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Published articles about what to do with the WTC site
To Rebuild or Not: Architects Respond (free registration-required)- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/magazine/23REBUILD.html
The End Of Tall Buildings: We are convinced that the age of skyscrapers is at an end...We predict that no new megatowers will be built, and existing ones are destined to be dismantled. By James Howard Kunstler and Nikos A. Salingaros- PLANetizen
http://www.planetizen.com/oped/item.php?id=30
We cannot allow fear to dictate commercial architecture By Whitney Gould- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep01/goulcol17091601a.asp
World Trade Centre - New York - Some Engineering Aspects - The University of Sydney Department of Civil Engineering [includes ENR and other reports]- University of Sydney
http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.htm
Dome designer calls for more skyscrapers - Lord Richard Rogers- The Sunday Times (U.K.)
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/09/16/stinwenws01016.html?
Building debate: Should twin towers go up again? Some favor renewal on same site, others want symbolic memorial- Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/national/472263_nycarchitect_1.html
Seattle architect created trade center as peace symbol - Minoru Yamasaki- Seattle P-I.com
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/38737_architect13.shtml
GROUND ZERO: Demolished by design Powerful symbols of America's power now reflect its weaknesses By John King, Chronicle Urban Design Writer - San Francisco Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/13/MN216641.DTL
Trade Center architect discusses buildings - Aaron Swirsky- CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/12/wtc.architect.cnna/index.html
Engineers seek answers after mighty towers fall- Chicago Tribune
http://chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0109120215sep12.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed
Building giants ponder reconstruction - Turner Construction; Skanska AB (Bloomberg)- The Age (Australia)
http://www.theage.com.au/business/2001/09/14/FFXLYRTFJRC.html
THE ARCHITECTS: Watching a Creation From Infancy to Rubble (free registration-required)- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/business/14ARCH.html
Debate begins on rebuilding towers- CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/17/gen.wtc.rebuild/index.html
Raising up a fallen sky: The World Trade Center's towers should be rebuilt -- but they shouldn't be a carbon copy. By Blair Kamin, Tribune architecture critic - Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0109170133sep17.story?coll=chi%2Dleisure%2Dhed
New Towers Likely to Be Smaller: Despite calls to rebuild the trade center as it was, real estate experts doubt that it is possible or even necessary.- LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-091801wtc.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes
How Will The Phoenix Look? ...replication of the twin towers is not the only choice. - Hartford Courant
New Type of Concrete May Strengthen Buildings (Reuters Health)- Yahoo News
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010917/hl/concrete_1.html
Architectural links for WTC
http://www.tenlinks.com/NEWS/special/wtc/index.htm
"The designers of the [World Trade Center] towers should be proud of the way they performed in an almost hopeless situation. Both towers remained intact for almost an hour after the two airliners loaded with fuel and passengers slammed into them, much like 200,000-lb guided missiles. Time gave many people a chance to escape." Editorial, Engineering News-Record, September 17, 2001
Koonce to Bush: AIA Is Here to Help
In this letter to President Bush sent on the national day of mourning September 14, AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, expressed, on behalf of the Institute, his shock and grief at the heinous crimes committed September 11. He also pledged the full support of the AIA.
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek/tw0921/koonce_to_bush.pdf
Architects Around the World Send Condolences
The worldwide family of architects has expressed, with a flood of letters to the AIA, its deep sympathy and willingness to help.
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek/tw0921/0921tw2foreign.htm
Rebuilding It Great. --- On the new World Trade Center. ***
http://www.architecturalcadd.com/cup/2001/2001rebuildinggreat.html
Designers Look Beyond Debris: ...an impressive sampling of NY architectural talent streamed into Cooper Union share grief, locate friends and discuss how not to be left out of the rebuilding process in downtown Manhattan. (free registration-required)- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/27/garden/27COOP.html
Building Space: The September 11 terrorist acts were an attack on America -- and the American workplace. And they have changed the way office managers, architects, and CEOs think about work....Office of the Future Consortium - Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/roadshow/2001/backseat/futurework.html
New Urbanist Proposals For Rebuilding The World Trade Center- PLANetizen
http://www.planetizen.com/oped/item.php?id=31
Delivering through design: Design can help the Government to turn their policies on crime, education and health into reality. - Design Council (UK)
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/design/content/news_story.jsp?contentID=09009e0d800321c7
Architects, Planners and Residents Wonder How to Fill the Hole in the City - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/26/nyregion/26VISI.html?pagewanted=1
Tower Power: Architectural Symbolism Begs Examination- San Francisco Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/09/25/carollloyd.DTL
Opinion: Fill the Void With Beauty By Rafael Vinoly - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/arts/design/23VINO.html
WTC II Competition - A New Hope: The 6th Designers 3D CAD Challenge [Build Boston 2001] changes focus and extends deadline- Architectural CADD Cup
http://www.architecturalcadd.com/cup.htm
No Building Code, Architect or Engineer Could Have Protected Trade Center Towers By Roger K. Lewis - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7045-2001Sep21.html
Reach For the Sky: Despite Their Vulnerability, Towers Fill a Tall Order By Benjamin Forgey- Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7196-2001Sep21.html
Ideas abound on rebuilding: Trade center towers could number 4 at half the height By John King, Chronicle Urban Design Writer- San Francisco Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/23/MN44287.DTL
To Rebuild or Not: Architects Respond - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/magazine/23REBUILD.html
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