Ubu has added more Gordon Matta-Clark films to its burgeoning collection... recent additions include the infamous Splitting and Conical Intersect. View full entry
The Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA and the Caribbean School of Architecture, University of Technology, Jamaica will collaborate for the first time to present an international symposium on the subject of "Caribbean Modernist Architecture" from 29th February to 1st March 2008 in... View full entry
Shawn Frayne, of Mountain View CA, has invented a new tool to harness wind power for lower-energy needs than traditional windmills offer. The Windbelt was inspired by the 1940 collapse of Washington’s Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Popular Mechanics View full entry
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas --CCA's first exhibition (in a tripartite) under the direction of Mirko Zardini has a microsite to broadcast the exhibition out beyond the borders of Montréal. View full entry
Two new books celebrate the trendy, ephemeral—and contemptuous. Roger Kimball reviews; The Architecture Reader Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the Present: , edited by A. Krista Sykes Written into the Void: Selected Writings, 1990–2004, by Peter Eisenman. city journal View full entry
Somewhere between enjoying the warm weather and cocktails I figured I should add my $0.02 for 08. so we can call this the bump to save you from searching for all those cool threads we like to visit. there was the sketch and the SketchUp reference, the kill, the Lemon, the Landscape and Plant... View full entry
Once, architects were only interested in building great landmarks. But today, some of the most radical and innovative work in Britain is being realised on a domestic scale, as top designers turn humble house extensions into Modernist palaces. guardian View full entry
3xN won the competition for Deutsche Bahn’s new domicile beating out Norman Foster and Dominique Perrault. | copcap | prev View full entry
"This is a fantastic opportunity to place greater emphasis on the human dimension at La Défense," said Robert A.M. Stern. "We are very impressed with the efforts of EPAD [The Public Authority for Development of La Défense] and the city of Courbevoie to expand and revitalize this... View full entry
Rem's team of space monkeys ("like a monkey, ready to be shot into space") are featured on youtube in what appears to be some sort of agitprop recruitment video... via Viola in the forum. View full entry
Peter Eisenman's Greater Columbus Convention Center remains structurally viable after 16-inch water main flooded the building. Dispatch View full entry
An estimated 1 billion birds die annually in the United States as a result of striking buildings, bridges, and other manmade structures. So what are (or can) architects doing to save them. Record View full entry
The Bauhaus-Dessau Foundation is going back to its roots and sponsoring an architectural competition that aims to encourage young architects to build attractive homes for the poor. Its 2008 award deliberately pays tribute to the Bauhaus commitment to social housing in the 1920s. spiegel View full entry
As Brazilian iconoclast architect Oscar Niemeyer closed in on one hundred in December, the media was in a frenzy. But as his magnum opus Brasília edges toward fifty-years-old the lone peep is a stiffing article by Benjamin Moser in this month's Harpers titled Cemetery of hope... View full entry
Article about heat pumps in Building magazine. Fairly basic but is has some costing/economic info that might be of interest. Building > View full entry