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Starchitecture and Sustainability: Hope, Creativity, and Futility Collide in Contemporary Architecture

Can today's contemporary architects, schooled in modernism and invention, in fact incorporate the sort of green building materials and techniques that make a real difference? And does design really matter? Josh Stephens takes a look.
1 November 2009 - 10:41pm
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Icons Versus Places

Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces was recently entangled in a dispute with architect Frank Gehry over the impact of iconic architecture in cities. Though Gehry's work has its moments, Kent says city emphasis on icons is a mistake.
24 September 2009 - 8:00am
The Project for Public Spaces
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Prince Charles vs. the Architects

A dust-up between architects and the Prince of Wales over a speech and a £1b development is bringing the age-old battle between traditional and modern architecture to a head. Managing editor Tim Halbur summarizes the news.
20 July 2009 - 5:00am
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Frank Gehry's Design is Out

According to government officials and real estate executives, Frank Gehry is out as the architect for Barclays Center arena.
6 June 2009 - 11:00am
The New York Times

Miami Seeks Cheaper Finish to Gehry Project

Officials in Miami are looking to cancel out part of a contract with architect Frank Gehry for a park element to the new campus he's designed for the city's New World Symphony. The city wants to find a cheaper alternative, but critics are opposed.
31 March 2009 - 9:00am
The Miami Herald
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A Blueprint For Making Cities Efficient, Sustainable And Livable

Nicolai Ouroussoff, architecture critic for The New York Times, argues that the time is right for a new vision of rebirth for America's ailing cities. He applies this new vision to the challenges of New Orleans, Los Angeles, the Bronx, and Buffalo.
30 March 2009 - 10:00am
The New York Times
Jeffrey Barg

When The Planners Go Marching In

Thu, 03/12/2009 - 11:55

There’s just one problem with academia. Sometimes it can be so … academic.

In the interest of getting out into the world, I’m writing this post from Nawlins (nee New Orleans), where 16 other Penn planners and I are spending our weeklong spring break doffing our tops for beads and booze doing pro bono city planning work. For most of us, it’s been nothing short of a paradigm shift—and the week ain’t over yet.

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Architecture's 'Bilbao Era' Could Be Over

The age of iconic architecture may be ending. The recession is a major factor, but much of the shift may be due to changing perceptions about what architecture is supposed to do for a place, according to critic Robert Campbell.
16 January 2009 - 9:00am
The Boston Globe

Planning with the Starchitects

Architects are not just architects anymore. Now they are planners, too, and some high profile projects all over the world show that this trend is likely to continue.
25 March 2008 - 11:00am
Architect Magazine
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Will The Atlantic Yards Project Go Bust?

The slowing economy is causing Forest Ratner to re-think buildout plans for their controversial Atlantic Yards development. New York City history tells us it won't be the first time a large scale project goes the way of the economy.
21 March 2008 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

New Funding Resuscitates L.A.'s Grand Avenue Project

The highly anticipated mixed-use Grand Avenue project in downtown L.A. has just secured $100 million in funding. This new funding is expected to kickstart the project's construction, which has been delayed for months.
18 March 2008 - 1:00pm
The Los Angeles Times
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