green" headquarters exceeds expectations in Maryland. -- Studies begin in Australia to create better workplaces. -- High praise for a city pool in Sydney. -- Exhibition reviews…and more.


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- Dorte Mandrup Architects: Seaplane Hangar H53, Offices for Cell Network, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Rafael Viñoly Architects: Tokyo International Forum



 Rebuilding Downtown and Olympics 2012: Will Two Big Projects Be Too Much?- Gotham Gazette

Garvin talks WTC site development: a chance to restore the heart of the "world's second home"- Yale Daily News

At Children's Hospitals, Friendly Designs - Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder; Rockwell Group; NBBJ; Lothrop Associates; Ewing Cole Cherry Brott; Davis Brody Bond [mages]- New York Times

Biz to mayor: don't fence us in: A coalition of manufacturing groups...press for modifications in city landscaping rules- Crain's Chicago

Garfield Heights project proposal squanders views: deserves praise for having the courage to build atop a landfill...design's low standard could set a precedent for development on hundreds of acres... By Steven Litt - Dorsky Hodgson & Partners- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Beating `the box' means opting for whole new way: Wright "beat the box" by redefining what a building is...Apply this to workplace creativity- Chicago Tribune

Reliance project, Homan Square win awards for excellence from Urban Land Institute - Antunovich Associates; Booth/Hansen Associates- Chicago Tribune

Historic landmark or historic blunder? Preservation halts refurbishing of National building...Philadelphia's first post-World War II building to be specifically designated historic place- Philly.com

Italy's Race Against Time: Preservation Group Asks for Help. By Linda Hales- Washington Post

A More Private Suburbia: a patent for an idea called circular subdivisions...a neighborhood plan based on nine circles- New York Times

No Need To Be Ugly: This is not your father's public housing [images]- Washington Post

Building proves to be a model of efficiency: [two years later] Chesapeake Bay headquarters more eco-friendly than expected. By Edward Gunts - SmithGroup- Baltimore Sun

Smart research into sick buildings...to help produce healthy and sustainable workplaces that could ultimately save Australia billions of dollars annually.- Infolink (Australia)

A pool where beauty is a shore thing: Ed Lippmann's Andrew Boy Charlton Pool...is a knockout. By Elizabeth Farrelly- Sydney Morning Herald

Exhibition Review: "Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses" at University of Miami School of Architecture- Miami Herald

Exhibition Review: "Out of the Ordinary" shows wit, complexity of architects' works - Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates- NEPA News (Pennsylvania)

New CEO for Royal Australian Institute of Architects - Christine Harvey- Infolink (Australia)

 

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