Cameron Sinclair weighs in on the current state of architecture in the Huffington Post, and breaks the news that Zaha did, indeed, flake out on their planned debate at the Barbicon tonight. View full entry
Mark your calendars this week if you live in any of the following cities: New York, Los Angeles, London, Seattle, Berkeley, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Boston. Take the jump to see the full list of events for the next seven days...Thursday April 09 CAN GREEN ROOFS BLOOM IN THE DESERT? , Los... View full entry
Check out WNYC's latest project--Cityscapes--a multi-platform month-long examination of how the city has changed, and where it’s heading next. Platforms include radio, video logs, a blog, a flickr group, walking tours and meet-ups. Listen to this week's interview with Stephen Cassell of ARO... View full entry
Zaha Hadid and Ben Van Berkel have unveiled their designs of temporary pavilions for Chicago’s Millenium Park. Bustler View full entry
A conversation with Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, author of "On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change" @CharlieRose.com | previously DS+R on Charlie Rose View full entry
Wes Janz picks up on the Midwess Distress Tour: “It’s two years since the MDT, a 6-day drivathon with architecture students, organized by Olon Dotson and me. To challenged places, abandoned lives, upstart efforts. Detroit, Flint, Gary, Chicago, East St. Louis, and Cincinnati... View full entry
Just before it is to open, LA Arts High School has no principal and there is disagreement about who should run it and who should go there. L.A. Times + a personal view View full entry
Today PRI's The World discusses Ed Mazria's 2030 initiative, focusing on two architects, in Toronto and Mexico City, and their efforts in moving toward a zero-fossil fuel architecture. Read, look or listen... View full entry
News Some cheerful news of the future. Not even in THE CITY? While some release their second edition, other's go into the digital.Jelly! Will it effect the pockets of developers?Discussions Did we all make out OK? Continued after jump....School Blogs Welcome to our second PhD blogger! Emily was a... View full entry
The University of Arkansas' School of Architecture has been renamed "the Fay Jones School of Architecture", in celebration of the former student, teacher and local architect. The name change was sponsored by a $10m donation from clients of Jones', as reported on Archinect last year. Read View full entry
Another Mies building is facing possible demolition, this time in the "gunnery" (AKA "watch stand" building) on a southwest corner of the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Edward Lifson has the details. View full entry
Room for Debate , a NYT blog, discusses possible futures for the endangered shopping mall. View full entry
Quilian is currently live blogging from the Ecological Urbanism conference at Harvard. Follow on his school blog... View full entry
Dave, at University of Maryland, is stoked: he gets to personally pick up Moshe Safdie, keynote speaker at UMD's quad conference. Maybe afterward, Dave can also announce his car as quasi historic monument, sanctified by Safdie's holy touch? Nick, at UC Berkeley, moves further south on his trip... View full entry
Frank Gehry has been selected to design a memorial for President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, DC. The memorial is planned for a four-acre site just off the National Mall on Independence Avenue, across from the National Air and Space Museum. Bustler View full entry
