UIUC alumna Betty J. Ritter died at age 81. Miss Ritter graduated from UIUC with an architecture degree and went on to work at Skidmore Owings and Merrill and later at Perkins and Will. She had also worked as a phone operator, magazine editor, and had a pilot's license. She had served on the board of Des Plaines Library, Des Plaines, IL, since 1993. Her architecture background contributed greatly when the library underwent construction that completed in 2000.

--2/17/05 3:19am CT

London chose Zaha Hadid's design of an aquatic center for its Olympic bids. The aquatic center will store two swimming pools and a diving pool.

--2/17/05 3:10am CT

Many architectural organizations are involved with rebuilding the land affected by the tsunami in South Asia.

--1/22/05 1:14pm CT

19 newly built homes were set fire in Mason Springs, Maryland.

--1/22/05 1:11pm CT

World's tallest bridge is now in France. Millau Viaduct connects Paris and Barcelona over Tam gorge in 1.6 miles. The highest elevated road deck is at 1125 feet. The bridge was designed by Foster and Partners, and it's worth $412 million.

--1/22/05 1:11pm CT

Taipei 101, or Taipei Financial Center, is recognized by a global architectural group to be the tallest building in the world. The building reached its record-breaking height last October when a pinnacle was installed on top of the building. Taipei 101 has 101 stories. Its 508-meter, or 1,679-feet, height is 57 meters, or 184 feet, taller than the former tallest building(s) in the world, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

--10/8/04 5:21pm CT

Look at how the architects' businesses are doing to forecast how the economy will be doing.

--10/8/04 5:20pm CT

Learn about decorative concrete and translucent concrete.

--10/8/04 4:57pm CT

Sarah Susanka spoke to UIUC students on architecture and design ideas.

--10/8/04 4:51pm CT

Maya Lin completed her second building--a chapel--in August.

--10/8/04 4:47pm CT

Recently built building on campus, Siebel Center, was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ) which also designed Pixar Animation studio and Bill Gates's residence.

--10/8/04 4:44pm CT

Architecture professor took her students on "a mobile curriculum of studio, seminar, and photography" from North Carolina to Arizona, from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

--10/5/04 11:27pm CT

The memorial for Princess Diana--Princess Diana Memorial Fountain--in London's Hyde Park was designed by Seattle landscape artist Kathryn Gustafson. Construction fee was $6.7 million. It opened this July (and was closed this July, too, but now reopened again.)

--9/16/04 1:32am CT

Zaha Hadid, British architect born in Baghdad, has been awarded the 2004 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, a prize that "honor[s] living architects whose built work demonstrates talent, vision, commitment, and contributions to humanity and to the built environment." Hadid is the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The award ceremony will take place at the State Hermitage Museum of St.Petersburg in Russia on May 31.

--4/9/04 1:44pm CT

Female sole proprietor of architecture firm starts committee to connect women in the area. Participants range from interns to near retirement.

--4/9/04 1:28pm CT

High schooler desigs home for Habitat for Humanity of the West Valley in Arizona.

--4/9/04 1:26pm CT

The 2008 Olympics will take place in Beijing. The director of the Planning & Construction Department for this great event is woman architect Yan Huang. With experience in multiple countries, she decides to integrate some Western ideas to the planning and development in Beijing, not only for the Olympics, but for the Chinese capital’s long term growth as well.

--3/3/04 1:16pm CT

Maya Lin's first industrial work was just opened past October in New York. It's a $9 million "Buddhist bakery building" that expands the bakery's previous capacity by three times.

--3/3/04 12:49pm CT

"Research found that women’s career paths slowed after childbirth and that inflexible working arrangements, including long hours and a lack of transparency in relation to pay and promotion, were the main reasons cited for women with children leaving the profession [architecture]." But same goes for men, except for the childbirth factor.

--1/30/04 1:42am CT

Lawsuit against partner leaving firm.

--1/30/04 1:31am CT

Growing number of female architecture students and architects is a national trend. Some states are introducing architecture to younger kids to attract future entrants. You won't be the only female in a seminar anymore, probably.

--1/30/04 1:17am CT