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Today’s News - Monday, April 29, 2002

Our newest feature highlights a positive development in Israel, one that began in 1988 and is still a work-in-progress. Master planned by Moshe Safdie and Associates, Modi'in is considered the country's first "City of the Future" (it was granted "city status" in 1996). Thanks to Len Abelman, an architect practicing in Tel Aviv, for bringing us a unique example of Smart Growth that started from the ground up - and well before Smart Growth was a 'mot-du-jour' ('word-of-the-day').

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The Master Plan for the New City of Modi'in, Israel by Moshe Safdie and Associates:
An urban center rises within the contours of the land, not in place of them.- ArchNewsNow Feature

Obituary: Whitney Smith, 91; Pioneer in Modernist Architecture- Los Angeles Times

There Goes Our History: Modernist homes are part of the Southland's heritage. So is the maverick spirit that has led to landmark destruction and feeble preservation laws. By Nicolai Ouroussoff- Los Angeles Times

Mojave Modern: Sunny, sandy Palm Springs is an oasis of retro-cool Modernist architecture- Time magazine

Berlin: A city on the edge: World class in the 21st century means tough building rules- Toronto Star

Commentary: September 11th Environmental Hypocrisy: Two key figures...stated in their resignation letters that the EPA has covered up the existence of deadly pollution in the area of the destroyed World Trade Center towers- Environment News Service

Engineer says WTC designers not at fault By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune

War on horizon? Saddam considers bid to get 2012 Olympics in Iraq: $700 million, 100,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Baghdad...bids due in June- Jerusalem Post

Construction Sites Seek Technologically Adept: To lure more high-technology talent, the industry has begun a campaign to polish its image- New York Times

Book Review: "Architecture and Science," Giuseppe di Cristina (ed.): Lavishly illustrated and broadly informative...a good backdrop for understanding contemporary trends in recent architectural theory and practice- Nexus Network Journal

Aga Khan plans biggest Islamic academic centre...in the historic heart of London.- Navhind Times (India)

Opinion: Thomas Fisher: Future Guthrie is worthy of place in a great city - Jean Nouvel; Architectural Alliance- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

LoDo's new Millennium Bridge already a landmark - ArchitectureDenver; Ove Arup & Partners- Denver Post

Ads build image by using buildings: Buildings are playing a new role in branding. By Blair Kamin- Chicago Tribune

Big Box: An expert perspective - Conway + Schulte Architects; Julie Snow Architects; Rich Varda/Target Corp.- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

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