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Today's News - April 27, 2004

Portland (and the rest of us) loses a visionary planner. -- International visionaries creating the "explosive, deliriously ambitious, brazenly inventive climate" in China. -- Real-world development undermining planners' land-use smarts. -- A Florida developer making a success of making homogeny a no-no (hope for suburban (h)ills?). -- The same-old same old plans for Sydney site, despite the starchitects. -- A study finds too many American cities have no place to play. -- The world's largest landfill will be a great place to play. -- A Polish architect (and a lot of real estate experts) has high hopes - and cautions about joining the EU. -- Melbourne celebrates "courageous yet understated contemporary architecture." -- World War II memorial a "monument to blah…banality, an inert plaza dressed with off-the-shelf symbols of grief and glory." -- A comeback stadium that represents more than just business. -- The end of Orchids and Onion Awards? Not everyone is crying. -- Sarasota celebrates its contemporary Modernists. -- Wanted: a loving owner for an important piece of Scottish history. -- Can't afford a trip to China's Forbidden City? Head to Texas.