Matthew Yglesias fellow at the Center for American Progress and blogger, explores a reader's request regarding the aesthetic considerations of architecture within the urban environment. Particularly as this relate to urban density and skyscrapers. His conclusion, "Aesthetics matters, but it... View full entry

Everyone knows the Glass House, the weekend retreat that the architect Philip Johnson designed for himself in New Canaan, Conn. Much less well known is another house Johnson designed soon after — across the street. Because it was for a family, it doesn’t have the jewel-box quality of... View full entry

I once worked with the late Martin Pawley, a frequently perverse, never less than entertaining critic. One afternoon he returned from a visit to the Richard Rogers studio. How was it, I inquired? "Oh, you know," he said with an expansive gesture. "Troubadours strumming guitars in the... View full entry

A view of Dharavi, the real slum where part of the story of "Slumdog Millionaire" plays out. Via the Los Angeles Times Slideshow and Video Via Airoots a related post which argues that it makes total sense to understand Dharavi as a self-generating post-industrial city. View full entry

The Tribune's Blair Kamin discusses Obama's role in the inevitable shift to more pragmatic building. The Skyline View full entry

Mimi has posted photos from A Few Zines January 8 opening. A Few Zines is up at Studio-X until the end of February, so be sure to stop by and read a few zines and grab a loud paper broadsheet. View full entry

One of the 20th century's most influential graphic design outfits, the Designers Republic, has officially ended it's tour of duty. Creative Review View full entry

Thursday January 22 /.EventsDateModule Everyday Urbanism: BOOK SIGNING AND LAUNCH PARTY , Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Opening: MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities. , New York, NY - Center for Architecture Expanding Architecture - Conversations on Design as Activism , Atlanta, GA OZONE Eco... View full entry

The Future Systems founder, who died last week aged 71, revealed these designs for a concert hall in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic late last year. AJ | SpaceInvaded View full entry

Submissions on the theme of farming, for our first edition of [bracket], is due on February 2nd. Submit now![bracket] is a collaboration of Archinect and InfraNet Lab, and is composed of a collection of diverse editors and an open-source contributing membership. View full entry

It's no secret, Archinect loves it's advertisers! We'd like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers for supporting Archinect!This weeks advertisers:Georgia PacificHarvard Career Discovery ProgramSCI-Arc MediaScapesORCHID 3DBoston Society of Architects - In the Pursuit of... View full entry

How modular DIY designs will bury the McMansion and usher in a new era of sustainable housing.Portfolio.com View full entry

Nicolai Ouroussoff reviews Jean Nouvel's recently opened Copenhagen Concert Hall, calling it "one of the most gorgeous buildings I have recently seen: a towering bright blue cube enveloped in seductive images". SpaceInvaded View full entry

Mari Fujita and Matthew Soules of the University of British Columbia School of Architecture have co-created what they call EcoMetropolitanism or EcoMet for short. It's a conceptual framework for transforming the modern city into a literal urban jungle. Read an article about the concept in TheTyee... View full entry

Designed by the small Viennese architectural firm Delugan Meissl, it is an angular, swaggering structure, rather as if Zaha Hadid discovered hard edges after a stern tutorial in the disciplines of mechanical engineering from men in white coats in the Porsche Entwicklungszentrum (R&D Centre)... View full entry