Architecture

WTC Proposals Flood In To CNN

CNN has received over 900 designs for the WTC site from its viewers.

August 17, 2002 - CNN

The Earthship Has Landed

The U.K. is the first country in Europe to grant full planning approval for Earthship dwellings.

August 17, 2002 - Wired

Friday Funny: Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion

The stunning design for an all-foyer mansion attracts national attention, but the work of stoner architects is tragically underfunded.

August 16, 2002 - The Onion

Reservoir Could Become Valuable Green Space

A decommissioned could provide a valuable for dense neighborhood.

August 16, 2002 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Submit Your WTC Design

It's official: Ground Zero design study underway, and architects and planners around the world are (finally) invited.

August 16, 2002 - ArchNewsNow.com

Talent Search For New WTC Designs

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. plans to hire up to five new firms to offer a diversity of new designs for the WTC site.

August 15, 2002 - New York Post

Architecture And Politics

Architecture is inseparable from politics.

August 15, 2002 - The New York Times

Requiring Architects To Design Apartment Buildings

Faced with a proliferation of appalling apartment buildings, New South Wales mandates that architects design the buildings.

August 13, 2002 - INTBAU

NY Times Magazine To Offer WTC Designs

Herbert Muschamp, the New York Times architecture critic, is expected to lay out several alternative WTC design options on Sept. 8.

August 13, 2002 - New York Post

The Value Of Good Design

Good design creates value – in products, buildings, even cities. Smart City Radio investigates.

August 11, 2002 - Smart City

Boston's City Hall Plaza: Another Plan

Boston's City Hall Plaza -- which looks a big like a Wal-Mart parking lot -- has been the subject of numerous plans. Could this one be for real?

August 9, 2002 - The Boston Globe

BedZed: London's 'Radical Housing Experiment'

The BedZed housing development, the first of its kind in the world, promises a new way of life.

August 7, 2002 - The Guardian Unlimited

NYC To Change Codes For Skyscrapers

New York City's sweeping plan to change building codes for high-rises is an indication of how the Sept 11th attacks could transform the nation's skyscrapers.

August 6, 2002 - The New York Times

Lesson From WTC Rebuidling: Architecture Matters!

Although development in the U.S. typically treats architecture as an afterthought, writes John King, the WTC is proving that architecture matters.

August 6, 2002 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Philadelphia Needs More Shade Trees

To cool off Philadelphia, more shade trees are needed.

August 4, 2002 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Changing Shape Of Churches

Newer churches in Canadan are larger and less ornate and adopt a "participatory method" of church design.

August 2, 2002 - The National Post

WTC: Looking For More Architects And Planners

The process for designing the World Trade Center redevelopment will broaden to include smaller design firms and foreign teams

August 1, 2002 - The New York Times

Committing Urban Principles To Stone

Do today's city dwellers have the confidence to carve their highest principles in stone?

July 30, 2002 - The Philadelphia Daily News

Anti-terror Urban Design

Architects and planners are figuring out how to design terror-reistant structures without creating a fortress mentality.

July 30, 2002 - The Boston Globe

WTC Re-design Needs Bold Strokes, Not Banality

Paul Goldberger questions the rationales behind the proposed WTC re-designs unveiled last week.

July 30, 2002 - The New Yorker

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

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Planning for Universal Design

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