Architecture

Long Lost Le Corbusier

The completion of Corbusier's last unfinished project crowns the largest concentration of his work outside of Chandigarh.

May 17, 2005 - International Herald Tribune

Slicing And Dicing The Past To Get To The Future

Plans to slip a sparkling new 72 story condo tower behind vintage facades spurs debate on the nature of architectural preservation.

May 16, 2005 - Repeat

Riverfront Park To Put New Face On Cincinnati

A $78M project along the Ohio River will unify the riverfront between two stadiums.

May 13, 2005 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Unusual Coalition Recasts Steel Plant Into A Museum

Plans were unveiled to turn the Acme Steel Co. Chicago Coke Plant into a museum on the history and making of steel.

May 13, 2005 - The Chicago Tribune

Innovative Big Box Reuse

An expert documents how communities are reusing 'reclaimed abandoned, architecturally uninspiring megastores' in innovative ways.

May 13, 2005 - The New York Times

Washington Square Park to Go Clean?

A much needed makeover of New York's Washington Square Park may completely change the anything-goes tradition of this well-known urban space.

May 13, 2005 - The New York Times

Morality, Kotkin And Urban Renewal

Governing columnist Alan Ehrenhalt review's Joel Kotkin's new book, "The City: A Global History."

May 12, 2005 - Governing

Controversial Holocaust Memorial Opens

Berlin's Holocaust Memorial is designed by U.S. architect Peter Eisenman.

May 11, 2005 - BBC News

New Life For Old Churches

Some buyers find turning a church into a home or condo is trickier than they expected.

May 11, 2005 - The Christian Science Monitor

Fear Forces Redesign of Freedom Tower

Daniel Libeskind's design criticized for leaving tower base vulnerable to car bombs.

May 6, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

Skyscrapers: Soon to Be Antiques?

The race to the tallest tower falters.

May 6, 2005 - CNN

Staying Busy After (Final) Retirement

For one architect, being dead didn’t put an end to designing buildings.

May 6, 2005 - The Chicago Tribune

'Mafioso Mansions' On The Florida Coast

A Planning Commissioner offers the name for enormous, opulent homes on tiny waterfront lots.

May 5, 2005 - The St. Petersburg Times

Minneapolis: Great Architecture, Clean Streets

San Francisco urban affairs columnist John King visits Minneapolis and concludes that the city confirms everything he knows about cities.

May 5, 2005 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Getting Free Of Freedom Tower

New security questions about the siting and design of Freedom Towerprovide a valuable opportunity to weigh what it's all about.

May 5, 2005 - The Slatin Report

Quebec City Getting Facelift for 400th Birthday

Quebec City, one of North America's oldest cities, turns 400 in 2008.

May 4, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

Thirteen Points OF Pedestrian Oriented Development

Thirteen points of pedestrian oriented development as presented by the planning firms Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company.

May 4, 2005 - CoolTown Studios

St. Louis Riverfront Plan Set To Begin

A master plan for the St. Louis riverfront will begin shortly to improve connections with the Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis.

May 3, 2005 - The Kansas City Star

Chinese Suburbs Gone American

Part of Beijing and Shanghai are modeling suburbs after American tract homes.

May 3, 2005 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Urban Myths About New Urbanism

Recent attacks on New Urbanism reveal less about the movement's real flaws, and more about one line of deceptive attack, writes Michael Mehaffy in this week's Planetizen Op-Ed.

May 2, 2005 - Planetizen

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

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Planning for Universal Design

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