Architecture

This week's Smart City radio show addresses the issue of livability in cities.

January 12, 2003 - Smart City

Critics say Quebec Square, a shopping center in northeast Denver planned for the New Urbanist redevelopment of the city's former airport is a "paean to the automobile."

January 10, 2003 - The Rocky Mountain News

Celebrity architect Rem Koolhaas' unusual design for a skyscraper in Beijing -- his largest project to date -- uses an innovative structural system.

January 9, 2003 - Newsweek

If urban areas are to improve, the public must become a more savvy consumer of good architecture.

January 9, 2003 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co will develop the plan for a $500 million community for St. Charles County, Missouri.

January 9, 2003 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dan Burden is on mission to make America's cities walkable -- and livable.

January 9, 2003 - The Kansas City Star

The surge of theater-building around the world may slowing down.

January 7, 2003 - The Economist

Architecture critic Robert W. Duffy does not like the proposed 'retro' design for a new stadium in St. Louis.

January 7, 2003 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Assessments of the seven new Ground Zero proposals.

January 7, 2003 - MetropolisMag.com

As director of the D.C. Office of Planning, city planner Andrew Altman is very influential in reshaping the area.

January 7, 2003 - The Washington Post

Renowned architect Frank Gehry has managed to stay out of the debate over the future of Ground Zero. Why?

January 7, 2003 - The New York Times

From Los Angeles To Portland to New York, major cities are rethinking the way schools are designed. This article profiles the Portland architecture firm of Dull Olson Weekes.

January 6, 2003 - The Oregonian

Across the U.S. competing interests are battling over sidewalks.

January 6, 2003 - The New York Times

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals forcefully respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6, 2003 - Planetizen

The newest proposals for Ground Zero understand nothing about New York.

January 3, 2003 - City Journal

Deciding the future of Ground Zero is not just a "feel-good exercise."

January 2, 2003 - The New York Times

Architects criticize the intense publicity and "spectacle" surrounding the design proposals for Ground Zero.

January 2, 2003 - The New York Times

Mark C. Taylor selects the best designs from the seven proposals for Ground Zero.

December 31, 2002 - The New York Times

The Village Voice asks if the new WTC design could become a new world cultural center.

December 31, 2002 - The Village Voice

For anyone who dislikes the WTC reconstruction, you can submit your proposal to CNN. The choices are dizzying, with more arriving each day.

December 31, 2002 - CNN