I realize these speculative visionary proposals can be a little hard to swallow while the economy continues to drill a hole into the center of the earth, but there are some really beautiful formal investigations in MAD's Huaxi City proposals, so we're going to serve them up. Pretend it's the good... View full entry

Pathbreaking African-American architect passed away this morning. “In recent weeks, we gained a president, but we have lost a king,” said James Polshek. The Architect's Newspaper View full entry

Congratulations to University of Toronto School Blogger Kelly Doran for winning the Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners. Visit Bustler for the news View full entry

So you’re laid up in bed with the flu like everyone else, with nothing to do but chug Emergen-C, ride the NyQuil train, and gaze glassy-eyed at hours of DVR’ed shows that you’d usually let languish. When even keeping your eyes open starts to hurt, queue up this mixtape and zonk... View full entry

Energy bills will be a thing of the past in the 'eco-house' of the future thanks to a combination of the latest renewable energy technology and building techniques from hundreds of years ago. Telegraph View full entry

Belgium opened a new €20 million "zero emissions" polar science station in Antarctica on Sunday, returning to the continent to study climate change 42 years after closing its first base there. IHT View full entry

Coney Island was once known as the world’s largest playground, where millions of working- and middle-class New Yorkers prowled an anarchic, pulsating bazaarmg of bathhouses, freak shows, dance halls, carousels, roller coasters, chop suey parlors, hotels, hot dog stands and game booths... View full entry

Can architecture end a war? Steve Rose travels to Israel to see Peace House, a new building with big ambitions -and a bomb shelter on every floor.Guardian View full entry

First a shout out to guest editor Dreader than dreadTVCC on fire! Buildings are getting cut in half, moved around, and are having slums built inside of them. Didn't they see this coming? What is the future of Los Angeles infrastructure? Cancel student loan debt? And lastly, I'm glad to see that... View full entry

An architect frustrated by government thinking on school design has brought to fruition a remarkable riposte.Guardian View full entry

The timing could hardly be better for "The Infrastructural City," a new collection of essays on Los Angeles edited by Kazys Varnelis, director of the Network Architecture Lab at Columbia University. A book with a title like that, unless written by Mike Davis or John McPhee, would typically have a... View full entry

No, I'm not misusing the term "architect". This year, for the first time in the history of the Academy Awards, an architect was hired as production designer. David Rockwell, of NYC's Rockwell Group, talks with the NY Times about his mantra for the 81st Oscar ceremony: “More intimacy. Less... View full entry

A Harvard professor [Martha Schwartz] has attacked the British for paying too much attention to their gardens and too little to their parks - but the fault is not the people's but the government's. Telegraph View full entry

During this economic turmoil many of us are making transitions in work and life. If you're looking for new studio space, or trying to rent out some of your space... or if you're trying to sell the shirt off your back to pay this month's rent, ArchMart is here for you, the architecture and design... View full entry

Quilian, at Harvard University - GSD, is getting closer with his thesis prep and shows what's keeping him busy. Jacob, at Kent State University, highly recommends the movie True Stories, with and by David Byrne of Talking Heads, to be analyzed from an architecture/urban design standpoint. Samuel... View full entry