Bernard Spitzer, NYC real estate developer and philanthropist, has donated $25M to The City College of New York's School of Architecture. Spitzer graduated from CCNY's school of engineering in 1943. Take the jump to read the full release...Bernard Spitzer, ’43, Gives $25 Million to CCNY... View full entry

Michael Kimmelman reviews the show "Le Corbusier — The Art of Architecture" currently showing at the Barbican Center in London. He believes that occasionally a cultural figure provides a little window into a nation’s shifting identity, and in Britain the self-regarding Swiss-born... View full entry

Architects Ken Maher (Hassell) and Kim Herforth Nielsen (3XN) have both been honored with the highest architectural awards of their respective home countries: Australian Maher with the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 Gold Medal for Architecture and Danish Nielsen with the C. F. Hansen... View full entry

The NYT reports on the surge of "Shanty Towns" --aka "Hoovervilles"--or "illegal encampments of homeless people that are reminiscent, on a far smaller scale, of Depression-era shanty towns". in my blog... View full entry

And you thought some cheap Autodesk software was bad... there's nothing wrong with doing consultations for a fee, but $0.05? Hmm. NPR View full entry

In the latest installment of his "Architecture School" series, Lebbeus Woods discusses fundamental shortcomings of the traditional design studio model, and proposes an alternative that nurtures individuality while operating on the basis of collaboration. Architecture School 301 | Make sure to... View full entry

AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trusts, a "deep-pocketed pension fund", may help finance the stalled Calatrava-designed Chicago Spire. AFL-CIO's interest is 5 years of 100% union jobs. ChiTrib View full entry

Ecohomes need not look like the fallout from a science-fiction writer's nightmare. Some architects are sticking to traditional values. Guardian View full entry

The NYT sings praise for houseplans.com. Daniel Gregory, the site's editor in chief, explains that all you need to realize your modern home is your local builder. First Boston.com's "ditch the architect" and now this? Has the newspaper industry waged war on architects? View full entry

Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos have shared with us 4 upcoming new projects in NYC, and one recently finished construction. Clinton Park, a stepped roof-terrace mixed-use project, is particularly interesting. Take the jump to view all five projects, with slideshows...(Shhh... they may still be... View full entry

Scott Van Voorhis advises his readers at Boston.com to "ditch the architect", and just let the builder do the design work. What do you think? Post your comments here, or send him an email: sbvanvoorhis@hotmail.com View full entry

The SF Chronicle's John King reviews Taschen's 6th installment in the Architecture Now! book series. King comments that the exuberant architecture profiled seems more like a walk down memory lane than a vision of the future. Read View full entry

First, we are now a centenarian! Also, a shout-out to toasteroven for this week's picks.News Robert Stern’s enlightened view of women in architecture. On paradox. Legos appear once and then twice. Continued after jump....School Blogs Critical Activism!!! I have been thinking about monks? A... View full entry

Mustafa, at Architectural Association, DRL, blogs about Greg Lynn, photography, moving, and the 'politics' behind trashing architectural models. Scott, at UCLA, spends his spring break, no, not in Acapulco, but in NYC to catch up with tons of architecture lectures. - Hey, who said nerd alert?!... View full entry

Until March 29, the City of Oslo exhibits the 40 contributions for the Munch Area and the Deichman Axis architecture competition. The list of invited architects includes names like Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Foreign Office Architects. Images on Bustler. View full entry