In the 1970s and ’80s, Southern California was a hotbed of architectural experimentation. Buildings by Thom Mayne and Michael Rotondi of Morphosis, Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss and others challenged conventional notions of how we live and work, thrilling some observers and horrifying others... View full entry
"Our public spaces are the repositories of our culture, and our collective memory," said Rick Haldenby, the director of the University of Waterloo's school of architecture. The school hosted a daylong symposium on public space-making this week that featured presentations from award-winning... View full entry
Office dA ’s Macallen building is featured in the Boston Globe in an article by Robert Campbell. View full entry
The Parkrand building, designed by MVRDV and interior designer Richard Hutten, is one of the key projects in what is being branded a “metamorphosis” of Amsterdam West. With 223 dwellings, 193 of which are at the higher end of the rental market, the Parkrand building introduces a type... View full entry
NYTimes breaks down parkour and freerunning : "Freerunning focuses on the feeling and aesthetic expression of freedom, thinking that can be traced to the transcendentalism of Rousseau and Thoreau. And parkour’s “utility,” of which Mr. Cliff and other traceurs speak, is akin to... View full entry
Senior Editor Quilian Riano posed in the discussion section a very important issue concerning the wikipedia entries revolving about the subject of architecture. The question I have about this issue is why haven't the institutional keepers of the faith not already revised these thin texts for the... View full entry
Australia's iconic Sydney Opera House was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites Thursday, 34 years after the construction of Danish architect Jorn Utzon's vision was completed. HKNews View full entry
John Jourden has posted a new feature interview with artist, critic, poet, writer, and UbuWeb provocateur Kenneth Goldsmith. Read (or listen) here View full entry
The work of Antoni Gaudí showcased in Today's Pictures @ Slate. related View full entry
John Brown of theslowhome.com responds to discussion about his web site, which is dedicated to mainstreaming the affordable modern homes. Archinect discussions. via njp ~~~ John Kaliski of Urban Studio-LA discusses Everyday Urbanism - Design and/or Default. A member asks, "is everyday urbanism by... View full entry
Some of the Bay Area's best design can be found in subsidized housing. SFGate View full entry
Two-thirds of Cuyahoga County’s commissioners want to demolish it. Cleveland Plain Dealer architecture critic Steven Litt wants to save it. What would you do with it? More from Bustler.net View full entry
In 35 years on the same block Robert Boddington has seen a lot of changes. But one of the most disappointing, he said, came last November, when a neighbor tore down a quaint row house at 123 West 15th Street and began building a taller structure with a bulbous triplex penthouse suspended over the... View full entry
Philip Nobel now asks us: What’s a budding celebrity architect to do when the winds of change begin shifting away from fame? Metropolis | discussion Illustration by Jordan Hadley for Metropolis View full entry
Metropolis critiques Thinkwell's pre-planned themed experience for C.I. + Read the C.I. chapter in Delirious NY for a taste of the original. + Astroland stays open for another year! metropolismag l thinkwelldesign.com l DeliriousNewYork l nypost l prev View full entry