Two takes on homelessness today illustrate the possibilities of the ten-year plan. | 1:mercury 2:newstandard | discuss View full entry
Europaconcorsi features Rem Koolhaas/OMA design for the Mercati Generali (about 830,000 square feet of retail, offices, dining and entertainment). Prev View full entry
New urbanism breaks ground in Grayslake. With 1 million new vehicles expected in the region in coming years, these 'alternative' developments are favored by regional planning groups. | dailyherald View full entry
Strict urban-design rules are being pushed onto Berlin's new architecture. Director of urban development since 1992, Hans Stimmann's aesthetic preferences have been pressed down hard onto Berlin's new architecture. | globemail | prev View full entry
The 2005 World Expo grounds are taking shape, proposed as a "model green city." (the star) Noticias Arquitectura point us to sites with images of pavilions by FOA (Spain) and Yutaka Hikosaka (Japan) View full entry
The $2 million Arroyo Parkway plan, Pasadena, was almost sidetracked by further reviews but the City Council voted to stay on schedule. Meanwhile, the street lights in the plan apparently have not been so lucky. The council has asked field operations to redesign those. Read | previously View full entry
Mayor Richardson Dilworth's Society Hill mansion: fakery is the history and, thus, worthy of preservation argues Inga Saffron. View full entry
Do we need to cannibalize cities in order to save them? A recent trend has been to "suburbanize" the city center to attract suburbanites back. Some of the evidence we have are new apartments (i.e. Gwathmey's) that test the limits of urban domestic proportions; superstores (Home Depot in NY); and... View full entry
If the proposal is approved by the Durant City Council at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Oklahoma State University landscape architecture students will go to the drawing board to prepare a Park and Greenway Master Plan for the city. From the Durant Democrat View full entry
The Belmont Tunnel, the Los Angeles graffitti landmark, is set to give way to "affordable (55 of 276 units) housing" LA Times View full entry
The "belly of Paris" will meet its match this week, says the Guardian. Winner of the competition between Nouvel, OMA, MVRDV, Mangin to be announced. Stay Tuned...(more info at projetleshalles) View full entry
After the Fourth Grace fiasco, Liverpool still wants an architectural icon on the waterfront. Deyan Sudjic talks about what they might do vs. what they should do. Guardian View full entry
A graduate course makes students put aside preconceptions and discover the realities of local urban environments. Read | via View full entry
Will Big Dig woes deter other megaprojects? CSMonitor View full entry
Major Victory for Silverstein? Yeah, but going for more... (through the Liberty Bonds pot of wealth). Also mentioned in the above link: "architect will be named for Tower 2, the 2.4 million-sf 65-story building that will be the next to go up after the 1,776-ft. Freedom Tower. Among the finalists... View full entry
