Everyone has a notorious Herbert story, but certainly the very last one I would want to have to circulate is his obituary. A longtime heavy smoker, Herbert died of a lung cancer on Tuesday, October 2, that was diagnosed earlier this year. He had stepped down from his position as the architecture... View full entry
High resolution 360° virtual tours of the interior of the Large Hadron Collider. Try it on a big screen, and don't forget to look up in the big rooms... View full entry
Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, a headstrong urbanist whose exposed brick structures celebrated his home of Bogota and won international praise, died Wednesday, a close friend said. He was 78. IHT | El Tiempo | Work El Tiempo View full entry
Witold Rybczynski brings us a slideshow essay that praises Architecture that succeeds without showing off. View full entry
The fine folks at PRAXIS are celebrating the release of issue #9, Expanding Surface, this Friday from 7-9pm at Urban Center Books in New York. View full entry
You can see it as a brilliant flickr photo set. Documenting mostly the South Side of Chicago his photos are capturing a neighbourhood that might look very differently in a few years time. View full entry
Our esteemed colleague Geoff Manaugh at BLDGBLOG has an excellent interview with Lebbeus Woods. In addition, please check out the pièce de résistance--the release of Lebbeus Woods' website. discuss View full entry
Gawker has posted internal NYT memo re: death.Herbert Muschamp Dead At 59 Longtime New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp has passed away at the age of 59. A memo to the paper's staff from Bill Keller and Sam Sifton was just released.Colleagues, I'm saddened to report that Herbert... View full entry
From Copenhagen to Vladivostok (and all points in-between), Archinect gets you connected with two new features from our two brilliant architectural doctors--Enrique Ramirez's interview with Bjarke Ingels in The Denmark™ Organization, and Owen Hatherley's Delirious Moscow which analyzes... View full entry
Walk into Mike Gates’s summer home here and the first thing you notice — the only thing you could possibly notice — is the view. NYT View full entry
the plans for the oma designed torre bicentenario have been stopped. met with strong opposition from the neighbors, the developers have decided to look for a new site.nytimes|previously 1 and 2 View full entry
Watch the PBS - WIDE ANGLE show that shows the process by which OMA got the commission for the design of Ras al-Khaimah, a new city in the UAE, and Snohetta the commission for its civic center. View full entry
A group of Frank Lloyd Wright aficionados in Buffalo, N.Y. has built and opened a boathouse designed by the famous American architect — more than 100 years after it was conceived. CBC View full entry
September 27, 2007: Ludwig Abache adds Belo Horizonte, Brasil to Google Map Tour Guide Central. Actually, the very day the Guide was promoted to a feature Ludwig also added Tokyo. If you’re thinking of creating your own map have a look here for info. September 26, 2007: When holz.box posted... View full entry
Ever wonder what to do or see while in Los Angeles, London, New York, Paris, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington DC, Amsterdam, Boston, Vienna, Tokyo, or Belo Horizonte, Brasil? Well, our well traveled and culturally sophisticated members at Archinect have a lot of great suggestions, all... View full entry