Danielle Bowling . Articles Rant on "Sleeping giants" lack clout in planning, LA is an adolescent city and how the government has curtailed the careers of many Canberra architects, in today's news digest. Global round up Woods Bagot releases images of its latest design for China, an American urban planner pens a pair of super yachts and Irish architects are furious at the deputy prime minister. Global round up Final cladding hits Burj Dubai, green buildings could save the US $1.2 trillion and Africa plans a huge, sustainable Millennium City. Rant on Melbourne Central is "ugly and personality-free", "ungainly forms" take to the Manhattan skyline and Muscovites worry about heritage. New offices prompt retrofitting spree in Canberra: architect A rise in the number of new office buildings in Canberra has resulted in significant growth in the territory's greenhouse gas emissions, but it is also encouraging retrofitting of nearby old buildings. Global round up British architects build a house from straw despite three little pigs' warnings, Santiago Calatrava's three bridges clean up at awards and America's largest architecture bookstore threatened with closure.