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HOK Selected as Master Designer for $939 million Midfield Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport- ArchNewsNow

IIT's new groove tube: Its campus is rated among the ugliest, but the school that Mies built is fighting back -- with, what else, splashy architecture By Blair Kamin - Rem Koolhaas; Helmut Jahn; David Hovey- Chicago Tribune

Portland officials embrace green ideals to lure industry to town: unifying the left-leaning [green-sector] behind an economic development push.- The Oregonian

Lesson Plans are Being Reworked To Stretch Construction Dollars: Tighter budgets push new approaches for school space- Engineering News-Record

Exhibition Review: "Skin: Surface, Substance and Design" - A Wrap That's Almost Human at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum [images]- New York Times

Shop soiled: Oxford is facing proposals to expand the city's already unappealing Westgate Centre. As such vast, ugly shopping malls continue to proliferate, Jay Merrick ponders the future of urban architecture- The Independent (UK)

Art museum to unveil plans for 'stunning' sculpture garden - Weiss/Manfredi [link to graphic]- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Herman Miller makes strides in design for environment initiative (GreenBiz.com)- Environmental News Network

Land locked: How far will a shake-up of assets and planning controls help to revive Britain's tarnished new towns?- The Guardian (UK)

June 23-25: BOMA heads for the Windy City: 'Office Building Show' to be featured at annual builders group convention- Inman News

CABE gets tough on two lacklustre schemes - EDAW; Goddard Manton [images]- The Architects' Journal (UK)

UNEP Launches 22 Industry Reports Prepared for 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development- Environmental News Network

Minister stirs row over plans for 15 new centres [for asylum seekers]: Strategy claims that new facilities could become 'ghettos'- The Guardian (UK)

Architect slams 'wrong way' Colonial [Stadium] gibes - Daryl Jackson- Herald Sun (Australia)

Architects in court over State House comments: Architect Katrin Vaatz...faces a defamation suit for N$300 000 from two fellow architects, Khodjy and Soheil Afshani.- The Namibian (Africa)

Pirates Defend Disabled Seating: teams are giving disabled fans the same opportunities — and exposure to hazards — that other baseball fans have enjoyed for years. - HOK Sport (AP)- Architecture Guide