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Today's News - August 17, 2004

It must be Ugly Building Day in Scotland (architects pick a demolition hit list); Toronto (so bad the architects aren't even mentioned); and Seattle (architect demands correction, might sue, and critic quits). -- Design grand projects keeping in mind the "ordinary people who will - or otherwise won't - use them" (what a concept!). -- A downtown campus where art and architecture colleges (and businesses) have plenty of room to blossom. -- A green school is "the poster child for eco-minded." -- Expanding seminary to include affordable housing and performing arts center. -- Zero-energy houses not the stuff of dreams anymore. -- Landscape architects create and artful garden. -- Architects re-imagine security barriers. -- New conferences focus on transportation alternatives and sustainable building techniques and technology. -- 3-day journal report from CA Boom (with lots of pix).