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GOOD DESIGN, GOOD BUSINESS The 19-story Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright has recently been restored to productive use. A childbirth clinic in Japan is leading an effort to change public attitudes toward women's health. And a new building for the venerable Natural History Museum in London provides much needed climate-controlled labs for delicate specimens.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC AIA DESIGN AWARDS The South Atlantic Region (SAR) of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced in September 2003 the winners of its annual design awards program. Despite the record 231 entries received, four of the five architecture awards went to a single firm, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects of Atlanta, Georgia.
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ARCHITECTURAL PERFORMANCES? A recent symposium entitled "Performative Architecture: Instrumentality Plus?" at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia was, understandably, focused on defining "performative." An international collection of architects, engineers, designers, and academics grappled with the question, each (seemingly like the blind men of ancient lore) sizing up the "elephant" by grasping a different part.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Liberty, a Lady in Waiting, Gets Money for Reopening — New York Times, 2003.1126
At Ground Zero, a Stream of Commuters and Tears — New York Times, 2003.1125
Metal Falls Off Taiwan Skyscraper, 2 Hurt — Yahoo News, 2003.1121
2003 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture Recognize “Idea Realized” — AIArchitect, 2003.1121
Eight Designs for 9/11 Memorial Are Selected as Finalists — New York Times, 2003.1119
Scenes from a Forced Marriage — New York Times, 2003.1116
Berlin Holocaust Memorial to Go Ahead with Degussa — Financial Times, 2003.1113
Habitat for Humanity International Receives APEX Award — Yahoo News, 2003.1112
Master Plan for New Trade Center Gets Down to the Finest Detail — New York Times, 2003.1108
Design Guidelines for Ground Zero Point More to Space City — New York Times, 2003.1108
Libeskind's Lousy Rules — Opinion at New York Post, 2003.1105
New Blow to Much-Delayed German Holocaust Memorial — Reuters, 2003.1105
WTC Duo Battling the Clock — New York Daily News, 2003.1101
Tennessee Projects Cited for Design Excellence — AIArchitect, 2003.1031
Lynn Beedle, Founder of Tall Buildings Council, Dies at 85 — ENR, 2003.1031
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