For some reason the Archinect gods have selected yours truly as a guest editor this week. Despite my best efforts, my attempt to solicit bribes for the honor of being included in my Editor's Picks was unsuccessful. Therefore, I have deemed the following items worthy of your attention: First up... View full entry
"Talk to any dogmatic modernist architect - there are still plenty to be found - and you will quickly find the inner functionalist. Questions of style, of beauty, are brushed aside as irrelevant or tangential. Everything has to answer to a remorseless logic, carried through in every detail."Gabion View full entry
In response to Eisenman's thoughts on unpaid interns, a plea is made to both employer's and intern's at agents of urbanism. View full entry
Zaha Hadid launches her latest architectural project in Hong Kong combining art, fashion and architecture. The "Mobile Art" pavilion backed by luxury goods brand Chanel, will tour the world for two years. (I love her Arab English accent)reuters video |article View full entry
The Baltimore branch of the AIA will be presenting a lecture by Archinect editor/BLDGBLOGGER Geoff Manaugh on March 19. Geoff's talk will be the first in this year's Michael F. Trostel Lecture series. More View full entry
An exhibition just opened entitled UTOPIA'S GHOST at the Centre Canadien d’Architecture (Canadian Centre for Architecture) in Montreal, Phyllis Lambert’s illustrious institution (in the same gallery where CLIP/STAMP/FOLD was recently exhibited). The exhibition is a collaboration... View full entry
Eikongraphia posts an interesting exchange between Eisenman, Kipnis, and audience regarding his position on unpaid internships. View full entry
The future's looking grim for the REX-designed Museum Plaza project in Louisville, KY. According to the Courier Journal, "Developers have indefinitely postponed efforts to borrow money for the $490 million building because of concerns about higher interest costs on bonds and a construction loan."... View full entry
A planned 75-story residential skyscraper connected to the Museum of Modern Art seems headed for a fight with area residents, who claim the Jean Nouvel-designed tower would be dramatically out of scale with the surrounding neighborhood. NY Observer via Curbed | previously View full entry
Just a few years ago, Chinese architects would have worked for the state. Now a whole new generation are striking out for themselves. What are they building? Jonathan Glancey reportsWhatever other glamorous projects these talented young architects are beginning to scoop up, it is mostly housing... View full entry
ANISH KAPOOR HOUSE, BAHAMAS, ELEUTHERA ISLAND Located on top of the hill, perpendicular to the slope and cantilevers out on both sides, OMA proposed 2 different strategies for a summerhouse. Both designs are very rigid, yet the appearance of the house is very modest. It is barely visible from the... View full entry
The creators of the new Olympic stadium in Beijing hope that their building will embody radical ideas such as freedom. GuardianApart from football, there is only one subject that raises their ire: Beijing. Or, more specifically, the decision of Steven Spielberg last month to pull out of directing... View full entry
World Monuments Fund lends hand to help save endangered building... Previously on Archinect:SAVE ME! Grosse Pointe Central Library, designed by Marcel Breuer (1953) - slated for demolitionA year in the life of the Grosse Pointe Public Library GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – The World Monuments Fund... View full entry
Alvin Aronson , a BFA candidate at RISD, has designed a beautiful clock that mimics the look of a traditional LED display, with physical segments slowly fading in and out of a white surface. Photos and video after the jump... View full entry
After a $19 million makeover, Parsons has been fundamentally reconceived at ground level and the improvements are considerable. In the new 32,800-square-foot Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Lyn Rice Architects has undertaken a task that is both Herculean and largely thankless, in the sense that... View full entry
