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Today's News - June 9, 2004

EDITOR'S ALERT: We're off to Chicago for AIA national convention (and lots of rain, we hear). There will be no newsletter June 10 & 11; ANN will return on Monday, June 14. --- Dallas adds to its portfolio of Pritzker winners with new opera house and theater. -- U.K. tries to find balance between high design and high security in new embassies. -- Copenhagen's newest architectural jewel. -- Praise (if slightly backhanded) for Pelli performing arts center in Madison. -- The Royal Geographical Society's bet on "an unexpected and previously largely untried architect" pays off. -- Some progress - but not enough - in making cities accessible for people with disabilities. -- Australia's Northern Territory pays big bucks for its first government architect to provide "design leadership and will help raise the standard of our built environment." -- Richardsonian Romanesque treasure being restored in Boston. -- Interview with an urban ecologist. -- Alexander "Greek" Thomson: dark secrets and lost buildings. -- Architecture students want their mentor back. -- ASLA hands out medals. -- An interesting mix of shows at the Canadian Centre for Architecture this summer.