I'm happy to announce Bonnitt, a new collaboration between myself and close friend Bono. Some of you may be familiar with Bono's socially conscious EDUN fashion label, and most of you are now familiar with my passion for sustainable architecture, design, and social consciousness. Bonnitt brings... View full entry
The Bird's Nest De-mystified: it may have looked complicated in the renderings, but it's erected in a very conventional way. SCF 1, SCF 2 | Via View full entry
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas talks about Prada and politics, building in autocratic states and the allure of the ugly. Read the interview @ der spiegel View full entry
On Christmas Day 1843, Joseph Gandy died in one of the windowless cells of a private asylum in Devon. He was the greatest perspective artist in the history of British architecture - dubbed "The English Piranesi" - and one of the great visionaries of the Romantic movement. gu View full entry
A prof / student design team at UC Berkeley land-arch won an international competition to design a 15-acre park in Chiayi, Taiwan, "a monument to peace commemorating the 228 Incident - a tragedy which occurred on February 28, 1947, when government soldiers killed thousands of Taiwanese citizens."... View full entry
The five finalist-teams descend on the Toronto waterfront. Adriaan Geuze surveys from sea, Stan Allen by land ... Toronto | previous: shortlist View full entry
Thanks for having me here. Glad archinet will be part of this cause. Just a quick news item on the upcoming Design:e2 project. The trailer is out now if you havent seen it. This project is important for our planet. (link here, paul) View full entry
Archive sale in disarray as owners fail to agree on fate of iconic drawings collection: The collective future of one the most important architectural archives of the 20th century is in disarray because of in-fighting between former members of the sixties collective Archigram. The rowing between... View full entry
Beijing-based MAD office has won the Absolute Condo competition in Mississauga, Ontario. "Suburbs around the world want to become metropolises." | thestar | prev View full entry
From big, public universities to small, liberal-arts schools, colleges throughout the country are throwing unprecedented sums at new and, often, architecturally striking buildings. Dispatch View full entry
Paul Pedini, a Big Dig highway and tunnel engineer, took advantage of the low price (free) and used the remnants of Boston's Central Artery project to build himself a new house. Boston.com View full entry
Archinect member archmonkey provides a cogent review of Phaidon's new and inexpensive travel version of it's huge (and expensive) Phaidon Atlas Of Contemporary World Architecture. Read review View full entry
In case you don't check the homepage or receive the weekly newsletter, the latest Archinect Feature is on Wes Janz and One Small Project. Janz, an architect teaching at Ball State University in Indiana, wants to show how some scavenged places are also claimed by incredible human spirit. His... View full entry
ArchiNED has contrasting views on the Projective Landscape conference! First of all, did anyone define what "projective" meant? Is it the new catch-phrase for "post-critical"? Is it the antithesis or antidote to "ideological"? What is a projective practice? Those that deal with the reality of... View full entry
Today, the federal government of Canada announced funding for seven new Canada-wide research networks, including the newly formed Canadian Design Research Network. Their mission is, "To enhance Canada's long-term economic growth and improve our quality of life, top design researchers are working... View full entry