The Guardian prints two responses to the Prince's recent outburst against skyscrapers. One, is by Will Alsop who "politely" disagrees. The other is by Michele Hanson a Guardian columnist who agrees.Agrees / Disagrees View full entry
The Walrus tracks 6 examples of the public square and its role in civic life. | walrus View full entry
Darpa the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense is seeking to beef up the capabilities of it's reconnaissance and surveillance sensors. The goal of "Building Labels for Urban Environments," or "BLUE" is to automatically label the structures seen in... View full entry
The Bulgarian Yordanka Georgieva was awarded as California's best architect for 2007. news.bg Ps; my search didn't lead anywhere. Please post if you know more about this architect.The Governor of California handed the prize to Yordanka Georgieva. Actor Jeremy Irons is among the architect's... View full entry
This is my list. There are many like it, but this one is mine... My list is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my list is useless. Without my list, I am useless. I must fire my list true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to... View full entry
Robert J. Ulrich is donating millions of dollars to establish the decidedly unglamorous Musical Instrument Museum. NYT View full entry
With its new catalog, the National Trust for Historic Preservation rewards philanthropy with an unique experience. NYT View full entry
CapitaLand Residential, a leading developer in Asia, and its partners have commissioned the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) to design a large-scale residential development in Singapore. View full entry
Greg Allen unearths the process used to decorate Ando's latest austere single family home project with Olafur Eliasson's platinum rhomboid tessellation tiles. previous View full entry
Michiel van Raaij has a review on this years Architecture 3.0 Symposium (opened by Ole Bouman) on Archined which has a nice relationship to his recent Willem-Jan Neutelings feature on Archinect. View full entry
Bird's Nest is a film scheduled for release this summer, about Herzog & de Meuron's work on the national stadium for the Olympic summer games in Peking 2008 and a city area in the provincial town of Jinhua, China. Watch the trailer View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the ten recipients of the 2008 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and... View full entry
Eikongraphia 's Michiel van Raaij discusses icons with Willem-Jan Neutelings of Neutelings Riedijk Architects. Read Marlin continues his journey, onward from Mesa Verde CO to Monte Vista CO, for the 6th installment of Archinect Travels. Watch View full entry
Avant-garde is a French term that originally meant the advance guard of an army, and in the late 1800s came to refer to pioneering painters, particularly the Impressionists, who considered themselves to be at the forefront of art. Since that time, the concept of an avant-garde has become popular... View full entry
The NYT examines the work of Mr. Oudolf a garden designer who belives the real test of a well-composed garden is not how nicely it blooms but how beautifully it decomposes. The article includes quotes from noted landscape architects James Corner who hired Mr Oudolf to design the HighLine... View full entry
