With over 6,000 words, Lauren Collins describes her quest to take the measure of all things Banksy – including an interview with the elusive man himself. “The art world is the biggest joke going,” he has said. “It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the... View full entry
The James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony was held last night at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC. Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects) won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design, for Xing Restaurant in NYC. Bustler View full entry
An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem, Hebrew University said late Monday. haaretz View full entry
The Norwegians' architecture stands up to glaciers, snowstorms and dangerous drivers - and it still looks beautiful. They could teach us a few things, says Jonathan Glancey. View full entry
NCSU Dean Marvin Malecha, FAIA, has been elected 2009 AIA President. He is approximately the third (fulltime) educator to be elected president in the 150-year history of the AIA. School bio. AIA candidacy info. View full entry
Without a whif of irony that I could detect, we get this piece of borderline revanchism, wait--strike the borderline part--from the Times. Behold as the sun sets on the perennial losers (btw... this could describe anyplace from Bayview in SF to Santurce in San Juan, but in this case the mystery... View full entry
Expo 67's impact on Montreal was indelible. 40 years later... | globemail | flickr View full entry
Swiss People's Party, country's largest, moves to ban minarets for what they represent. If it goes ahead, the move would be first ever to censor architecture for it's 'meaning' in modern times. Islamophobic? SwissInfo View full entry
Czech President Vaclav Klaus indicated today that he is against the construction of a new National Library building after the model of Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky in Prague. Prague Daily Monitor + ideon.cz (pics). View full entry
Ma Yansong proposes a radical greening of Mao’s propaganda soapbox. Olmsted & Vaux would be proud. "Tiananmen is ... the physical centre but not the real centre. No Beijing people go there," he said. "The question we posed ourselves was how to make the area more enjoyable if we no... View full entry
Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel are gutsy pioneers in the still-male-dominated world of architecture, as bold as Kate Hepburn’s Tess in the classic film “Woman of the Year.” But they’re no mere celluloid heroines. In the 25 years since they founded Boston-based Leers... View full entry
Just arrived in my email: "Bloomfield Hills, MI- Following a national search, Reed Kroloff has been appointed director of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum, effective September 1, 2007. Currently dean of the Tulane University School of Architecture and the former editor-in-chief of... View full entry
The Architectural League's Young Architects Forum 07 has been announced: SINGLE Speed DESIGN, PRODUCTORA, PARA, UNI, Aranda/Lasch and ludens. More+Schedule View full entry
Buildings are expected to feature as a crucial area for energy-saving in the UN's third report on climate change this week. The BBC takes a look at some of the sustainable technolgies of architecture's now and then using sand, straw and mud. View full entry
life without buildings reports about the recent Architecture Foundation exhibition, featuring Tomas Klassnik, Witherford Watson Mann, Marks Barfield, AOC and Newbetter View full entry