From Friday's edition of the New York Times:

Auction of Modernist Landmark Raises Concerns
The Kaufman House owners "are finalizing their divorce, and plan to auction the Kaufmann House at Christie’s in New York in May. The building, with a presale estimate of $15 million to $25 million, will be part of Christie’s high-profile evening sale of postwar and contemporary art."

Keeping Houses, Not Building Them
“Women in Modernism,” a colloquium held on Thursday night at the Museum of Modern Art, sought to take a more positive look at the role women have played in architectural history. In a discussion led by the Columbia University architectural historian Gwendolyn Wright, panelists focused on women who have had a profound impact on Modernist history, even while working on the periphery of the profession.

The Prado Makes Room to Show Off More Jewels
(The Prado's extension is) said to have cost several times more than was budgeted; but then, so did your kitchen. The final price tag was $219 million. Devised by the 70-year-old Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, it moves the museum, stuck so long in the 19th century, into the 21st by modernizing and rationalizing what had become, willy-nilly, a haphazard and disorganized physical plant.