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Today's News - November 26, 2002

A Malaysian architect/planner takes affordable housing lessons from the US: "…they never did a good job…now tearing them down and rebuilding them as high-density but low-rise housing…" -- A new concept for urban development from a group of Pakistani architects, town planners and economists: sustainable "green" urban communities and entire low-cost cities. -- Are houses of cardboard a possible solution? -- Grand estates in Philadelphia, Long Island, and Rhode Island fall to sprawl: people "want less architecture and more gizmos." -- High praise for "surprising depth" of a new tower in San Francisco. -- Montreal convention center "preserves a smart but ugly example of modern architecture." -- Baltimore continues struggle to fit a hotel next to convention center. -- Architecture awards in Moscow and Australia. -- Museum news: "Making a landmark in Fort Worth, home of the ugly skyscraper and prefab duplex, doesn't take much." -- A "lustrous little museum" honors a now obscure period. -- A museum to honor picture books. -- HQ for publisher is transparent. -- A courthouse makes a good neighbor. -- Korea develops design…and more.