News
39 Denmark’s Jorn Utzon wins 2003 Pritzker Prize
40 WTC memorial competition
42 Mather’s first U.S. project
54 AIA’s Top Ten Green Projects

Departments

21 Editorial: A private army*
27 Letters*
63 Dates & Events*
87 Correspondent’s File: San Diego by Ann Jarmusch
93 Archrecord2: For the emerging architect by Kevin Lerner*
99 Practice Matters: Starting a new firm by Peter Piven, FAIA
105 Critique: Where are the visionaries? by Michael Sorkin
111 Books: Architect retrospectives and places of leisure
117 Exhibitions: A potpourri of spring shows
123 Snapshot: A steel and glass plaything by Diana Lind
Profile: Erik Larson by Suzanne Stephens*

Features

131 AIA Awards Introduction by Jane F. Kolleeny*
132 Architecture Awards*
The AIA honors projects from New York City to Oklahoma City.
152 Interiors Awards*
This year’s awards embrace interiors from residential to religious.
164 Urban Design Awards*
Four design strategies win over the judges.
168 25 Year Award*
A Cambridge classic joins the pantheon of winners.
172 Firm of the Year Award by Sheri Olson, AIA*
The Miller/Hull Partnership’s spirit of openness propels this Seattle firm to excellence.
186 Two synagogues gain new life by Mildred F. Schmertz, FAIA*
The restoration of two synagogues in Poland preserves their histories while serving new congregants.
194 The Panama Canal by Charles Linn, FAIA*
The canal remains a symbol of American political perseverance and technology. A photo essay by Elliott Kaufman.

Projects

204 Simmons Hall, Massachusetts by Sarah Amelar*
Steven Holl Architects
A new dorm with a gridded exoskeleton experiments with ideas of porosity in MIT’s scientific environment.
216 The Oxbow School, California by Clifford A. Pearson*
Stanley Saitowitz Office/Natoma Architects
Art and design take center stage at a small riverfront school community in Napa, California.
222 Telenor Headquarters, Norway by Peter MacKeith*
Joint venture, NBBJ-HUS-PKA
A joint venture among a trio of architecture firms produces a headquarters building that captures precious Nordic sunlight.
232 TRIAD, Japan by Naomi Pollock*
Fumihiko Maki + Maki Associates
A complex of discrete buildings in Nagano coheres through form, material, and site design.