Eliot Perrin wrote a short review of Eyal Weizman's 2006 James Stirling Memorial Lecture on the City. View full entry
Engineer Andre Filiatrault expects a major earthquake in Buffalo on Tuesday morning ”” a temblor as powerful as the 1994 Northridge earthquake that caused $40 billion in damage in Los Angeles. He hopes his stucco town house can withstand the shock. la times View full entry
Sam Grawe, one of Dwell's founding editors, has just been appointed to replace Alison Arieff as Dwell's new Editor-in-Chief. View full entry
Its walls are lined with sheep's wool, its toilets flush with rainwater, and its funnels glow at sunset. Jonathan Glancey is captivated by a striking new hide for nature lovers. View full entry
Buildings give life to the landscape, but they are not normally considered alive. This one is: it breathes, it sleeps, it wakes up in the morning - and it is not impossible.William McDonough on Fortune Magazine View full entry
Polish-born architect Daniel Libeskind talks about what he hopes his buildings will achieve, what he would like to build in future and the Jewish Museum in Berlin, one of the most talked-about pieces of architecture in the world... CNN | Gallery View full entry
Napoleon once said that if he had enough metals he could conquer the world. Well the people over at the Venice Architectural Biennale have the same idea in mind... 10th International Architecture Exhibition Official Awards Teatro Malibran, Venice November 8th 2006 The President of the Fondazione... View full entry
On Thursday, November 2, 2006 Steven Holl Architects presented T-Husene, the design for a direct commission from City Development in Copenhagen, Denmark. Besides a constructed landscape of 8000 sq. m. T-Husene contains 18,000 sq.m. residential space in 5 towers above 12,500 sq.m. commercial... View full entry
68 years after the Nazi Kristallnacht anti-Jewish pogrom when the old Synagogue together with other synagogues and Jewish buildings were trashed, looted and burned. The building was designed by Wandel Höfer Lorch the same architects of the new Dresden Synagogue. BBC | Baunetz |... View full entry
The Gen(h)ome Project is an exhibition curated by MAK Director Kimberli Meyer (www.makcenter.org) and Open Source Architecture (www.o-s-a.com). Building on the relation between genetics and domesticity, this striking exhibition features site-specific installations by Greg Lynn, Karl Chu and... View full entry
With the forthcoming exhibition of OMA in the MOMA (starting 15th Nov.) The amount of media interest on the CCTV project is picking up again. Here is an article from Business week | Related Job Listing View full entry
Zaha Hadid's new building for the Architecture Foundation received planning permission. The building is due to open to the public in 2008. read > View full entry
At the new Wal-Mart Supercentre, it's all about Linda. globeandmail View full entry
"Giving school pupils the chance to experience exceptional contemporary architecture with guides who are passionate about the built environment was the motivation behind a series of tours around the Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge." Univ. Cambridge news. View full entry
The proposed Syracuse 'L' is a new mixed-use development corridor, instigated and supported by a multi-modal transportation circuit consisting of bus, car, bike and pedestrian lanes that create a legible transit loop. The Syracuse 'L' connects the Onondaga Creek Green Corridor, Syracuse Civic... View full entry