Friday, January 16:

• Architecture for Humanity to shut down: The San Francisco HQ has laid off all employees and will file for bankruptcy, however it's unclear how this will affect operations of the many national/international AfH outposts that function through volunteers.
• Work at Manhattan's 432 Park Ave tower ordered to stop after pipe falls from 81st floor: The latest in a recent series of similar incidents, including a bolt falling from London's cheesegrater, falling art in Mons, the 2015 European Capital of Culture, and concrete panels dropping from Zaha Hadid's library in Vienna.

Thursday, January 15:

• Norm's Coffee Shop, an LA Googie icon, is temporarily saved from demolition: Along with the first Taco Bell being in peril of demolition, part of southern California's architectural heritage is being considered.

Wednesday, January 14:

• Jean Nouvel boycotts opening of his Philharmonie de Paris: Despite the restaurant and exhibition space not being fully complete, Nouvel's Philharmonie held its inaugural concert and gala in dedication to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks last Wednesday.
• Thom Mayne razing Ray Bradbury's house to build his own: By building on Bradbury's former plot in Cheviot Hills, the home will be Morphosis' first Los Angeles residential project in more than a decade. 

Tuesday, January 13:

• Moshe Safdie warns architects against the seduction of computers in design: A quick Q&A with the architect yields interesting opinions on the digital.