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Today's News - October 14, 2002

The design for a new hospital in Bangladesh incorporates Vastu, the Hindu art of placement. -- The shortlisted architects visit Ground Zero, and the ground rules are spelled out. -- Bookies laid the odds on the bridge; the pundits said the same firm couldn't win the Stirling Prize twice in a row…the bookies were right (and everyone seems to have something to say.) -- A smaller prize, perhaps, but not to be ignored: an award for improving public access to building sites and engaging local communities in the consultation process (what a concept!). -- "Lucasland" in San Francisco's Presidio has stirred a lot of controversy; it "won't change the course of architecture…but will leave many wondering what all the fuss was about." -- Frank Gehry continues to stretch the boundaries, personally and professionally - and stretches the design paradigms of educational environments. -- Two out of three cheers for a new sports arena. -- Teenagers and golf carts (instead of drag racing) create problems for a planned community. -- Tough times for new projects in the City by the Bay. -- A call for proposals to recycle a torpedo factory in Milwaukee. -- A rebuttal about Pelli's library design for the naysayers in Minneapolis…and more.