Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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We lose two masters: one who left his mark on Denver and the nation (and gone much too soon); the other shaped the U.N. logo. -- Walljasper on how solutions to our global ills can be found in our own neighborhoods. -- Green for All aims to find a remedy for both global warming and poverty. -- Scientists dabble in urban design to find out how cities hurt our brains: mainly, a "stark lack of nature" to "provide a mental break from the urban roil." -- The U.K. bulldozes rural housing curbs: protecting the environment should no longer be the overriding consideration in allowing development of affordable homes (a new definition of "sensitive development"?). -- Despite criticism, American-style suburbs are sprouting up overseas. -- Kaplan doth protest Palazzo Westwood Village: rather than "accessible urbanity," it's an "economically isolating banality...more boorish than Moorish." -- How the recession is changing our tastes in housing: will McMansions turn into multi-family homes? "It will be fascinating to see how our new neighborhoods change as a result." -- High hopes that modular weeHouses catch on. -- Massie's America House 08: art object or machine for living in (depends on if it actually finds a buyer). -- Prefab pioneer closes its doors - with hopes it will revive. -- Dickinson on starchitecture vs. street cred, and a checklist of what the profession can do to have more relevance. -- King on why three projects "still turn my head, years after they were built." -- Cheek on four new high-rises that "stroke civic egos, with style" (well, for the most part). -- Campbell on Thayer Academy's new arts building: it "will please the traditionalists without alienating the modernists." -- Hess on a new building for low-income housing and homeless services that proves "good architecture isn't reserved for luxury condos anymore." -- Fayetteville in the throes of museum debate doesn't bode well for Norten's "tall, beautiful and stark vision," but he "could certainly come back and take another go at it." -- Shortlist announced for U.S. Marshals Museum in Arkansas. -- Boggs & Partners gets the nod to design National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center in Annapolis.

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