News from Santa Fe New Mexican - 01/04/2009
Fearless Traveler: Plan ahead for buying euros
Question: I vacation in Europe frequently and lately have been appalled at the high cost of buying euros. Even the credit card companies are taking an extra cut. Do you have any tips on the best rates or methods for buying euros?
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News from Knoxville News Sentinel - 01/04/2009
Phaidon Atlas explores world architecture
This large-format atlas spotlights 1,037 notable buildings completed worldwide by superstar architects and regional talents since January 2000. Innovative projects in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania are shown in 4,600 color photos, 2,100 line drawings and concise textual summaries.
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News from Calgary Sun - 01/02/2009
Span plan blasted
Aldermanic outrage has been sparked by farming out a $3.3-million architectural contract to a Spanish firm without competition to erect a controversial $25-million pedestrian bridge.
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News from Dallas Morning News - 12/31/2008
Jail standing in way of Trinity entertainment plans
AUSTIN – A high-profile California developer has big plans for the east bank of the Trinity River, a waterfront project that could include a bowling alley, a movie theater – even a sky-scraping Ferris wheel. One thing stands in his way: the 2,200-inmate Dawson State Jail.
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News from Dallas Morning News - 12/31/2008
Jail standing in way of Trinity River entertainment plans
AUSTIN – A high-profile California developer has big plans for the east bank of the Trinity River, a waterfront project that could include a bowling alley, a movie theater – even a sky-scraping Ferris wheel. One thing stands in his way: the 2,200-inmate Dawson State Jail.
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News from International Herald Tribune - 12/29/2008
Book review: 'On Architecture'
The book, by Ada Louise Huxtable, former architecture critic for The New York Times from 1963 to 1982, spans her career.
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News from The Globe and Mail - 12/29/2008
Architecture: The year threw us great curves
From Beijing's Olympic stadium to Gehry's AGO, 2008 saw some remarkable masterworks
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News from The Virginia Gazette - 12/28/2008
January 4, 2009
When the bodies have been collected, the streets dredged and the sewers patched, New Orleans will be rebuilt. We can only hope - naively, perhaps - that the task will be carried out by officials smarter and better-informed than the bunglers who left Louisiana vulnerable and aggravated nature's violence with neglect.
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News from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 12/28/2008
Best 21st-century buildings fill 800-page book
This large-format atlas spotlights 1,037 notable buildings completed worldwide by superstar architects and regional talents since January 2000.
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News from Chicagoist - 12/26/2008
More Problems For the Spire
Photo by spudart No, we're not a broken record : the Chicago Spire project has once again run into problems. Despite being able to sell the two-story penthouse , money woes have impacted the Spire such that earlier this fall construction on the building was halted . Now comes word that the world's economic crisis may have an even bigger impact than previously thought. The new ...
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News from Chicago Sun-Times - 12/26/2008
Spire mired in Irish bank crisis
A financial scandal in Ireland is posing new trouble for the developer of the Chicago Spire, the proposed 150-story tower on the lakefront. Anglo Irish Bank Corp., the developer's main lender, faces nationalization by the Irish government to avoid collapse.
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