Doing! is an installation that rejects the conventional notions of architectural exhibitions. Opposing the all too common practice of �displaying� projects through the use of graphic panels and models, Openshop Studio and SLAB Architecture chose an... View full entry
SandRoad is asking Archinect members, "What are you working on right now?". View full entry
The Sierra Club released a special report on environmentally-conscious colleges in its November/December newsletter, including its list of the Top 10 most green-friendly campuses in the US. View full entry
It's not all about the architecture. Norman Foster does yachts, Richard Meier is designing sweaters, Frank Gehry Jewelry, and Zaha Hadid has a line of housewares. Cond� Nast discusses | SlideshowBritish architect Norman Foster is designing a series of $40 million luxury... View full entry
The exhibition of the same title opens at the CCA in Montreal addressing architectures response to the 1973 oil crisis... go here View full entry
The author claims Pei's Louvre addition is a deliberate act of cultural vandalism. Mr. Pei "is responsible for creating a constant disturbing tension between the pyramid and the courtyard that compromises the beauty of each. Pei might say that he intended to create this tension. But by what right... View full entry
Jeffrey Inaba's firm INABA has produced "Donor Hall" a large-scale installation about the global culture of philanthropy which will open to the public this week in conjunction with the inauguration of the New Museum of Contemporary Art building design by SANAA. Click here for images and info in... View full entry
The brilliant Dan Savage (this link potentially NSFW) writing about the architecture of the gingerbread house: my Christmas wish has come true! There's some traditional architectural critique in there, too. View full entry
Is it unethical to break into a national monument... and repair it? Untergunther, a group dedicated to restoring the Parisian underground, has secretly fixed the clock in Paris' Pantheon. link View full entry
On Sunday, November 18th, Steven Holl Architects (SHA) and Extell Development Company presented their master plan for the Eastern Rail Yards and Western Rail Yards (the Hudson Yards) in New York City... Extell Development Company, one of five developers currently bidding for this last large... View full entry
"First the TV's go. Then the freeways. Then the factories." Just for the hell of it: a blast from the past... Why not? Media Burn by Ant Farm (1975). Probably the best thing any architect came up with (yes, Ant Farm were architects). A good antidote to shopping and the West Side railyards. Happy... View full entry
New Spertus Institute's gemlike wall of glass a welcome counterpoint on South Michigan. Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune View full entry
The Royal College of Art in London holds a brilliant annual fundraiser by selling anonymously-designed postcard-sized art pieces.And that’s where the beauty of RCA Secret comes in. The annual sale’s great, egalitarian selling point – namely that all works remain anonymous until... View full entry
As the consumer season gets underway, Archinect discusses the good the bad the turkey, cartoon turkeys, shopping or sleeping, when black friday comes, buy nothing day, snowdays! or just staying home and watching college football. Helping us cook the perfect bird is Mightlittle™ and Food... View full entry
not just for millionaires with expensive insurance, spray-on fireproofing is going mainstream in the fire prone hills of california.LAtimes View full entry