Plunge in Existing-Home Sales Is Steepest Since ’89 | Foreclosures, default notices hit 10-year high. Sluggish sales, rising adjustable mortgages blamed for 802% increase from previous year in homes lost | Subprime loan bailout getting primed...and if so, who pays...banks or taxpayers? |... View full entry
While Darfur burns, "middle-class Sudanese couples wipe off the dust to inspect new bathroom suites for sale by the roadside in central Khartoum, they can see a new vision of the city's future rising in the distance." Led by an oil-fuelled construction boom, "The big question, however is whether... View full entry
In the Kaisertal, "one of the last inhabited valleys in the Alps not connected by road to the outside world", an isolated mountain settlement where "food and fuel are carried in on an aerial ropeway" is about to change. Next March, "a 2,690-foot tunnel to be completed next year will alter the... View full entry
Video podcast with architects Hugh Hardy, Frances Halsband, David Childs, Lise Anne Couture, Gregg Pasquarelli, and Michael Sorkin, excerpted from the Architectural League's current exhibition New New York: Fast Forward. Watch View full entry
The Las Vegas strip is in the midst of yet another building boom. With 151,000 hotel rooms at near 100 percent occupancy, there seems to be no end to Sin City's massive growth. NYTimes View full entry
"In celebration of the AIA’s 150th anniversary, we are excited to announce a partnership with Google Earth that will help the public connect with architecture like never before. Through two new Google Earth layers, Blue-print for America and America’s Favorite Architecture, the AIA... View full entry
Melbourne's stunning, swooping new railway station was created by British architects. Meanwhile, the Australians are heading this way. Jonathan Glancey applauds a fair swap. View full entry
Paul Goldberger discusses the new play "The Glass House", about Mies' relationship with his client Dr. Edith Farnsworth. New Yorker View full entry
The World Cup of soccer is still three years away. But in South Africa, the site of the 2010 games, it already feels disturbingly close at hand. NYT View full entry
Southern California's shopping centers are in the midst of a major building boom that promises to change the mall experience. ...The developer said he carefully studies how cities are put together and uses that information to construct his projects. "We write stories," he said. "We have story... View full entry
Husband-and-wife collaborations are part of a broad trend that is changing the traditional definition of architecture partnerships. NY Times View full entry
As latest US solution to Iraq's civil war, the US military is building a three-mile concrete wall in the centre of Baghdad along the most murderous faultline between Sunni and Shia Muslims. guardian, nyt View full entry
"NEAR the 18th hole of the Bighorn golf course in Palm Desert, publishing tycoon Duane Hagadone laid out his vision for a dream home to his architect. It would be set high on the bald mountain rising near the green yet be so inconspicuous that he'd have to point it out even to golf buddies... View full entry
Planners in Chicago have approved the Calatrava-designed tower, destined to become the nation's tallest building at 150 floors. Chicago Tribune | Previously » 1 2 3 It may be a good time to apply for this job. View full entry
New military construction is booming along Colorado's front range: Architectural Record. View full entry