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Today's News - June 1, 2004

Lisbon plans an ambitious experiment in sustainable living - for 30,000 people. -- In the U.K.: No more New Jerusalems. -- No more "ragged edges." -- A call for regional centers to regain their heritage. -- A walking cure for urban (and belly) sprawl. -- Toronto's waterfront needs action - now. -- In China: Foreign architects' fruitful days in Beijing (but home-grown talent catching on). -- A "Faustian bargain" for American architects' wanting to salvage Jewish heritage. -- No graft in the rafters of Beijing National Theater. -- Symposium in Montreal takes on the future of urban design. -- Holyrood (again): "It is, quite simply, a triumph…a Pandora's box of architectural motifs laced together ingeniously…" -- Libeskind has dramatic designs on Dublin Docklands while his salary dispute simmers at Ground Zero. -- Gehry loses out on Grand Avenue and refines his design for AGO. -- Architects toss stones at each other over Kansas City stadium project (architects can be catty?). -- Four teams shortlisted for High Line master plan. -- World War II memorial deserves its place on the National Mall. -- Russian malls (as in shopping) need to be more user-friendly.