A circular chamber made entirely of recycled cardboard with seating for 30 meditators, has turned up at Burning Man this year. The architect is Paul Discoe, designer of Larry Ellison's multimillion-dollar Japanese-style estate in Woodside. SFGate takes a look. Also, (an unrelated project) but... View full entry
Its the Venice Superblog. The Architecture Foundation is partnering with the department of Architecture of the MOMA to produce a blog with podcasts and Interviews during the forthcoming Venice Architecture Biennale. View full entry
"Architects develop shape-shifting structures that morph in response to changing weather, fluctuating temperatures and differing uses. Imagine a skyscraper that braces itself in gusty winds, or a house that shakes the snow from its roof. By Lakshmi Sandhana." Wired examines "responsive... View full entry
Dwell seems to be going through a metamorphosis: more ads, more events, a new website, and now their ed-in-chief, Allison Arieff has departed. | nytimes | aptRx View full entry
The Cincinnati Art Museum ended its six-month search for a director by selecting Aaron Betsky the head of NAi. Frm l NYT View full entry
We're recruiting new participants who are willing to document their experiences during this year's school year. We're aiming to create a diverse collection of experiences to provide our audience with a glimpse into a variety of different architecture schools around the world. Interested? Tell us... View full entry
SIMPARCH installs acoustical ceiling of Gloom and Doom in Hadid's Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center. Dispatch l Cinny View full entry
Shame he's not around to see it. Steve Rose reports on the posthumous Frank Lloyd Wright home that has the architect's fans up in arms. Guardian | Prev View full entry
Last Friday saw the sudden announcement by its current owners that the century-old Carson Pirie Scott department store on State Street, one of architect Louis Sullivan's greatest masterpieces, striking another hammerblow in the journey of Chicago's State Street from one of the world's greatest... View full entry
The groundbreaking US $1.5 billion Rotating City will be up and running by 2011: “The problem with rotating buildings is that on each floor you can only have one flat. If you have two flats on one floor you have no option to rotate your flat unless your neighbour is rotating with... View full entry
Gazprom is inviting six leading global architectural firms to present designs for Gazprom City, a multibillion-dollar real estate development in St. Petersburg. Switzerland's Herzog & de Meuron, Ateliers Jean Nouvel of France, RMJM of Britain, the Netherlands' Office for Metropolitan... View full entry
Hariri & Hariri beat out Kengo Kuma, Souto De Moura, and others to win the Sternbrauerei invited multi-family housing design competition in Salzburg, Austria. | link | PDF of all projects First place: Hariri & Hariri Second place: Langhof GmbH Third place: Bothe Richter Teherani... View full entry
A new art gallery will be part of the Battersea power station (London) redevelopment process. Battersea was designed by Sir Gilles Gilbert Scott who also designed the Bankside station, now Tate modern, obviously comparisons are already being made. The first show at Battersea -a survey of Chinese... View full entry
Last weekend a dozen national design firms presented their ideas for affordable post-Katrina housing for residents of East Biloxi, Mississippi. This open house fair was part of the Biloxi Model Home Program which is pairing up architects with residents to build new housing on the Gulf Coast... View full entry
The 'engineers & architects' union for city workers in Los Angeles have walked! LA times View full entry