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Obituary: Michael Maas, 70, a Versatile Architect- New York Times

Reaching for architecture's stars: Does it make a difference? Santiago Calatrava; Jean Nouvel; Cesar Pelli; Herzog & de Meuron; Michael Graves; Architectural Alliance; HGA- Star Tribune (Milwaukee)

Opinion: Would Pier Wisconsin building be a repeat? Concept behind center is admirable, and the people are great, but . . .By Whitney Gould - Jim and Mark McClintock; Santiago Calatrava- Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee)

Commentary: We need to structure our environment to combat Aids: ...has to be part of every design brief and every call for tender. By Rodney Harber, professor, school of architecture, planning and housing, University of Natal in Durban- Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)

A Landmark Argument: Bid to protect architect's home draws owner’s ire: Wallace K. Harrison [architect of Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center, United Nations] [images]- New York Newday

Arts Panel Cools on Underground Center: Park Service to Look for Alternative Approaches to Washington Monument- Washington Post

Foster’s £400m prescription for Edinburgh hospital: £400-million masterplan to turn Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh into 220-room hotel as part of a new urban quarter. [images]- The Architects' Journal

Dramatic look of proposed Kansas City arts center wins praise - Moshe Safdie [image]- Lawrence Journal-World

Developers Bet on Macao as the Next Gambling Capital: A special government commission sifted through 18 proposals...- Los Angeles Times

Converting Industrial Spaces Into School Buildings - Rothe-Johnson-Fantacone- New York Times

American University of Sharjah architect to assist urban planning in Afghanistan - Mehdi Sabet- Gulf News

Wilkinson Eyre Architects aims to woo planners with a curving riverside campus [images]- The Architects' Journal

AIA's Financial House Is Restored- Engineering News-Record

When Worlds Collide: Linda Pollari and Robert Somol have designed a house for themselves that embraces its urban context while evoking a bit of postwar paradise. By Nicolai Ouroussoff [images]- Los Angeles Times

Book Review: "The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable"- San Francisco Chronicle