Charity Commission considers whether to launch inquiry after allegations prince has undue influence over direction of Foundation for the Built Environment. Guardian Previously: Royal pain in the ass Prince Charles vs Modernism, cont'd Prince Charles news UK's One Man Planning Dept. Charity... View full entry

Prince Charles should keep out of individual building projects and focus on promoting the wider goal of sustainable development, the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) said on Tuesday. Prince Charles should keep out of individual building projects and focus on promoting... View full entry

The Prince of Wales lobbied for [Jean Nouvel] to be dropped from a £500m office and shopping complex beside St Paul's Cathedral so one of his preferred designers could take over... The Prince of Wales lobbied for [Jean Nouvel] to be dropped from a £500m office and shopping complex... View full entry

Andres Duany on the decline of the Mancave: "If females had inhabited this space, and outfitted it with neat chairs and a mirror and a makeup cabinet, it would be, ‘Oh, the poor women; it’s because we didn’t give them a sitting room.’ There would be absolute... View full entry

Rehashing old arguments over theoretical approaches and real world practice. Rehashing old arguments over theoretical approaches and real world practice. Nick's post Fuzzy Blob Tourism, leads to a discussion about "producing imaginary buildings with sound". A new thread is started listing movies... View full entry

Norman Foster sweeps Heathrow to the height of airport architecture... Jonathan Glancey provides his verdict on the proposed design for the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow airport, to be designed by Norman Foster Guardian. He also takes the opportunity to celebrate dashing designs of the jet age in... View full entry

Good Magazine has published the first of a four-part series addressing "the myths and realities surrounding affordable housing".Good Magazine has published the first of a four-part series addressing "the myths and realities surrounding affordable housing". ReadWe want so bad to believe that we can... View full entry

The Spaceship Down the Street... Penelope Green profiles architect Wilfred J.O. Armster, who designed this steel, copper and concrete building in Guilford, Conn. The building looks very much like a spaceship, which is what locals here have been calling it since its arrival in the late 1980s... View full entry

Thursday August 13 /.EventsDateModule New Practices Winner Lecture: Urban A&O , New York, NY Friday August 14 /.EventsDateModule A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production , Los Angeles, CA Saturday August 15 /.EventsDateModule Scion Presents: Flux Super 8 , Los Angeles... View full entry

The Guardian has two pieces about art hotels. In the first they tour (via slideshow) art hotels from around the world. In the second we read about a five-star hotel in Berlin which is asking artists to pay for bed and board not with money, but with a work of art. View full entry

Knut Hamsun is both hailed as the father of modern literature and reviled for his Nazi sympathies. On the 150th anniversary of his birth, Jonathan Glancey visits a new centre that is as complex and challenging as the controversial author. Knut Hamsun is both hailed as the father of modern... View full entry

First Archinect went back to the Future, but at least wasn't under four feet of water in a Tribeca basement. First Archinect went back to the Future, but at least wasn't under four feet of water in a Tribeca basement. Also, Bernard Tschumi: responds to a recent Op-Ed. Instead of Lady Gaga, how... View full entry

Along with his partner Robert Siegel, with whom he founded the firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Gwathmey supplied castles on the beach to the East Hampton nobility, corporate high-rises, apartment renovations, as well as a stream of civic projects. Rather than brand his designs with... View full entry

Pack your bags - this week's events will be taking you to Sydney, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York & Copenhagen... Pack your bags - this week's events will be taking you to Sydney, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York & CopenhagenThursday August 06 Pecha Kucha Sydney #... View full entry

The unveiling of the winning proposals for Calgary's National Music Centre at the King Eddy, is followed by a discussion on the changing styles and methods of Diller Scofidio + Renfro architectural renderings. The unveiling of the winning proposals for Calgary's National Music Centre at the King... View full entry