Koolhaas is listed among notables such as Nelson Mandela, The Beatles, Samuel Beckett and Mother Teresa and attributed for being an ”˜urban visionary [who] spotted a wealth of potential in our congested cities.' The TIMES list names over 60 prominent people in the categories of... View full entry
For those of you in LA, check out OCDC's exhibition at JACCC's George J. Doisaki Gallery in Little Tokyo. The show features fifteen projects and a small installation. View full entry
Returning from the launch of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, David Adjaye is working on a SkySpace commissioned by James Turrell in Siwa, Egypt. | guardarts View full entry
Must a multi-storey be an architectural disaster? Not if we learn from Germany, says Steve Rose. Guardian View full entry
The 9th International Conference On Humane Habitat has been announced with a focus on Shaping social, cultural and sacred spaces in sustainable humane habitats. There's a call for papers, and also an international student design competition to design a regional social, cultural and arts complex... View full entry
Seven European cities are doing away with traffic signs, testing the power of head nods, waves and middle fingers. Spiegel | via View full entry
The Japanese pre-occupation with amenities has obscured a lot of really innovative thinking [toward housing] BBC View full entry
For all its narcotic gorgeousness, Skin + Bones is marked by a curious blend of innocence and self-satisfaction ”” a preening, let-them-eat-cake hermeticism that suggests it would prefer to remain blissfully unaware of the ways in which architecture has been forced in the last five... View full entry
The ravaged neighborhoods of New Orleans make a grim backdrop for imagining the future of American cities. But despite its criminally slow pace, the rebuilding of this city is emerging as one of the most aggressive works of social engineering in America since the postwar boom of the 1950s. And... View full entry
Ottawa Citizen reporter Maria Cook has a nice discourse with Nasrine Seraji, the former chair of the Cornell School of Architecture. Oh Canada.com l related View full entry
Subterranian infrastructure have become the prefered smuggling route into the US. from storm drains and sewers to hand excavated secret passages, the border is full of holes that a fence can't block. LAtimes View full entry
While Christro wraps buildings, Ernesto Neto fills them. Check out the impressive 'monumental installation' of the Brazilain in Paris' Panthéon. Flickr / festival-automne View full entry
Stephen Lauf is an architect, artist, author, and, one of the colorful contributors of Archinect's world famous forum. His book, A Quondam Banquet of Virtual Sachlichkeit: Part III is out on the shelves. xlibris, more @ quondam and museum space. View full entry
Last week Bryan posted about Photosynth a great application that will create 3D environments out of the sum of many photos of a place. For the moment. While we wait for Photosynth to launch properly we can enjoy looking at everydetail of a space through the flickrrmaps photocongestion. Check out... View full entry
Hargreaves Team Wins Cornfield Park Competition State Parks Department Awards Bid for 32-Acre to San Francisco Firm: in the forums | Proposals news | ample discussion View full entry