Today I'm attending a conference sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research. I'll be posting updates throughout the day (or for as long as my battery lasts). Here's a little background on the conference: This ground-breaking symposium has been organized to address the role of urban design... View full entry

Candace, at University of Illinois at Chicago, witnessed history this week as she was live in Chicago's Grant Park to watch the first black man accept the role of President of the United States of America. Nick, at UC Berkeley, drops part 2 of his Berkeley Guide and shows off some freshly... View full entry

Frank Gehry and the 160 professionals of the world-renowned architectural firm Gehry Partners, LLP will relocate to the coastal California community in early 2009, occupying 75,000 square feet in a campus being developed by NSB Associates, announced Lawrence N. Field,Chairman and CEO of NSB... View full entry

Thursday November 06 /.EventsDateModule A Panel on Architectural Publishing , The Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue My Paradise: A Hundred Years of Finnish Architects’ Summer Homes , San Francisco, CA Friday November 07 /.EventsDateModule UVa School of Architecture Dean’s Forum... View full entry

From the makers of Rem Tracuer comes Great Game, an introduction to MIT Architecture's faculty for the MIT Open House tomorrow, Thursday, November 6, 2008. View full entry

Britain's TimesOnline lists the countries with the best modern architecture, based on Phaidon's Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. Gold goes to Japan; Silver to Switzerland; and Bronze goes to the Netherlands View full entry

At last, they have a decent website, consequent with the publicity they get. Pritzker Prize View full entry

Stani Michiels has won a competition to design the Netherlands' commemorative 5 euro coin dedicated to dutch architecture. He explains the interesting process (made completely with open source software) and shows the results here. View full entry

Use more copper! A recent study (funded by the copper industry) found that copper fittings help to rapidly kill deadly superbugs such as MRSA and C difficile. Telegraph View full entry

Kazys Varnelis says 'it's over.' It's not just the latest bubble, Bilbao spectacle economy, but the "post-critical" theory that went along with it. Chipperfield echoes the sentiment here as well. (With a nod to Palin, those were the years of "Build, baby, build!"). Read | related feature View full entry

In an interview with Bloomberg's Farah Nayeri David Chipperfield states that in the economy we're now facing "wow" projects will likely become scarce."It's an architecture of excess, a consequence of there being too much money around,'' says the British architect. "At a time when people are... View full entry

@ the GSD live webcast | Ordos 100 UPDATE: Link above no longer works. ORDOS conversation archived in GSD Webcasts (WATCH) View full entry

Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the construction can resume at a disputed site for The Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. Frank O. Gehry designed the museum with 200 million USD coming from California. Backed by Gov. Schwarzenegger, the museum is a sister project for the Los Angeles-based Simon... View full entry

In the last few years, architecture programs have started offering more courses that address current problems. I’m referring specifically to sustainability classes and social housing studios. This may be partly because of a general move in education to accommodate a growing market and... View full entry

Plans to build the triangular tower, tallest building in Ireland — with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top — have been suspended because of Ireland's property slump and slide into recession. AP View full entry