Chicago reclaims its architectural crown by Andrew Stern for the Guardian (previously: Gehry/New Prize/Millenium Park news) Andrew Stern in Chicago Monday July 5, 2004 The Guardian Chicago hopes to stage an architectural renaissance with a $475m (£260m) park featuring a swirling... View full entry
Cordata CityLife development group with team members Arata Isozaki, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid and Pier Paolo Maggiora win the international bid for a 255,000 sq.m project at 523 Million Euro. previously: the Milan Shortlist View full entry
Chicago, the city of architecture, is getting to be the city of architecture prizes... By Blair Kamin Tribune architecture critic Published July 2, 2004 The latest prize, which seeks to promote innovation among developers and other architectural clients in the Chicago area, is being established... View full entry
Solidere reverses its decision to demolish and taps into the talent of upstart young architect Bernard Khoury. From Beirut's Daily Star View full entry
The Phaidon Atlas may be beautiful, but what does it tell you about architecture? A review in Slate by Christopher Hawthorne. View full entry
BCNews: Barcelona Capital de la Arquitectura. City officials offer the Forum building for the development of a National Center for Architecture. View full entry
National Building Museum exhibit represented by a nice online presentation done by Brooklyn Digital Foundry. View full entry
Prefab makes modern architecture easier for companies revamping office space. From Inc.com From the article: 64%: Inc.com respondents who chose "good design" as more important in an office space than "function" View full entry
designed by Frederic Schwartz, one of the members of WTC redevelopment finalists 'Think'NYTimesAP: N.J. 9/11 memorial to look to ground zero By STEVE STRUNSKY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey's Sept. 11 memorial will be a pair of parallel stainless steel walls, 200 feet long by... View full entry
Two articles in SFGate.com on Calatrava's new Sundial Bridge in Redding, California. John King | Greg Lucas View full entry
Three groups are competing for the City Complex redevelopment of the historic Milan fair grounds that will be transformed into green areas, homes, offices, institutional and cultural centers. The finalist consortiums are:Cordata CityLife; designers: Arata Isozaki, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid... View full entry
A number of H&dM building photos have been uploaded to the gallery recently - Institute of Hospital Pharmacy, Helvetia Patria, Haargauer Kunsthaus, Forum Building, St. Jakob Stadium... all in the Built Work gallery. Construction shots of the de Young Museum have also been uploaded to the... View full entry
Gustafson Porter 's £3.6m fountain built in memory of Princess Diana has been filled with water in preparation for its official opening by the Queen next week. From the BBC View full entry
FOUR decades after she fought to save Washington Square Park and wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," a seminal book that has reshaped urban planning to this day, Jane Jacobs sits on her weather-beaten front porch here, contemplating the untended meadow that is her front yard and... View full entry
a digest of outside features:ArchiNed: Greenwich Street Project/Winka DubbeldamA-matter: Maliehof hostel/BARArcspace: Maritime Youth House/PLOTEuropaconcorsi: Eisenmania's Il giardino dei passi perduti.Archidose: Toneelschuur/Mecanoo View full entry