(*****) The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (-- The List of the Fannie Mae Foundation, the publisher of "Housing Facts & Findings," winter 1999 issue "The Fannie Mae Foundation had asked 149 urban scholars to select the top 10 influences on cities during the past 50 years and to to predict the 10 most likely influences of the next 50 years.") "top 10 influences on cities during the past 50 years" : The 1956 Interstate Highway Act and the dominance of the automobile. Federal Housing Administration mortgage financing and subdivision regulation. De-industrialization of central cities. Urban renewal--downtown redevelopment and public housing projects (1949 Housing Act). Levittown (the mass-produced suburban tract house). Racial segregation and job discrimination in cities and suburbs. Enclosed shopping malls. Sun Belt-style sprawl. Air conditioning. Urban riots of the 1960s. "Notably absent from the list of influences are urban design theories construction technology mass transit cheap gasoline tax policies cultural amenities urban public education, or quality of municipal government leadership." "10 most likely influences of the next 50 years" Growing disparities of wealth. Suburban political majority. Aging of the baby boomers. Perpetual 'underclass' in central cities and inner-ring suburbs. 'Smart growth,' or environmental and planning initiatives to limit sprawl. The Internet. Deterioration of the 'first-ring' post-1945 suburbs. Shrinking household size. Expanded superhighway system of 'outer beltways' to serve new edge cities. Racial integration as part of the increasing diversity in cities and suburbs. (*****) m o r e The Architectural Review -- "Emerging Architecture Award" The Sunday Times -- "The Cool 100" The New York Times : -- "1999 The Year in Review" Washington Post : -- "Turning Points Of A Century" Times Magazine : -- "The Best (And Worst) of 1999" "Royal Institute of British Architects -- Stirling Prize 1999" The Los Angeles Times -- "Outlook for '99" The New York Times -- "Year In Review (Herbert's List)" The Los Angeles Times -- "Year In Review (Nicolai's List)" "Montreal's 17th Annual Orange and Lemon Prizes" "Significant Properties '98" "Critic's Choice -- The New Season / Architecture" "(Millennium) Five Most Significant Buildings" -- etc etc

 

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[the most sought after office, Sydney] Aurora Place, on the site of the former State Government Office block at 88 Phillips Street -- Renzo Piano "The top floor, leased recently by financial services group Challenger International at an estimated $1,100 a square metre net, ranks it as the most expensive office space in the country. But as anyone that has put on a hard hat and taken a ride to the top of the site will tell you, the view is breathtaking." Chifley Tower -- Kohn Pedersen Fox   top floors tenant: Allen, Allen and Hemsley; at mid-$400sq m Gateway or Axa Australia Building 1989   top floors tenant: Japanese trader Mitsui & Co, at $750-$800sq m net. Governor Phillip Tower -- Denton Corker Marshall "Following close on its heels is the top of Governor Phillip Tower, occupied by Boston Consulting Group, which is reputed to be paying about $683 a square metre, net." Governor Macquarie Tower   top floors tenant: Lawyers Malleson Stephen Jacques MLC Centre 1978 -- Harry Seidler   the main tenant: Servcorp, the serviced office group, at $450sq m gross. the new Citibank Centre which straddles Park, George and Pitt Streets   the main tenants: Citibank and its broking arm Salomon Smith Barney; top floors tenant at $500sq m net Other properties that have attracted the headlines in the past year include the new 400 George Street building   the main tenant: Telstra; $300sq m gross 363 George Street Tower   the main tenants: Aussie Home Loans and Arthur Andersen

 

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Downsview National Park, Toronto, Canada -- "21st century standard for excellence in landscape and architectural design, recreational planning and horticulture" Gordon/David's List CLC Downsview Inc (Gordon Farquharson/David Sadowski)'s invitees Brown & Storey, Toronto, Canada Roche, DSV & SieP, Paris, France Rodolphe el-Khoury, Toronto, Canada Yolles, Toronto, Canada iTrans, Richmond Hill, Canada Urban Forest Associates, Toronto, Canada Sieker, Berlin, Germany Nasser, Brookline, USA John Mighton, Toronto, Canada James Corner, Field Operations, Philadelphia, USA Stan Allen, New York, USA Tomato, London, United Kingdom Delta Group, Philadelphia, USA Buro Happold, New York, USA Tom Siccama, New Haven, USA Cahill, West Chester, USA Chris Graham, RBG, Burlington, Canada Marc Mayer, Toronto, Canada L'Observatore, New York, USA/Paris, France Ted Relph, Toronto, Canada HLW Strategies, New York, USA Rem Koolhaas, Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands Bruce Mau Design, Toronto, Canada Inside/Outside, Amsterdam, Netherlands Oleson Worland, Toronto, Canada Ove Arup, New York, USA/London, UK Moonstone Landscape, Coldwater, Canada Noel Harding, Toronto, Canada Bernard Tschumi, New York, USA Sterling Finlayson, Toronto, Canada Gunta Mackars, Toronto, Canada Dereck Revington, Toronto, Canada Ove Arup, New York, USA/London, UK Read Voorhees, Toronto, Canada Stephan Murphy, Waterloo, Canada W. Andrew Kenney, Toronto, Canada Dan Euser, Toronto, Canada Eric Haldenby, Waterloo, Canada Helyar, Toronto, Canada Pricewaterhousecooper, Toronto, Canada Adams & Associates, Toronto, Canada Foreign Office Architects, Tokyo, Japan KPMB, Toronto, Canada Peter Walker, Berkeley, USA MBTW, Toronto, Canada Dillon, Toronto, Canada Cochrane Brook, Toronto, Canada Allen Kani, Toronto, Canada Kirk Biggar, Toronto, Canada Atom Egoyan, Toronto, Canada Marjory Jacobson, Toronto, Canada Helyar, Toronto, Canada Gerry Shikatani, Toronto, Canada more   s h o r t l i s t s

 

***	"The Truman Show" : Seaside, Miami -- Andre Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

 

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British Airways London Eye, the Ferris Millennium Wheel on the Thames, London -- David Marks, Julia Barfield   450-foot; "twice as tall as the original Ferris wheel, in Chicago"   "said to be the world's largest Ferris wheel"   $40 million   32 passenger compartments, each hold 25 passengers   1,600-ton

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