Architecture

Pod Sweet Pod

A new exhibition asks whether top designers can rescue manufactured housing from the public's disdain.

March 6, 2005 - Repeat

And Then There Were Three

D.C. Sports Commission names three finalists in baseball stadium design competition.

March 5, 2005 - The Washington Post

The Popularity of Community Gardens

The community garden concept is so popular in Southern California that some wait over a year for membership.

March 4, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Greening Cairo's Historic Core

Cairo's historic core has a new park.

March 4, 2005 - Ann Arbor News

What Makes A Good Town Square?

Author Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard offers an online excerpt and summary of her book, "Genius of the European Town Square."

March 4, 2005 - International Journal Of Sustainability In Higher

Architectural Photographer Julius Shulman Profiled

Shulman's stunning photographs of West Coast Modernist architecture introduced it to the rest of the world.

March 3, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Historic Preservation In The Midst Of Skyscrapers

An unchecked building blitz in China's largest cities is destroying the landscape of historic cities.

March 3, 2005 - China Daily

An Interview With SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss

The LA Downtown News interviews the director fo the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Eric Owen Moss, on how the school fits into its new location in Downtown L.A.

March 2, 2005 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Designer Bus Shelters In Chicago, Sydney

With a potential market of $1 billion over 20 years, designer bus shelters are hot, and can be a good source of advertising revenue for cities.

March 1, 2005 - Bloomberg

The McLoft: A Faux Urban Loft For The Suburbs

Suburban single-family homes don industrial chicness inspired by the urban loft but delivered with the trappings of suburbia.

March 1, 2005 - Slate

Can A Home Depot Ruin A Neighborhood?

Miami's quirky Coconut Grove doesn't need or want a Home Depot. Is that a good reason to stop Home Depot?

March 1, 2005 - The Miami Herald

Public Works Architecture Experiencing A Revival

After many decades of engineer-led project designs, architects are again being called upon to beautify public works infrastructure.

March 1, 2005 - The New York Times

Architects As Developers In Mexico City

A young group of architects in Mexico City are becoming their own developers.

February 28, 2005 - The Financial Times

Prince Charles and Traditional Versus Modern Architecture

Prince Charles resumes his long-standing argument with architects and planners.

February 26, 2005 - The Guardian Unlimited

Jane Jacobs: Diabolical, Robert Moses: Superhero?

A new play in New York examines how one creates public works in a democracy.

February 25, 2005 - The New York Times

Extreme Makeover: Rusting Ramps

How to refresh streets blighted by aging steel and concrete parking garages?

February 25, 2005 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Prince Charles Blasts UK Planners

Prince Charles launches an attack on the 'cavalier attitude' of Britain's architects and planners.

February 24, 2005 - BBC News

University and City Butt Heads On Density

Tallahassee, FL, envisions a denser, more walkable future near Florida State University than the university's administration.

February 24, 2005 - Tallahassee Democrat

Designing For The Homeless

Sam Davis was awarded in 2002 a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his new book, Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works.

February 23, 2005 - Archinect

University Builds For The 'Millenial Generation'

Xavier University creates a building plan to address the needs and desires of college students born after 1982.

February 23, 2005 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

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