Nouvel for Balazs in Soho: TM, Crbd | Poloxygen blogs from Milan Salone del Mobile | TParty's "computing landscape" | flickr+googlemaps | Growing Movement to Create an "Emerald Necklace" in Atlanta | finally: bonafide MIT humor, via View full entry
William Hablinski Architecture wins intellectual property suit against contractors and homeowners for copying a multi-million dollar residence only seven miles from the original. LA Times | Related View full entry
Increasing openmindedeness in Rome has led to new projects from Meier, Piano, and now Hadid's MAXXI. Although January showed cash concerns for MAXXI, it is now on track for a 2007 opening. Molto grazie, bambinos. | nytimes View full entry
The NYT looks at the renaissance of contemporary architecture that has besieged Rome, and particularly Hadid's Maxxi, which Italian officials hope will help revive Rome as a place of true international modern landmark. View full entry
Today, Shigeru Ban will receive the 40th annual Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville at a ceremony, joining the ranks of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1966), I.M. Pei (1976) and Frank Gehry (1994). The Washington Post retraces his alternative... View full entry
The tell-tale sign that a juicy project is cooking in Chicago: The Art Insitute is expected to be given permission today to land in anticipation of a 230,000sf addition... designed by Dr. Beaubourg, Renzo Piano. | chictrib View full entry
DesignIntelligence has released the 2005 Architect & Designer Compensation Survey results of Leading North American Firms. View full entry
New technology in textiles design let's you "knit a building and weave a bike" NYT View full entry
SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have been awarded the Schock Prize for visual arts from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. | press View full entry
Despite negative response to his previous Hudson River projects, Richard Meier will be designing another. From the NY Times. View full entry
MGM Mirage hires the architect to create a 4,000-room hotel-casino, part of a $4.7-billion project to be built on the Las Vegas Strip. From the LA Times View full entry
As TED mentions in his comments, two posts below this one, in Britain the electoral campaign is on! (Election day is May 5th). The RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects published a manifesto to inform the General Election campaign about architecture. Link to PDF >> Among 21 actions... View full entry
China's National Theater Pics | MissRep on LMDC Presidential politicking and other developments | Philly's WiFi Plan | Remixing Culture: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig | Life's top 10 greatest inventions View full entry
Noticias informs of the opening of Hiroshi Hara's experimental house in Córdoba, Argentina. NA feature w/ imgs | la voz del interior View full entry
As Dutch Archinecter .nl reported, Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon/OMA won the EU-wide award for the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (see the finalists at miesbcn). Another Dutch firm NL Architects, won the emerging architect award for their Basketbar in Utrecht (a-matter, arch'it) More info from... View full entry