Boston.com's The Big Picture series collected several recent photos from Shanghai as construction nears completion for the Expo 2010. Some stunning, others rather catastrophic. Boston.com's The Big Picture series collected several recent photos from Shanghai as construction nears completion for... View full entry

Archinect's Aaron Plewke interviewed Swiss architect Philippe Rahm.News Archinect's Aaron Plewke interviewed Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. R.I.P. Chicago architect Bruce Graham.Sasha Cisar visited VitraHaus by Herzog & De Meuron and shares some photos. A millionaire wants to build a "green... View full entry

Farshid Moussavi, partner in Foreign Office Architects, starts the introductory essay in her book with a denial of Louis Sullivan’s aphorism form follows function, and then asks: if not function, what does form follow? Book review @ bd"As that word “affective” might suggest, her... View full entry

Well, the 20" model of 56 Leonard St is up for auction. It's actually a very nice looking model, and even breaks apart into individual units. Ebay   View full entry

Architecture critic Paul Goldberger's new book is called Why Architecture Matters. To talk about that idea, Kurt and Paul headed to the High Line, a formerly dilapidated train track thirty feet above the street that was recently transformed into an extraordinary public park. "Architecture critic... View full entry

Carys, at Birmingham City University, has been a very busy school blogger these days and spoils us with copious insight on the informality of Lagos' formal economy, brain libraries, virtual gaming environments for lost souls, and the occasional automatic trussing script. Keep up it coming, Carys... View full entry

Just like the "Ideal Woman" on the cover of this issue on Real Urbanism - a sculpture by the Brooklyn based artist Tony Matelli - most of our cities are shaped by a particular set of values... Just like the "Ideal Woman" on the cover of this issue on Real Urbanism - a sculpture by the Brooklyn... View full entry

Last man leaning, after Ole Scheeren has left the OMA ship. MovingCities publishes an interview with structural engineer Rory McGowan (ARUP Beijing), who has working in close collaboration with Rem Koolhaas/OMA during the past 17 years, on the construction of the CCTV-project, the Shenzhen Stock... View full entry

1. "Having a degree and having a license are two very different things." 2. "You may not need me at all." 1. "Having a degree and having a license are two very different things." 2. "You may not need me at all." More at SmartMoney.com View full entry

PEG office of landscape + architecture has won first place in the 2010 Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) international ideas competition. PEG (Keith VanDerSys and Karen M’Closkey) teamed with PennDesign landscape architecture students Marisa Bernstein, Young Joon Choi and Marguerite... View full entry

An architect has broken his own Guinness World Record for the largest house built from free-standing playing cards. An architect has broken his own Guinness World Record for the largest house built from free-standing playing cards. View full entry

Although originally conducted in the 20th century for the magazine “Modo”, the interview was never published. It has now been published in Abitare. Although originally conducted in the 20th century for the magazine “Modo”, the interview was never published. It has now been... View full entry

Upcoming events to watch out for in Santo Domingo, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, London, Istanbul, Marfa, Texas and Vinalhaven, Maine & Bahrain... Upcoming events to watch out for in Santo Domingo, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, London, Istanbul, Marfa, Texas and Vinalhaven, Maine &... View full entry

Speaks on some of the current trends in architecture and what he terms "design intelligence" Speaks on some of the current trends in architecture and what he terms "design intelligence" Knowlton View full entry

Over at the Atlantic Edward Tenner discusses a recent story in the NYT about the recent rescue of the archives of the WTC architect. Over at the Atlantic Edward Tenner discusses a recent story in the NYT about the recent rescue of the archives of the WTC architect. theAtlantic View full entry