In case you missed it, the twattish heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has been caught out trying to subvert the planning process again - this time writing to the Qatari owners of the vast Chelsea Barracks site in west London, right next door to Wren's Royal Hospital - and very close... View full entry
Frank Gehry pulls out of Miami's New World Symphony Orchestra's concert hall project. via Guardian View full entry
As the economy continues to offer little to struggling architects, many are considering a return to school for an advanced degree. The increased competition now, however, is making it much more difficult to get accepted. According to this article, Yale's School of Architecture applications... View full entry
When the stock market crashed in October 1929, many ambitious plans that would have changed the face of New York simply vanished. NYT | related View full entry
The National Children’s Museum (NCM) unveiled plans for its new Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed building, slated to open in 2013 at National Harbor. Bustler View full entry
Spotted at Coachella... menu items include the Frank Behry, Mintimilism, and Mies Vanilla Rohe. Via Curbed View full entry
The 33 finalist projects of the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge have been published. The entries range from a radical solution to human transportation in the world’s largest cities to a strategy to dramatically increase crop yields and economic development in remote African villages... View full entry
It's a big week for those of you that live in a big city. To be more specific, for those of you who live in New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Melbourne, Dubai, Savannah, London, San Francisco, & Paris. Take the jump to view the full list of this week's architecture and design events...Thursday... View full entry
Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, the men responsible for last year's Architectural Jelly Competition, have now conceived the Alcoholic Architecture bar in London. Guests spend 40 minutes in a room containing a vaporised mist made up of gin and tonic, wearing protective suits. BLDGBLOG View full entry
The economic crash has brought a decade of lavish “icon”-building to a halt. Does this mean an architecture of “excess” will be replaced by one of “relevance?” Frances Anderton speaks with Frank Gehry and Architecture for Humanity’s Cameron Sinclair... View full entry
The Cornell Daily Sun 's Ann Lui discusses the difficulties with addressing race in the context of architecture. Read View full entry
Metropolis' blog reviews Work AC's survey of unbuilt urban utopias; currently on exhibit at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. If you can't make it to "the city" to see the show, buy the book! Read the review here. View full entry
The News & Observer (NC) profiles Philip Freelon, head of The Freelon Group, who is designing the new Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, along with David Adjaye and others. TN&O | prev. | related commentary View full entry
MovingCities publishes a recent interview with Wang Shu (Amateur Architecture Studio), Chinese architect and Professor and Head of Architecture department at the China Academy of Arts in Hangzhou. The interview explores the absurdities and realities of the construction process in China and his... View full entry
One of the great British New Wave authors passes. Share your thoughts. Rats in studio !!!Outed gives some wonderful advice to those about to graduate. Urban scale greenwashing? Finally anyone for a PICNIC ? View full entry
