About 140,000 houses will be weatherized with public help this year, a total that President-elect Barack Obama has promised to raise to one million, which would reduce energy consumption and cut energy costs for households and taxpayers, who often absorb those costs for the poor. Weatherizing a... View full entry

Elisabeth Rosenthal covers all the usual points; extreme energy efficiency, affordability (at least within Germancy) and some of the factors preventing it's wide-spread adoption in the USA.NYT View full entry

At the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organisation, they have developed a "hotel room of the future".The experimental room has been assembled in a giant laboratory. The idea is to show hotels how new technology can help guests relax.BBC News View full entry

Well it is almost time to ring in the New Year. What will you be doing? Here are some thoughts on what the year ahead holds.Does this mean no more dams?Capitalism critiqued, Japanese style?Old thread discovered Who doesn't like subjective lists?Suggestions for Kyoto archi-tourism?Typical... View full entry

Justin Davidson reviews the recently published Collected Reflections on a Century of Change. This career-spanning collection of articles and essays he writes, demonstrates that Huxtable’s work remains the gold standard of criticism — and not just the architectural variety &mdash... View full entry

We at Archinect like to fondly look back as each year comes to a close. This year we've decided to take a slightly different approach. Instead of rounding up the greatest hits from 2008, we're moving ahead and setting our sights toward the future, with a collection of predictions for 2009. We've... View full entry

Ever since the 1953 flood, the Dutch have relied on a simple but effective equation for modeling flooding risk, risk = (probability of failure) x (projected cost of damage). Now concerned about the effects of rising sea levels the newly formed Deltacommittee has released a plan to protect highly... View full entry

A revamped church near St Pancras shows perfectly how the design of sacred spaces has moved with the times...Evening Standard View full entry

Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr replying to the NYT about this article just previously posted also at Archinect... well done Cameron! View full entry

We are in the midst of radical social and economic change brought on by the emergence of a global system that is completely and utterly uncontrollable -- it is too big, too fast, and too complex to control. Unfortunately, the lack of a global control system means that we face a long series of... View full entry

Before the financial cataclysm, the profession seemed to be in the midst of a major renaissance. Architects like Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, once deemed too radical for the mainstream, were celebrated as major cultural figures. NYT View full entry

Prince Charles says green doesn’t have to look modern. TimesOnline View full entry

The Architecture Critic for The New Yorker weighs in on his picks for the best of '08. Read View full entry

Paul Nakazawa found his forte was coaching others to make the most of their talents. With a client list including Morphosis and OMA, here he talks to Pamela Buxton about how to survive the downturn. BD View full entry

We might have had a bleak end to 2008, but it was actually a good year for splendid buildings and inspiring architectural exhibitions. BD asks 18 major players in the business to pick out their highlights from the past year. BD View full entry