My German architect friend in Korea, Ralf Zabel, just updated me that the new website finally launched. Zabel and six other contributors saw a need in discussing and documenting Korean architecture also in English language and created the site as an international platform. My German architect... View full entry
Roger Ebert, acclaimed film critic, has become more of a cultural critic these days. He uses the web as his medium of choice since thyroid cancer rendered him unable to speak. Yesterday he posted a critique of modern architecture. In it he describes modernism like a virus, eating away at the... View full entry
Congratulations to our good friends and collaborators at Lateral Office, Mason White and Lola Sheppard, for winning the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture! Congratulations to our good friends and collaborators at Lateral Office, Mason White and Lola Sheppard, for winning the Professional... View full entry
Bryant Rousseau recently interviewed the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (and a Harvard-trained architect). Bryant Rousseau recently interviewed the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (and a Harvard-trained architect). The discussion covered the stimulus package, HUD's... View full entry
Announcing the Archinect Summer '10 Travel Blogs, wherein Archinect has conscripted a few Yale School of Architecture students (class of 2011), awardees of various travel fellowships (George Nelson Scholarship, David M. Schwarz and Takenaka Fellowships), to blog about their... View full entry
From the boundary-pushing team of archi-visionaries who brought us the fabulous Fab Tree Hab comes a new (and somewhat disgusting) way to grow a structure - using animal flesh! From the boundary-pushing team of archi-visionaries who brought us the fabulous Fab Tree Hab comes a new (and somewhat... View full entry
Thursday July 08 /.EventsDateModule Triskelion Lecture , San Francisco, CA Conversations on New York 2: Dan Doctoroff and Paul Goldberger , New York, NY Chen Chieh-Jen: Empire’s Borders II , Los Angeles, CA Friday July 09 /.EventsDateModule The Embedded Narrative: Evolving Perspectives on... View full entry
Hide! Here comes Übertect! This time he has set his sights on Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Alice Tully Hall...Click here to view enlarged comic View full entry
This year—the Serpentine’s 40th Anniversary—the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. This 2010 Pavilion is the 10th commission in the Gallery’s annual series. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK. Bustler View full entry
The XVII Pan-American Biennial wants you! To submit your recent built work for consideration for inclusion in Quito, Ecuador for the 29th October opening. The XVII Pan-American Biennial wants you! To submit your recent built work for consideration for inclusion in Quito, Ecuador for the 29th... View full entry
Although, for 150 years the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde has dominated the skyline of Marseille very soon the north side of Marseille will be dominated be a new and very different religious symbol - the new Grand Mosque. Although, for 150 years the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde has... View full entry
Stephen Kanner, has passed away. Kanner, principal at Kanner Architects and founder of the A+D Museum, died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.Stephen Kanner, has passed away. Kanner, principal at Kanner Architects and founder of the A+D Museum, died after a short battle with pancreatic... View full entry
News The first ever European Solar Decathlon ended yesterday in Madrid and Virginia Polytechnic State University's Lumenhaus took home the grand prize for most efficient home.News The first ever European Solar Decathlon ended yesterday in Madrid and Virginia Polytechnic State University's... View full entry
The exhibition Land Architecture People has just opened at Ambika P3 in London. Land Architecture People is a major exhibition which offers behind-the-scenes insights into how buildings are made – from the mysterious rules and conditions of land ownership through to the symbiotic... View full entry
Events to look out for in the next week can be found in New York, Milan, Oakland, Toronto, Covilhã, London, Barcelona & Boston. Events to look out for in the next week can be found in New York, Milan, Oakland, Toronto, Covilhã, London, Barcelona & Boston.Thursday July 01 Our... View full entry