Italian magazine Abitare with a new editorial team launches the series "Reports of living" following the everyday situations and the thoughts of Guadalupe Acedo, caretaker and domestic lady at the celebratred house. In Italian but there is always Babelfish View full entry
“An online collection of the half-baked, the promising, the raw and the invisible architecture; Projects that miscarried, went over the top, were turned down by clients or for other reasons never became realised.“ projekt0047 part of the Oslo Triennale 2007 – Culture of Risk... View full entry
The U.S. Navy has decided to spend as much as $600,000 for landscaping and architectural modifications to obscure the fact that one its building complexes looks like a swastika from the air. la times View full entry
London is experiencing unprecedented growth. All eyes are upon us in the run-up to 2012 but the real challenge is not only to deliver a successful Olympic Games but to build the foundations for a successful long-term future... The Changing Face of London will examine the overall vision for the... View full entry
The Laboratoire de la Production D'Architecture (EPFL, and Professor Harry Gugger, partner H&dM), in collaboration with the London School of Economics and the Tate Modern will host a symposium on"Past and future planning in the London borough of Southwark."...Friday Sept 28th, 09:30 &ndash... View full entry
The following lectures series have been posted by Archinect school bloggers and/or submitted by our visitors: New: PrattCal Poly PomonaUniversity of MarylandRISDUIC School of ArchitecturePrinceton University School of ArchitectureOhio State University Knowlton School of ArchitectureUniversity of... View full entry
Seems like Heineken was about 50 years too early with the World Bottle concept of brick-shaped bottles that could be upcycled as building materials... From Wikipedia... As the story goes, Alfred Heineken had an epiphany while on a world tour of Heineken factories. When Heineken was on the... View full entry
It's my duty to show this educational video. View full entry
“In a statement to The Art Newspaper, Mark Stephens of the law firm Finers Stephens Innocent said: ‘Banksy, Steve Lazarides, Pictures on Walls and its directors are most concerned to have been advised that they and some members of the public have been victims of criminal behaviour. As... View full entry
The Storefront is off and running on their month long celebration of 25 years pushing the boundaries of architecture. Tons of events to catch, indoors, outdoors, on the corner. Continuous speakers include: Engaging the City, Florian Boehm, Daniel Perlin (AKA DJ N-Ron), Ruben Ochoa, Monstrologist... View full entry
New York Grudgingly Opens Door to Ahmadinejad | Iran’s President Faces Protests During Visit | Columbia, Free Speech and the President of Iran | Video Report | Comment | WNYC asks, What would you ask Mahmoud Ahmadenijad | Listen | Discuss ... postscript:Brian Lehrer offers his opinion. View full entry
NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF writes about the newly announced winning entry for the Barnes Museum in Philly. He raises an interesting point about the state of "public" projects in U.S., and questions why so often projects which will dramatically affect the public are not affected by the public. Discuss View full entry
i particularly like no. 6 View full entry
September 21, 2007: The New Cities Grow thread, initiated by lletdownl, provokes as many questions as it asks. Can hyper-accelerated growth produce a city worth living in? Devoid, for the moment, of the accretion of human agency conferred only by time, can Dubai’s apotheosis be bought... View full entry
At last, Foster's project for the reform of FC Barcelona's 1957 stadium has been unveiled this saturday Sept. 22: Foster adds a festive, colorful, sort of snake-like skin -a mixture of Nouvel's pixellate Agbar Tower and H&dM's inflatable Allianz Arena-, reminiscent of Antoni Gaudí's... View full entry