Home    Yesterday's News    Contact Us     Subscribe

Today's News - November 11, 2002

This week at ArcSpace: the expansion of the High Museum in Atlanta, and trunks as architecture for a Louis Vuitton store in Tokyo. -- Cornell went back to its original shortlist for the new School of Architecture building…many will ask "who?" -- Urban issues the same everywhere: Parramatta, Australia, is preparing "to do battle for the life of the town," and adds to the country's "already limp reputation in the international competition scene." -- New York is "fearful of the demon of SoHo-ization." -- Guidance for urban regeneration in the UK. -- Hope for Philadelphia's waterfront. -- Facing "urban catastrophe" in Sydney and Dhaka. -- "Fun zones" and "new dirt" are keys to successful urban and suburban developments. -- In Singapore, "clients who commission work from famous architects often end up with sub-standard architecture…that does not usually fit into the immediate context." -- Prague and Düsseldorf join the ranks of top European cities for business (and, surprise: "quality of life for employees continues to rise as an essential factor"). -- Graz gears up to wear a cultural crown with a new arts center and an ambitious floating island on the River Mur. -- Muschamp declares Boston's ICA a new building type. -- Ando anticipates his Ft. Worth museum. -- Munich finally has a home for modern art. -- Taliesin in trouble. -- A folly is restored.