New York

Have the two finalists for the WTC design proven that 'cutting edge' can be uncoupled from 'challening'?

February 7, 2003 - Wall St. Journal

Office, retail would go lower in new soaring WTC designs.

February 6, 2003 - The Boston Globe

ArchNewsNow has been compiling news and reviews of the nine WTC proposals since their unveiling on December 18.

February 5, 2003 - ArchNewsNow.com

What makes the leading two design for the World Trade Center site competition popular?

February 5, 2003 - Newsweek

Two designs are reportedly finalists in the challenge to rebuild the former site of the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, New York.

February 5, 2003 - BBC News

Larry Silverstein rejects the eight proposed designs, saying the plans as presented do not meet the site's requirements. (Includes a copy of the rejection letter.)

February 4, 2003 - Newsday

One of the first skyscrapers to be designed after 9-11, the 7 World Trade Center building uses new safety measures.

January 30, 2003 - The New York Times

A new film from director Richard Linklater offers a daring vision for the World Trade Center memorial: A 16-acre park full of free-roaming bison.

January 30, 2003 - Salon

New York Post real estate columnist Steve Cuozzo offers a scathing and gutsy indictment of the the 'Libeskind Express' proposal for the World Trade Center.

January 29, 2003 - New York Post

In New York City, over 100,000 units of affordable housing developed in the 60's and 70's now get the chance to experiment with privatization.

January 28, 2003 - The New York Times

Are the proposals for the World Trade Center really preview of master plans for our 21st-century cities?

January 28, 2003 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Segway Human Transporter attracts attention on the streets of New York. Some find it irresistible but others question whether it belongs on the sidewalks.

January 25, 2003 - The New York Times

A building design by Antoni Gaudi, conceived in 1908, is to be entered in the WTC site competition.

January 21, 2003 - The New York Times

The New York Post reports that talks to transfer the WTC site to the city are underway.

January 21, 2003 - New York Post

Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.

January 20, 2003 - Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy

Is the Hummer H2, a civilian version of a military off-road vehicle, the perfect automobile for city driving?

January 19, 2003 - The New York Times

Centuries after the Dutch created New York's Battery, a Dutchman is asked to give Battery Park a needed makeover.

January 18, 2003 - The New York Times

Three of the seven designs submitted for the future of Ground Zero are leading in popularity.

January 17, 2003 - The New York Times

Architect Peter Eisenman responded to Frank Gehry's remark about the 'demeaning' pay given to design teams to develop proposals for Ground Zero.

January 15, 2003 - The New York Times

The biggest development of modernist houses in decades is springing up, sleek and angular, in Southampton Town.

January 15, 2003 - Newsday