The National Park Service is considering a design competition to revitalize the grounds at this city's famed Gateway Arch. AP | NPS View full entry
Thursday October 23 /.EventsDateModule [architecture] in the age of [digital] reproduction , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, School of Architecture, Temple Buell Hall University of Virginia Dean’s Forum Lecture: Peter Wirtz , Charlottesville, Virginia Dialogue with Design Legends... View full entry
Archaeologists in Greece have found the remains of a Stone Age homestead left intact for about 6,000 years. It is rectangular, 624 sq. ft., and supported by wood posts (what's new?) AFP/Yahoo View full entry
If your future is based on the majority of content on CNN (or any other news network these days), the prediction looks grim. But the future seems a little less apocalyptic in CNN's recently launched series Just Imagine: 2020. Some stories of note: the future of airport design (including Foster's... View full entry
How do John McCain and Barack Obama compare on urban policy and what will it mean for New York and other large cities? Gotham Gazette View full entry
Norman Foster, the eminent British architect who has made something of a specialty out of inserting contemporary designs into historic buildings, has been selected for a major renovation of the New York Public Library’s landmark 1911 main building, on Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd... View full entry
The Sakirin Mosque is the first mosque in Turkey to be designed by women. And it looks very beautiful. NPR: read and listen. View full entry
You're at a party. Someone asks what you do. You tell them you're an architect. Has anyone here NOT gotten one of these responses? | Freakonomics View full entry
Lacoste, the original croc, has commissioned Zaha Hadid to design a new shoe.Hadid started by digitizing the Lacoste crocodile logo and then used this as a basis to explore a series of surfaces with repeated patterns... The result: a more stylish, intellectually-justified interpretation of the... View full entry
Jonathan Glancey explores the relationship between poetry and architecture and wonders if contemporary architecture could be learn how to have a poetic vision?Read and Discuss View full entry
While on his current tour David Bryne had a chance to visit both Libeskind's addition to the Denver Art Musuem and Calatrava's addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Read what he thoughtDAM and MAM View full entry
The paparazzi should have been hiding in the hedges that evening. Cindy Crawford, Goldie Hawn, John Mayer, and some 50 other Hollywood and media types were gathered in the Malibu home of one of L.A.'s biggest power brokers, Universal Studios president Ron Meyer, and his wife, Kelly. The guest of... View full entry
We have some excellent new features to keep you busy this week:Stairway to Architecture Guest contributor Matthew Arnold guides us on a tour along the rocky road to architectural licensure.ShowCase: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex by FOA This week we show off the latest built project by... View full entry
In a Q&A with the ASLA, Alexandros Washburn (Urban Design Chief, New York City) discusses PlaNYC, similarities between biological change and urban growth, green roofs, and blue roofs. ASLA News View full entry
News The effects of the financial downturn are hitting architects,housing, NYCand even the cutting edge?,Some supply a lifeline, others speculate... DiscussionsA Meta Vegas; On building a synecdocheA report from the frontlines?A green paradox? related School Blogs Read reviews and summaries of... View full entry