Jamie Fobert , Canadian expatriate and ex-Chipperfield, has been selected as architect for the expansion of the Tate St. Ives. | 24hr View full entry
Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of SF MOMA , with free admissions, and architect Mario Botta signing his new book. He recently spoke with the Chronicle about designing the museum. Read”¦ | Previously: SFMoma is 10 View full entry
This article talks about the history and recent MVRDV makeover of Amsterdam's Lloyd Hotel , a showcase for Dutch design, an international art scene, and the world's first “Cultural Embassy”. | Internim | --- LLOYD HOTEL, AMSTERDAM By STEVE KORVER Special to The Globe and Mail... View full entry
Cesar Pelli and Carlos Ferrater unexpectedly share competition win for the Gran Marina Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and the chance to build several structures on the isthmus. The first goal is to reunite the city by burying a central vehicular artery (sounds familiar...). This will join the Las... View full entry
The Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley recently established the Maybeck Fellowship to give promising individuals near the beginning of their teaching career an opportunity to pursue academic and teaching interests. We invite applications for a one-year... View full entry
Residential Architect looks at seven “bright sparks” helping to push prefab beyond the flash in the pan. View full entry
Boston Society will give $75,000 in Arch. Research Grants. link View full entry
New York – MechoShade Systems, Inc. has just announced it will provide their Automated Solar Shading System with AAC SolarTracTM and new Daylighting Manager System for the New York Times's new Manhattan headquarters to be located on Eighth Avenue between... View full entry
Amidst allegations of voting corpses and drunken ballot-stuffing, the lvhrd foundation undertook a recount of the architects duel ballots. They've declared the results too close to call. Booooooooooo! We expect a rematch. Previously | oh yeah... pics of the models | New Updates! See comments for... View full entry
Swiss Federal Railways has been awarded the prestigious Wakker prize for its exemplary protection of Switzerland's cultural heritage. It is the first time in the award's 33-year history that the prize has gone to a company rather than a local authority. From Swiss Info View full entry
Polshek Partnership selected as architect for a planned $65 million building that someday will house the Utah Museum of Natural History. Ralph Appelbaum gets the exhibit design contract. | dsertnws View full entry
"Differences in direction." Peter B Lewis, philanthropist, board member, Frank Gehry patron, and most-recently, Guggenheim chairman, resigned after a three-hour board meeting. ...Said he wishes the museum would "concentrate more on New York and less on being scattered all over the world." What... View full entry
Work on the mountain , which was planned to open in May, should have begun last month but, with design problems unresolved, the decision was taken to postpone it. (Previously)A plan to erect a 23 metre-high temporary mountain over the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, west London, has been... View full entry
After two days of judging hundreds of moving, thought-provoking entries from around the globe, the National AIDS Memorial Design Competition jury selected five finalists and seven entries of note. Thank you to all who took the time to participate in this competition and to do the important work... View full entry
Alsop combines his penchance for objects on stilts with his other great love, pop urbanism, to create: Super City, ta-da. | BBC | manconline pics: (OCADs on steroids?) (yes - ahem - that is a teddy bear and a rubik's cube. got a problem with that?) View full entry