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December 2005
12/27/05  AIA Board of Directors Sets Ambitious Agenda for Sustainability
12/23/05  Mississippi Renewal Report
12/22/05  Donald J. Canty, Former Editor of Architecture Magazine, Dies
12/22/05  Spending Plan Holds Promises for Levees
12/21/05  Relaxed Casino Siting Rules Prime Gulf Building Boom
12/20/05  Architect James Ingo Freed Dies
12/19/05  $3 Billion Proposed for New Orleans Levee Work, But No Safety Guarantee
12/19/05  Architects Create Animal Shelters in Pakistan's Earthquake Zone
12/16/05 
 After Criticism, New Scheme Unveiled for Flight 93 Memorial
12/16/05  Viñoly Sued Over Kimmel Center's Alleged Design Flaws
12/16/05  AIA Hands Out More Major Awards
12/16/05  Japanese Architect Admits to Falsifying Earthquake Resistance Documents
12/15/05  AIA Names First Female CEO
12/15/05  Bethlehem Group Hopes to Build Arts Center Within City's Old Steel Mills
12/15/05  Fund Established to Help Save Gehry's Ohr-O'Keefe Museum in Mississippi
12/12/05  Neutra's Kraigher House to Be Saved
12/08/05  AIA Names 2006 Gold Medal and Firm Award Winners
12/07/05  U.S. and European Architects Sign Mutual Recognition Agreement on Professional Qualifications
12/07/05  Louisiana Passes New Statewide Building Code; Critics Say It May Burden Home Repairs
12/05/05  Coop Himmelb(l)au Designing Film Center in South Korea
12/05/05  Developer "Coco" Brown Dies
12/05/05 
 Power Struggle Heats Up While Development Moves Slowly at Ground Zero
 
November 2005
11/30/05  Mississippi Charette Report is Complete
11/28/05  Philadelphia Growing Up with a Slew of High-Rise Projects
11/22/05  Libeskind Moving Forward with Project in Tsunami-Stricken Sri Lanka
11/22/05  A Look Back: Planner Ed Bacon
11/22/05 
 Preserving New Orleans: An Interview with Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
11/22/05  AECOM to Buy Planner EDAW
11/18/05  Superdome Restoration Design Contract Awarded
11/18/05  Gulf Coast States Consider Code and Zoning Change
11/16/05  Experts Focus on How to Rebuild Low Income Housing in the Gulf Region
11/16/05  New Orleans Rebuilding Leadership Beginning to Take Shape
11/15/05  Greenbuild Focuses on Process Improvements and Business Case for Sustainability
11/14/05  AIA Co-hosts Louisiana Recovery & Rebuilding Conference
11/14/05  Taniguchi Wins Praemium Imperiale Prize
11/09/05  Prince Charles Wins National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize
11/08/05  Robert Timme, USC Architecture Dean, Dies
11/08/05  Reed Kroloff Appointed to New Orleans’ Rebuilding Commission
11/08/05  Canadian Architect Resigns from Architectural Institute over Continuing Education Policy
11/07/05  GSA Names New Public Buildings Service Chief
11/03/05  Rafael Viñoly Offering Training Course for Students and Young Architects
11/01/05 
 Cooper-Hewitt Gives Out Annual Design Awards
 
October 2005

10/26/05  Gehry Working on Contemporary Art Museum in Paris
10/26/05  Busy in the Heartland, David Chipperfield Designing St. Louis Art Museum Expansion
10/24/05  Hurricane Katrina and Rita Damage Figures Become Clearer; Experts Debate What Can Be Saved
10/24/05  Architecture Community Fights For Role In Rebuilding After Hurricanes
10/18/05  Mississippi Charrette Discusses How to Rebuild
10/17/05  New Retail and Office Development to be Built by Nouvel in London
10/17/05  Scottish Parliament Awarded RIBA Stirling Prize
10/14/05  Fashion and Design Rejuvenate Historic Paris Dock Structure
10/14/05  Philip Johnson's Final Project Under Construction
10/12/05  Largest Privately Financed Construction Project to Rise in Las Vegas
10/12/05  Ground Broken for Normandy Interpretive Center
10/11/05  Toyo Ito Awarded the RIBA Gold Medal
10/11/05  Prefab House by Prouvé Installed at Hammer Museum
10/06/05  Guggenheim Names New Director; Krens to Develop More Museums
10/06/05  Chipperfield to Design a Theater in Spain
10/06/05  Restored Petit and Grand Palais Reopen
10/05/05  Rebuilding the Mississippi Gulf: Architects Respond
10/05/05  Louvre Annex to Open in Lens, France
10/04/05  Steven Holl Building Opens at Pratt Institute
10/03/05  Rogers Selected for Jacob Javits Convention Center Expansion

