INTBAU News

A new speech by the Prince of Wales this week warns of a "rash" of "carbuncles" destroying tourism assets.

Greek and international protest grows over proposed demolition of historic buildings between Tschumi's Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis hill.

Newly announced plans by the government to create a Canadian National Trust dismays leaders of the Canadian Heritage Foundation, who wonder if they are being replaced over political differences.

Thousands of demonstrators in St. Petersburg call for a halt to the proposed Gazprom headquarters, a high-rise tower that would be taller than New York's Empire State Building.

The decision by local officials to demolish one of the oldest buildings in the city, which serves as a clinic, has brought civic groups together to protest the insensitivity towards the city's historic heritage.

The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin for "Altar of Augustan Peace") is covered by a Modernist building, designed by American architect Richard Meier.

The charity English Heritage proposes seven conservation principles for debate.

A shopping mall plan grows in Sibiu, a town to be nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List and as the 2007 cultural capital of Europe.

200 urban designers from around the world work to replan Missisippi coast.

Emir Kusturica, independent film-maker, writer, and director, has been awarded this year's Phillipe Rotthier Prize for Architecture for Reconstruction of the European City.

A special report on the First International Congress of the Council for European Urbanism held in Berlin, 8-10 September 2005.