As we reported earlier this week, the Pontiac Silverdome was recently purchased by a Canadian buyer for only $583K. According to an article in Crain's today, however, "An Oakland County judge has ordered an injunction to stop the sale of the Pontiac Silverdome after a complaint was filed by attorney H. Wallace Parker, who planned to develop the building as a horse-themed development." Read...

In New York and Chicago, most civic work is done by local firms. In LA, it's 50-50 public-private. In San Francisco, upwards of 70 percent of city-run projects are designed by the Bureau of Architecture, a city agency within the Department of Public Works. In these particularly tough times, local firms are clamoring for any work they can get, and architects on both sides of the issue are coming to blows. Read...

For the first time in 18 months, the majority of landscape architecture firm leaders reported normal or above levels of work compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey. Read...

Mickey Jacob, Managing Principal of Urban Studio Architects in Tampa, FL, represented his firm and the AIA by testifying for the House Committee on Small Business about the AIA’s Rebuild and Renew Plan. Read...

Soaring towers could mean that recession is on the way. Read...

David Marks and the massive payment problem for UK architects... Talk about a giant sucking sound! Read...

Chilling article by Alyssa Katz on what happens to houses and neighborhoods after foreclosure in American Prospect. Read...

Exhibiting a welcome rebound following a 5-point dip the month prior, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) was up almost 6 points in July. Read...

Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives. Read...

Last week, the AIA released it's monthly billings index, and it showed payments to architects are falling again. After a respite this spring that gave lots of firms hope, it looks like the worst may not yet be over. Read...