 
September 2005
09/30/05  Gehry's Work Coming to Baby-blue Boxes
09/29/05  International Freedom Center Out at Ground Zero
09/26/05  Watergate Hotel to Become Condos
09/23/05  Louisiana Senators Propose $250-Billion Katrina Reconstruction Package, Other Lawmakers Seek Offsetting Cut
09/19/05  Its Population Doubled, Baton Rouge Forced to Adjust
09/15/05  FEMA Providing Temporary Housing to Thousands of Hurricane Victims
09/15/05  Design Unveiled for Shanksville, PA's Flight 93 Memorial
09/14/05  Bush Suspends Davis-Bacon Rules for Rebuilding
09/14/05  Tulane Architecture Students Scatter, Enroll as Visiting Students
09/13/05  Citizens Group Lobbying to Expand Washington, D.C. Mall
09/13/05  Washington Begins Drafting Legislation to Help Save Historic Properties in Hurricane Zone
09/13/05  New Orleans Architecture Firms Set Up Shop... Elsewhere
09/12/05  Architects Weigh In On Rebuilding
09/12/05  Strategy for Seven World Trade Center Exceeds Expectations
09/09/05  Debating Flood Control Raises Urban Rebuilding Questions
09/07/05  Coastal Alabama also Suffers Katrina's Wrath
09/03/05  New Orleans Airport Faces at Least $40 Million in Damages; Runways Were Rebuilt Just in Time, Says Official
09/01/05  Katrina Has Devastating Impact on Architecture
 
August 2005
08/30/05  Corps Scrambling to Plug New Orleans Floodwall Breaches
08/29/05  Louisiana Officials Fear Major Oil and Gas Corridor May Be Under Water
08/29/05  Thorne Named Executive Director of Pritzker Prize
08/26/05  Energy, Transportation Bills Will Impact Architects
08/24/05  Restoration Set To Begin On Wright's Ennis-Brown House
08/22/05  Next Year's Venice Architecture Biennale Will Focus on City Planning
08/18/05  OMA to Design New Tower in Louisville
08/16/05  Architect's Lawsuit over Freedom Tower Moves Forward
08/16/05  Freedom Center, Drawing Center in Jeopardy at Ground Zero
08/12/05  "Floating Island" to Round Manhattan Next Month
08/12/05  Goldman Sachs to Build Headquarters at Ground Zero After All
08/11/05  Herzog & de Meuron to Build Museum in Long Island
08/10/05  Steven Holl Designing Casino in Belgium
08/10/05  U.S. Green Building Council to Receive National Building Museum's Turner Prize
08/09/05  Viñoly's Kennedy Center Plaza in D.C. on Hold
08/08/05  Louvre to Open Islamic Art Wing
08/04/05  2005 AIA Compensation Report Says Architects Pay Outpaces the Economy
08/04/05  The Gutter Dishes "Ill-mannered" Dirt
08/03/05  L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel To Be Demolished, Replaced by School
08/03/05  Firm Billings Down in June, Reports AIA
08/01/05  Hadid Chosen to Design Main Pavilion for 2008 International Expo in Spain
 
July 2005
07/28/05  Calatrava Unveils New Safety Features for World Trade Center Transit Hub
07/27/05  Calatrava Designing Massive Tower in Chicago
07/25/05  Architect Richard Solomon Dies
07/20/05  London Moving Forward with Olympic Plans
07/20/05  NEA Launches Initiative to Support Governors' Leadership in Design
07/20/05  Contest Seeks World Trade Center Designs Based on Twin Towers
07/19/05  Plans Unveiled for New York’s Moynihan Train Station
07/15/05  Revised Atlantic Yards Plan Offers a Dramatic Vision for Brooklyn
07/13/05  Bellevue Arts Museum Reopens
07/11/05  SOM's Marilyn Jordan Taylor Appointed Urban Land Institute Chairman
07/07/05  London Blasts Sharpen Concerns over Olympic Security
07/07/05  London Wins Olympic Games by a Nose
07/07/05  2006 World Monuments Fund Watch List Announced
07/07/05  SCI-Arc Loses Battle over the Right to Buy Its Building
07/06/05  Washington State to Mandate Silver LEED Rating for Public Buildings
07/05/05  Gehry’s American Center in Paris Gets New Lease on Life
 
