Three museums are opening in Paris this summer, including Jean Nouvel's Musée Quai Branly: Arch. Record. View full entry
The RIBA announces shortlist for the inaugural Lubetkin Prize as well the International Awards 2006. | cbc View full entry
Slate catches on to the unpaid internship scam. View full entry
Five finalists and five honorable mentions announced in The Boston Center for the Arts' "Inside::Out" Public Space design Competition. View the winners and all entries. View full entry
2x8: Swell "is an annual exhibition sponsored by the AIA/LA, showcasing exemplary student work from architecture and design institutions throughout California". Archinect is co-sponsoring the event this year and hoping to see a lot of our readers there. The official exhibit opening reception... View full entry
The brilliant self-organized network of toddler European practices Wonderland offers its first publication... on getting started. (comes with issue #9 of A10) View full entry
Zaha Hadid 's new retrospective at the Guggenheim NYC brings her to discuss architecture and her work with Leonard Lopate. l previous l View full entry
Tonight's episode of Extreme Engineering will be on the Arizona Cardinal's new stadium (which features a retractable football field and roof) designed by Peter Eisenman. 10pm, Discovery Channel. See also - Danny Forster, Extreme Host View full entry
Check out this 3:10min long video from Nike featuring Ronaldinho (of Brazil's football team) along with Jean Nouvel's Agbar Tower in Barcelona and West 8's Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. Some other WC videos...Ole! Brazil Airport Joga Bonito USA Young Ronaldinho Touch of Gold Sumo Soccer View full entry
The Cooper-Hewitt's made their picks -- among them -- Thom Mayne for Architecture | Martha Schwartz for Landscape | 2x4 for Communication | + Arcosanti's Paolo Soleri gets a Lifetime Achievement | + MOMA curator Paola Antonelli gets one for her mind | more names in the WPost View full entry
If only every inner-city neighborhood had an angel like Lands' End founder Gary Comer. In his old Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, the 78-year-old casual clothing magnate has funded a new $30 million youth center that, despite a sometimes-garish exterior winningly stitches together... View full entry
...Leaders of many types of nonprofit groups are starting to think more seriously about the connection between their charitable missions and the physical spaces in which their work takes place. The Chronicle of Philanthropy View full entry
Nicolai Ouroussoff takes a look at the power architects wield over developers - and, of course, vice versa - using Gehry's Atlantic Yards as a prime example: New York Times. View full entry
Few would question Mr. Gehry's talent. The question is whether he has allowed his experimental ethos to be harnessed for the sake of maximizing a developer's profits. It's also fair to ask whether Mr. Gehry and other gifted architects have made a pact with the Devil, compromising their values for... View full entry
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation today announced that a team led by Rotterdam's West 8 urban design & landscape architecture has won the Central Waterfront Innovative Design Competition. View full entry