Sunday, October 12:

• A classic American look, feng shui notwithstanding: Investigating the impact of wealthy Chinese immigrants on suburban Seattle's real estate boom.

Saturday, October 11:

• Indiana Ponders Abolishing Licensing for Architects: Part of a state-wide reconsideration of more than "200 types of professional licenses, permits and certifications", aimed at cutting regulatory costs.
• Announcing "Archinect Sessions", our brand new podcast! Listen to Episode #1 now: We're launching a weekly podcast to discuss prominent news items, feat. members of the Archinect community and other special guests. Ep. #1: "Where are the women?"

Thursday, October 9:

• Architects Create a 3-D Printed Column That Survives Earthquakes: Made of cement and based on ancient Incan techniques.
• Renzo Piano admits he's "struggling to do something good" for the LA Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences project: A fable to remind us that architecture is never solely the product of architects.

Wednesday, October 8:

• San Francisco Legalizes, Regulates Airbnb (With Lots of Amendments): Hosts, and not Airbnb in general, will bear the responsibility to not overshoot rental periods, and will have to pay hotel taxes.
• Snøhetta selected to design new Norwegian banknotes: The new notes include pixelated Norwegian icons and actual photos of people. On a related note, from best-selling Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard: "Viking boats are a no admission ticket to a life in the arts." – My Struggle (Book 2): A Man in Love (p. 293).

Tuesday, October 7:

• Building Hope and Nurturing Into Housing: The NYT's architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman, reviews the complexly programmed building by David Adjaye Associates.
• Nobel Prize in Medicine Is Awarded to Three Who Discovered Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’: Three neuroscientists identified neurons in the brain devoted to place and presence in a space. Implications for way-finding, alzheimer's treatment and neuro-architecture abound.