WebUrbanist, one of my favorite "XX of the world's most (adjective) ______" blogs breaks it down with 17 XXXtreme houseboats. Gnarley. View full entry

Renzo Piano's plans for a new visitors center and nun's quarters is no doubt good for the spirit of Ronchamp. But is it good for the architecture? Corbu's scions aren't so sure. View full entry

Archinector and USC grad student Emily Kemper blogs about last night's panel discussion at the USC SoA: I don't normally like to use profanity in my blog posts, as I find it unnecessary. I am, however, unable to write about this evening's conversation with Dean Qingyun Ma, Thom Mayne, and Sir... View full entry

The village of Huangbaiyu in rural northeast China was supposed to be a model for energy-conscious design. The initial project was to build 400 sustainable homes, collaboration between US architect William McDonough and the Chinese. But something went awry. FRONTLINE/World reporter Timothy Lesle... View full entry

The UK's Hyder Consulting is designing a structure that will be twice as tall as the Burj Dubai, according to a consultant involved with the project - making it by far the tallest tower in the world. Considering the Burj Dubai will rise to 818m, the new tower will be over 1,600m tall, making it... View full entry

Archinect's own capital 'L' letterist Israel Kandarian (along with colleague Glen Cummings) will be presenting at Princeton University's UDesign conference on March 1st. Register Now View full entry

Possibly Vietnam's best architect?"Having graduated from the famous Moscow Architecture University, many say Dang Viet Nga is “mad” because of her extraordinary ideas; and particularly because of her most known work “crazy house”. VietNamNet | Crazy House Pics via Offbeat... View full entry

Looking back over a long career, architect Moshe Safdie digs deep into four extraordinary projects to talk about the unique choices he made on each building Via TED Talks View full entry

(Another blogger) found the blog of Merel Vos, a dutch girl working at SANAA (we have removed the link to the blog that pointed this out, per request from that blogger). To read about appalling working conditions is nothing new but still does shock. Maybe the blog wont last long. View full entry

Lack of space and high land prices drive engineers to plan 1 million m2 project under canals. Building.co.uk View full entry

Artist Maurice Agis, 76, creator of Dreamspace, has been charged with manslaughter after his huge sculpture caught wind, flew 20m off the ground and flipped over trapping visitors inside. The incident killed two and injured numerous others. The Australian | Via View full entry

The centre, built to inspire young people to pursue careers in architecture, was a victim of racially-motivated vandalism valued at over £100,000 in damages. The building, opened only one week ago, was a memorial to Stephen Lawrence, a recently murdered 18 year-old black man and aspiring... View full entry

7 days into the year of the RAT, several Archinect editors share their favorite book titles from the year of the PIG (or the future) for Valentine's Day. ten for 2008 Kisses?! View full entry

The 5,000-square-foot home, scheduled to open in May, will look like a suburban tract home outside. But inside it will feature hardware, software and touch-screen systems that could simplify everyday living. Wired | via Discussions View full entry

London. The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters, blaming the credit crunch. AJ> View full entry