Adding to the mega-project trend emerging out of UAE comes the World Trade Centre Residence, due for completion in December 2007. It will house 349 upscale apartments. | ame View full entry
Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) seeks superlative candidates for new position: Vice President for Planning, Design and Preservation. For full details, visit the jobs section or click here. View full entry
I recently ordered a pack of Jewelboxing's packaging system for some marketing material that we're working on at Extra Medium. I just want to express how impressed I am with this product. The cases are incredibly tough, and the perforated/scored inserts with sofware templates make it so easy to... View full entry
The winning entry is announced. From the NY Times In Paris, a Cautious New Vision for Les Halles By ALAN RIDING Published: December 16, 2004 ARIS, Dec. 15 - The "belly of Paris," as the old market district of Les Halles was long known, has had many looks in its eight centuries. Everyone agreed... View full entry
A growing group of planners, architects and builders are developing fresh ideas for creating shelter, and want to replace “low-income housing” with “low cost”, to help explore and propose alternatives that would do a better job of informing the marketing... View full entry
A crane hoisted the last of thousands of slabs into place at Germany's national Holocaust memorial signaling a symbolic end to a 15-year battle over the building of the Peter Eisenman designed project . View full entry
Ada Louis Huxtable, who remembers the time when the MoMA entry only cost 25cents (vs. $20 current), reviews the new building. Read View full entry
Like a disillusioned suburbanite who suddenly finds that the city indeed can be appealing, the Barnes art collection will move from the Philadelphia suburbs to the city's Museum Mile. The relocation has sparked a debate that is as much about art as architecture; it relates both to the "right"... View full entry
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw , one of Britain's top architects, was yesterday elected the new president of the Royal Academy of Arts and will succeed the sculptor Phillip King who stepped down after five years in office. Read View full entry
Cambridge University Architecture Department Demonstration Photo Album. Fight the Power. via arcsoc View full entry
...the 2004 Awards jury, comprised of three nationally recognized architects from out-of-state firms, convened to review the 110 Honor Award and nine Divine Detail entries to the competition. Read View full entry
The world's tallest bridge was inaugurated Tuesday. The structure designed by Foster & Partners is 885 feet above the Tarn River valley in southern France. NYTimes | prev: 1 & 2image courtesy of Foster and Partners View full entry
Construction of world's tallest tower, the Burj Dubai, to begin. The Burj Dubai tower designed by SOM will stand 800 metres tall - just 5 metres shy of half a mile - once completed in 2008. That will be nearly 300 metres taller than the tallest floored building in the world today, the Taipei... View full entry
According to Arch Record, the Dallas City Council has “approved a policy prohibiting the placement of prefabricated housing on properties sold by the city of Dallas for deed-restricted affordable housing.” Read”¦ View full entry
Almost 60 million more housing units will be needed by 2030, concludes a Brookings Institution report. | brookings | usatoday By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY Residential and commercial development in the next quarter-century will eclipse anything seen in previous generations as the nation moves to... View full entry