Under today's current border control rhetoric the New York Times challenged thirteen architects, landscape architects, and planners to consider the border zone between Mexico and the United States. related View full entry
Toyota, manufacturer of cars and trucks, is now a manufacturer of prefab houses: Toyota Home. (Via Autoblog) View full entry
Carol Lloyd : "The problem with the prefab movement is that it, like most new construction, typically uses less-than-sustainable resources, like steel and wood. And the problem with environmentally sound but old-fashioned building techniques is that they require too much time and skilled labor to... View full entry
The Swiss Jura region is to get its own pyramid, by THE Swissmen themselves, Herzog and de Meuron. Check it out with choice quotes... Via NA View full entry
Hadid has now turned her sights on cars with the unveiling of the Z-car concept. View full entry
RIBA Presidential candidate Peter Phillips has confirmed that he is a member of the British National Party, a far-right political party in the UK. According to its constitution, the BNP "stands for the preservation of the national and ethnic character of the British people and is wholly opposed... View full entry
Apparently, a few weeks back (I think I was in Vegas and I don't remember...what happens in V...nevermind...), I sent Orhan Ayyuce to skate on “the edge” of the AIA convention. Only a brave soul would go to such dull places. Good thing he took his pill box and an intern. The... View full entry
Winy Maas explains MVRDV's stylistic twists and turns as a question of marketing: “There are different approaches to a global market. You can brand your style, as, say, Zaha is doing in a very super manner, or you can brand your approach. And I think our approach is very practical and... View full entry
In 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a home to be built on a private island on Lake Mahopac in New York. Half a century after the great architect's death, his vision comes to life in actual stone, glass, and concrete ”” thanks to the renowned architect and Wright scholar Thomas A... View full entry
El Premio Principe Asturias de las Artes, a prestigious--though less than "risky"-- international arts award went to Pedro Almodovar. Among the final 4 finalists was architect Tadao Ando, along with Anne Sophie Mutter and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other runners-up were Jean Nouvel, Rafael Moneo and... View full entry
Patrick O'Brien (aka Transfatty), a friend and one of my favorite people on the web, was diagnosed last year with the debilitating and fatal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). His life, once dedicated to brilliantly combining his own unique blend of beats... View full entry
Peter Ackroyd, the London Architecture Biennale's director thinks it is... Read View full entry
Architects have no choice but to be optimists. A conversation with Zaha Hadid. NY Metro View full entry
In an unusual move, an original Clifton home goes up for auction... Read View full entry
The Viele map (1874) of Manhattan shows where former underground streams are; where soil quality might be poor because of erosion; where the island's original shoreline ends and landfill begins. Despite its age, the map will most likely never be outdated or improved upon. | nytimes View full entry