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Today's News - December 10, 2003

We'll know next week what the "Freedom Tower" might look like (and it might look vaguely familiar?). - Ground Zero as Architecture Marketing 101. -- A new Twin Tower classic. -- Vancouver towers will pay back city on many levels. -- Building banality in Auckland: another strong opinion, and even a picture (but no architect named). -- A "dumb white box" on Chicago's skyline. -- Judging architecture is a matter of taste in Australia. -- Same for cemetery buildings in Maine. -- New home building in U.K.: "expect taxation and regulation, not innovation and production." -- Canada offers seminars in brownfield development. -- O'er the river on a plastic bridge in New Jersey (we'd like to see what Calatrava could do with all those soda bottles!). -- Fresno goes solar (with a touch of skepticism). -- Shanghai's traffic solution: fewer bikes, more cars (are they serious?!!?). -- Morphosis beats out Zaha Hadid, Kohn Penderson Fox, and Rafael Moneo for Cooper Union project. -- A wine institute for university of California. -- Glenn Murcutt and Charles Jencks voice their concerns about the future of Farnsworth House. -- Art Deco all the rage - and focus of new U.K. TV show (hosted by a thoroughly modern Millie). -- How he got his job.

Editor's note: Thank you for the numerous e-mails regarding yesterday's story about Columbus - Indiana, not Ohio. It was a test…or just not enough java.