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Today's News - May 28, 2004

[Editor's note: ANN will be celebrating Memorial Day (U.S.) on Monday, May 31; the newsletter will return to your mailboxes on Tuesday, June 1.] --- Suzhou, China, designated one of 10 "model environmental cities…points to a second wave of Chinese urbanization" (but still has a long way to go). -- Not such good news for San Francisco's sustainability. -- "Iconic gallery + loft apartments + university + creative cluster = urban renewal": one formula does not necessarily fit all. -- Perhaps there's a lesson there for L.A.'s Grand Avenue dreams. -- Why compete when even if you win, you lose? -- The dazzling glass transit hubs coming to Lower Manhattan. -- A master of glass towers says glass is a thing of the past. -- Irish architects shine. -- ArchVoices essay competition winners are oh-so-eloquent. -- Seattle's new library continues to astonish. -- The perils of designing for geniuses. -- Lobbies in new Australian high-rises deliver the "wow factor." -- Design museum makes architecture accessible. -- An architect's amusingly serious weeklong diary starts with a disappointing Monday, takes on PFI and bowties, and ends immersed "in post-ergonomic theory."