June 2005
06/29/05  Redesigned Freedom Tower Will Be Sleeker, Safer
06/28/05  Peter Walker Accepts Second Ground Zero Commission
06/28/05  Supreme Court Allows Cities to Seize Homes for Development
06/28/05  Yablon Wins Competition to Design Visitors Center on Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston
06/24/05  Responses Begin to Federal World Trade Center Report Recommendations
06/23/05  New Venetian Resort Being Built in Macau
06/23/05  Russia's Melnikov House to Become Museum
06/21/05  High Line Receives Federal Authorization
06/16/05  New York Yankees Building New Stadium
06/15/05  Wal-Mart Heirs Sponsoring “Crystal Bridges” Art Museum in Arkansas
06/14/05  National Trust Releases List of 11 Most Endangered Places
06/14/05  New York Olympic Bid Still Alive with Stadium Plan in Queens
06/10/05  Norten Wins Competition to Design Guadalajara Guggenheim
06/09/05  Masterplanner Chosen to Help Revive Los Angeles River
06/08/05  Manhattan Stadium Fails to Gain Approval
06/03/05  Designers Selected for Coney Island’s New Parachute Pavilion
06/02/05  Chicago Art Institute Unveils Revised Plans for Its Addition
06/02/05  Corcoran Gallery Shelves Gehry-Designed Wing
 
May 2005
05/27/05  $800 Million to go to Lower Manhattan Improvements
05/27/05  AIA Convention Draws Record Numbers
05/26/05  Ando’s Museum Project in Paris is Scrapped
05/25/05  Modified Whitney Expansion Plan Wins Approval
05/24/05  Design for Snøhetta's World Trade Center Cultural Center Unveiled
05/24/05  Morphosis' Alaska Capitol Project Put on Hold
05/24/05  SOM's Oakland Cathedral Finally Breaks Ground
05/18/05  New Zoning could Bring Large (and Affordable) Towers to Brooklyn Waterfront
05/17/05  Dia Art Foundation Planning New Manhattan Gallery
05/13/05  MVRDV Wins First-Ever Marcus Prize
05/11/05  Critics Say National Trust Helped Doom Renowned St. Louis Building
05/10/05  Winner Chosen for National AIDS Memorial Grove Landscape Competition
05/09/05  Canada Welcomes Two Major Museum Projects
05/06/05  Is Renzo Piano America's Default Architect?
05/06/05  Cartoon Contest Makes Fun of New Walker Art Museum Addition
05/06/05  Four Architects Leave Chong Partners to Start Firm
05/05/05  New York Governor Supports Freedom Tower Redesign
05/05/05  L.A. Firm Wins Lawsuit over Copied Home
05/05/05  New Commissions Announced
05/03/05  President of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Steps Down
05/02/05  San Francisco Group Staging Prison Design Boycott
 
April 2005
04/28/05  Chicago Architect Wins Auction to Shatter Glass at Mies's Crown Hall
04/26/05  Security Concerns Could Force Freedom Tower Design Changes
04/26/05  AIA Honors Top Green Projects
04/22/05  New York's High Line Reveals First Look at Its New Plans
04/22/05  AIA Establishes Scholarship Fund to Help Cover Cost of Registration Exam
04/20/05  Morphosis Dropped from Grand Avenue Project in Los Angeles
04/20/05  Studio 44, with OMA Consulting, Unveils Initial Plans for Hermitage Expansion in St. Petersburg
04/14/05  Grimshaw Chosen to Design Queens Museum
04/13/05  OMA's Dutch Embassy in Berlin Wins EU's Mies van der Rohe Award
04/11/05  San Francisco Competition Seeks to Energize New Housing Opportunities
04/08/05  Goldman Sachs Halts Construction on Lower Manhattan Tower
04/08/05  Coldness Between Koolhaas and Foster Could Impede Progress at Dallas Performing Arts Project
04/08/05  Pritzker Prize Winner Kenzo Tange Dies
04/07/05  Proposed AIA Resolution Would Address Falling Numbers of Licensed Architects
04/07/05  New Program Encourages Pro Bono Work in Architecture
04/01/05  Another Architect Leaves Ellerbe Becket
04/01/05  California Rescinds Selection of NFPA 5000 Building Code
04/01/05  HOK Sport to Design Washington, D.C. Baseball Stadium
 
