Architecture is a bulky and expensive thing to collect. However, next to the absurd prices paid for art, antiques and design, it can begin to look like a secure and useful investment. FT View full entry
Here we go again, after the recent post about the redevelopment of the fair in Basel by HdM, today at a media briefing in Basel their design for the new tower for Roche was announced and introduced.Roche, a global health-care company, based in Basel, will be redeveloping their... View full entry
At the Venice Biennale, architects stare into a windowed, dystopian future, trapped within stylistic confines of their own making. NY Times View full entry
Office dA announces the completion of Nader Tehrani's Ventulett Chair installation at Georgia Tech. View full entry
Sixteen major cities from around the globe are represented at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, dedicated to city dwellers and their landscapes. Deutsche Welle View full entry
YouTube member eager000002 posted about a dozen videos of different exhibits of the architecture biennale 06. While on Google videos you can find many more from forgemind.net View full entry
with 48 metres long and 3 metres high, it is one of the largest pieces of public art in London. Created by Ian Davenport and comissioned by Southwark Council to transform the space under a rail bridge in Bankside. evening standard | The Times | The telegraph | FT | PDF View full entry
as rendered in Half-Life. watch in YouTube. via notcot. View full entry
Petra Blaisse , the only designer in the world working successfully in both textiles and landscaping and Atelier Bow-Wow's seamless piece of parkitecture--the Hanamidori Cultural Centre are ICONed. View full entry
Opening tonight at the CCA Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. Humans Were Here! (Building in L.A.) will present the work of Barbara Bestor Architecture, Escher GuneWardena Architecture, Fritz Haeg Studio, Taalman Koch Architecture, Francois Perrin, and Alexis Rochas... View full entry
Eugene Kohn, the chairman of the NYC-based architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, structural engineer Leslie Robertson, who has been responsible for hundreds of buildings around the world including the World Trade Center, and Carol Willis, the founder, director, and curator of The Skyscraper... View full entry
The Rudy Bruner Award is given to urban places that demonstrate the successful integration of effective process, meaningful values and good design. RBA winners are distinguished by their social, economic and contextual contributions to the urban environment, and often provide innovative solutions... View full entry
Geoff Manaugh serves up a new feature this week, in the form of a fascinating (and timely) discussion with Detlef Mertins, architect, author, theorist, and current department chair at Penn Design. Read View full entry
The SF Chronicle's John King discusses America's new experimental approach to hi-rise architecture, attributing the shift to 9/11. Read View full entry
The NY Times reports on our friends Laura Burkhalter and William Ki's Yurt (Ger) import business, and briefly interviews Archinect editors Evan Geisler and Denise Ip, as new Yurt owners... NY Times | Previously | Previously View full entry