We detach from 2007 and fly onward, toward new decades, clicking up the number chain, so it seems like high time to look back at a year that passed by in a blur and see if we can remember what happened... This list won't, by any means, be even close to exhaustive – so join in. What... View full entry
LAtimes salvaged lodgepole pines killed by the bark beatle are re-branded and coming to a lumber yard near you.[Randy] Piper emphasized the light blue streaks that run down the tawny wood, markers left by the parasites. "We're calling it blue pine," he said. "Sounds a lot sexier than beetle-kill." View full entry
In the throes of a construction boom for the 2008 Olympics, China weaves a disparate fabric of radical and spectacular buildings to showcase its emergence as a global power. FT.com View full entry
Architects are suckers for a good building implosion. CNN brings us 13 of the year's best implosions. View full entry
A controversial sculpture by Janet Echelman is set to rise from the ashes in Phoenix. It sets a counterpoint to public art designed by architects who meld harmoniously with buildings or planned spaces, which risks that the art could veer into the merely decorative, and veer into worst artistic... View full entry
John Silber , former president of Boston University and author of Architecture of the Absurd: How "Genius" Disfigured a Practical Art, thinks “starchitects” lean towards form and away from function. Listen to Brian Lehrer's discussion with Silber @ wnyc.org | previously | related |... View full entry
A study led by an FIU professor calls for an architectural rescue in Havana, including a makeover for one of the island's most iconic locales, the Malecón. Read View full entry
insidearch has been hacked. whatever will the interns do!! View full entry
Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Foster + Partners mountainous 27 million square feet “city within a building” will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled... View full entry
Yansong Ma, China’s first architect to win a competition overseas, has radical ideas about transforming his country’s structures – and its culture. FT.com | Previously Featured View full entry
Frieze Magazine reviews the year in architecture... "From relentless development in the Persian Gulf to the slow pace of building in Rome"Article | Project Mars View full entry
The odometer turns over. Time for a tune up, or a trade-in? Marlin's Kerouacky adventures continue... The Greatest Year ? not so much... Like assholes everybody's got one. Simply Fascinating! Utterly Spellbinding! What took you so Long??? And finally,FleasBlaBiBlah View full entry
NYT's Holland Cotter reflects on how the romantic nature of The Cloisters in Manhattan influenced his life, both past and present, and fed the appetite of a culture infatuated with all things Medieval. NYT View full entry
Ouroussoff examines the plight of public housing in NOLA. Ever since HUD took control of these "projects" they have been wanting to tear them down. Since Katrina, plans have been developed to replace much of the public housing with new mixed-use type development. Apparently it is all about... View full entry
In Oct Justin McGuirk wrote about the next, Post Gehry generation of LA architects. "To various degrees they are all dealing with new forms, but the question is whether it is for form's sake or in the interest of performance." "Needless to say, a lot of this work turns stomachs in the sensitive... View full entry