March 2005
03/29/05  British Study Shows Architects to be Among Least Happy Professionals
03/28/05  Wright's Ennis-Brown House Damaged by California Mudslides
03/28/05  Libeskind Building Unusual Condominiums in Covington, Kentucky
03/28/05  Polshek Designing New WGBH Headquarters near Boston
03/22/05  Ellerbe Sues after Five Principals Jump to Rival HOK
03/21/05  Thom Mayne Wins Pritzker Prize
03/17/05  Two Lapidus Buildings Under Threat in New York
03/16/05  Italian Government Cancels Isozaki's Uffizi Addition
03/16/05  Preservation of 2 Columbus Circle Faces Further Setbacks
03/16/05  Boston Announces Competition for Harbor Park Pavilion above Big Dig Project
03/14/05  Viñoly Designing Cleveland Art Museum Expansion
03/09/05
  Morphosis Selected to Design Alaska State Capitol
03/09/05  Debate Arises over New Bay Bridge Extension
03/08/05  Yung Ho Chang Appointed Chair of MIT Architecture School
03/07/05  Foster Designing New Globe Theater on New York’s Governor’s Island
03/04/05  Historic Taliesin Photos Auctioned on eBay
03/03/05  Fire Guts One of Spain's Tallest Buildings
03/03/05  Teams Vie to Design New Midtown Train Station in New York
03/01/05  Confusion Erupts over Design of Trump's Chicago Tower
03/01/05  Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Exploring Expansion
03/01/05  Local Architects Question Foster’s Hong Kong Project
 
February 2005

02/22/05  Investigation into Charles de Gaulle Terminal Collapse Is Highly Critical
02/22/05  Work Underway on Russia's Federation Tower, Tallest in Europe
02/22/05  Steve Jobs Gets Go-Ahead to Destroy Jackling Estate
02/17/05  Proposed "Portman-Jefferson" Bill Would Buoy Historic Preservation
02/16/05  New Haven Votes to Demolish Roche's Veterans' Memorial Coliseum
02/14/05  Whitney's Expansion Plan Concerns Preservationists
02/14/05  Revision Unveiled for Libeskind's San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum
02/08/05  Preservationists Worry About Plaza Hotel Interiors
02/04/05  Gehry and Hardy Unveil New Brooklyn Theater
02/03/05  Jets Unveil Significant Stadium Redesign
02/02/05  Queens Museum Drops Moss
02/01/05  Hadid Design Chosen for London Olympic Aquatic Center

 
January 2005
01/31/05  Sri Lanka's New "100 Meter Rule" Causing Concern Among Locals
01/27/05  Philip Johnson Dies
01/27/05  Preservation Groups Protest Aspects of Lincoln Center's Renovation Plans
01/26/05  Architect Ehrman B. Mitchell Dies
01/24/05  AIA Hands Out More Major Awards
01/24/05  Guggenheim Chairman Resigns
01/24/05  Cambridge's Architecture Department Saved
01/21/05
  Behnisch, Behnisch Designing Ambitious Park in Las Vegas
01/18/05  Architect Hays Town Dies
01/13/05  Hadid Chosen to Design UK Architecture Foundation's New London Home
01/13/05  Stern’s Philadelphia Skyscraper Finally Moves Forward
01/12/05  Safdie Designing Third Project in Kansas City
01/12/05  New Yale Architecture Fellowship Features Clients as Teachers
01/11/05  New York's Javits Center Expansion Gets Green Light
01/11/05  GM's Renaissance Center Opens in Detroit
01/10/05  2005 AIA Honor Awards Announced
01/10/05  Young Architects Designing Memorial to Victims of Madrid Bombings
01/07/05  OMA Designing "Colossal" Redevelopment of Rome's General Market Area
01/07/05  Tsunami Rebuilding Effort Includes Many Organizations
01/07/05  Heritage Groups Inventory Tsunami Damage to Cultural Sites
01/07/05  British Architect Richard Feilden Dies in Sudden Accident
01/04/05  Feiner to Retire as General Services Administration's Chief Architect
01/03/05
  Harvard and City of Boston Cautiously Moving Forward with Major University Expansion Plans
01/03/05  At 97, Oscar Niemeyer Completes Concert Hall in Sao Paolo, Brazil
 
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