San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 14, 2007 -- Across the U.S., architects are putting their skills and talents to work for the public good, according to a recent survey of 150 firms by nonprofit Public Architecture. "There has never been a survey focused specifically on pro bono service by... View full entry
An interesting article by Peter Buchanan on tall buildings. GSD.Harvard.edu View full entry
Galactic Suite , the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012. "It's the bathrooms in zero gravity that are the biggest challenge," says the designer. Reuters View full entry
Icon's newest issue has an article by the Icon team listing/describing all the reasons why the design professions (industrial/architectural or otherwise) need to experience a deflation...Icon View full entry
Yesterday I had a chance to attend an online meeting at the Architecture Island in Second Life on the issue of scale in the Virtual World. + Full Report This was the first meeting I have ever attended in Second Life, and to be completely honest I still have problems even sitting down. Let's just... View full entry
Just how big an issue is the construction quality of new residential developments in New York City? The forthcoming issue of Habitat magazine digs into that question. Curbed View full entry
Fun for those who spake z'German, Archplus have video files for a series of marathon mini-interviews orchestrated by Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist as part of Documenta 12. (thanks to antonio for the link) Guests: Thomas Bayrle (*1937, Artist, Frankfurt/Main) Gottfried Böhm (*... View full entry
A brief but fierce storm drenched the New York region just before the morning rush yesterday, paralyzing the transit system, flooding major thoroughfares, cutting off electricity to thousands of homes and causing confusion that lingered through a humid, sweaty day. NYT | New York Transit Failings... View full entry
The New York Times explores communities in Second Life where the houses cost less than the furniture. NYT View full entry
The downtown Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art will merge the worlds of art and commerce this fall by including a fully operational Louis Vuitton boutique as part of a retrospective of the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. LAtimes View full entry
Apparently, The Home Office is looking to develop a network of short-term jails that could be plugged into shopping malls and major sporting venues, as a way to streamline high-volume crime processing and burden of detaining criminals. Call them "retail jails" or, as we are told in the Times... View full entry
Eisenmann's Holocaust Memorial is already showing signs of age 2 yrs out. There are cracks in 400 out of 2700 (roughly) of the concrete slabs. Guardian View full entry
Prefabrication is everywhere in American home-building. But that doesn't mean your next house is going to be a stylish, Modernist box. slideshow essay @ slate View full entry
Most folks don't know there are more U.S.-paid private contractors than there are American combat troops in Iraq. New statistics reveal that 1,001 have died in Iraq over the last 4 years (1:180). However this only includes deaths reported to the US labor department and the total might be higher... View full entry
"I was lured by by the chance to make more money from home in such fields as dental technician, tv/vcr repair, archinecting and gun smithing" - evilplatypusWhat about you? View full entry