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Today's News - April 14, 2004

Editor's note: ANN is hitting the road today. Depending on what technology we find along the way, there may -- or may not -- be newsletters posted Thursday-Monday.
News: The most livable places (how does 200 inches of snow per year sound?). -- Full team is in place for WTC memorial -- and what can be learned from Berlin's Jewish Museum. -- Two more takes on Lincoln Center re-do. -- A white elephant gets a new lease on life. -- A Sydney fish market with no smell…sounds a bit fishy to some. -- Client "mindset" in a city in India that doesn't rely on architects and engineers: "this kind of practice is quite alarming" (one would think so, anyway). -- Questions for a city planner. -- Profiles of future planners. -- "LA's Early Moderns" reviewed. -- University open house puts spotlight on architecture and environment.

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Most livable? Depends on your definition: Partners for Livable Communities identifies what it calls the nation's most livable places...- USA Today

Architectural Team Is Chosen for Trade Center Memorial: Davis Brody Bond designated as associate architect - Michael Arad/Peter Walker- New York Times

Shattered Shapes: Architect's Rhetoric of Suffering: If you want to see where Daniel Libeskind's plan for ground zero comes from, you can find it at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. - Michael Arad/Peter Walker/Davis Brody Bond [images]- New York Times

Lincoln Center outlines its future: ...stripping away walls and architectural barnacles...Without losing its historic character or a smidgen of dignity... By Justin Davidson - Diller Scofidio & Renfro; Fox & Fowle [images]- NY Newsday

High-Brow Strip Tease: Will big donors be turned on by Lincoln Center's newest act? By Peter Slatin - Diller Scofidio & Renfro; Fox & Fowle [images]- The Slatin Report

British Columbia complex gets a new lease on life: Once the emptiest office building in North America, Central City is winning awards and new tenants - Bing Thom Architects- Globe and Mail (Canada)

No smell and no character in a plasticised fish market: ...unique piece of Sydney will look like any other foreshore development if the masterplan goes ahead. By Elizabeth Farrelly- Sydney Morning Herald

Role of Architects and Awareness: Are there any architects at all in Manipur to design and assist in planning and construction activities except the ones in govt departments?- KanglaOnline (India)

Picking a planner: Interviewers should try to assess urban expertise...here are some questions we'd ask: Which do you prefer: Robert Moses or Jane Jacobs?- Charlotte Observer

Profiles of the Next Generation of Planners Part II- PLANetizen

What Are They Reading? "LA's Early Moderns": California's sublime landscape inspired designers to rethink the relationship between living, nature and shelter...- The Nation

“Spotlight Cal Poly”: Architecture, Environmental Design Offers Variety of Events for Open House April 16-17- Cal Poly State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Straight A's: Horace Mann Elementary School: A student "village" makes a good neighbor in the heart of San Jose's historic district. - Moore Ruble Yudell [images]- ArchNewsNow

Stately Restoration: New York State Capitol Assembly Chamber Floor: A treasure trove of 19th century design is restored and adapted for a 21st century democracy. - Françoise Bollack Architects- ArchNewsNow

-- Opening: Polshek Partnership Architects: Entry Pavilion and Plaza, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
-- Exhibition: Jørn Utzon: The Architect¹s Universe, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, Denmark
-- Gehry Partners: New offices, Marina del Rey, California
-- Newly opened: Skyscraper Museum, New York City
-- Five Finalists: NYC 2012 Olympic Village

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