Get ready for pavilion 2007. Frei Otto is building his first structure in the UK. More news to follow as they appear. View full entry
The P/A Awards: Marc Boutin Architect; Aziza Chaouni; Michael Maltzan Architecture; Office dA. Citations: Hariri Pontarini Architects; Hashim Sarkis; Studio Luz Architects; University of Arkansas Community Design Center. View full entry
The 1972 Westport house by Paul Rudolph was demolished yesterday by its lovely new owners who looked on with police protection. The owner David Waldman (and wife) is a prominent real estate developer. NYT l WPN l previous View full entry
Weiss/Manfredi Architects connects downtown Seattle with its Sound edge on a former brownfield site with a bent bit of landscape urbanism. NYT View full entry
Pentagons ventures into "urban operations-oriented programs." "They are aimed at conflicts in high density urban areas… against enemies having social and cultural traditions that may be counter-intuitive to us, and whose actions often appear to be irrational because we don't understand... View full entry
century city, the planned urban wasteland built on the former backlot of 20th C. Fox's studio is 'going' green. For an urban node that is dependent on cars for transit (have you ever tried to walk down the boulevard of stars?), this may be the start of real urban planning. Looks like Rios... View full entry
A breathtakingly simple new museum extension puts Steven Holl in a class of his own. Telegraph View full entry
Greater Helsinki municipalities and State of Finland (Ministry of Environment) organize an open ideas competition for the future land use and spatial vision of Greater Helsinki. View full entry
Black Panther Herman Wallace has been in solitary confinement at Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana (USA) for 34 years. Artist Jackie Sumell asked Herman a simple question: “What kind of house does a man who has been kept in a six-by-nine-foot cell for over 30 years dream of?&rdquo... View full entry
The eccentric artists who constructed a haphazard landmark in Brooklyn have made a deal with the developer to turn a majority of the building into condos, thus saving it from demolition. NYT l previous View full entry
Due to the constant renovation and rebuilding in Berlin, many projects are not permanent, but artists tap into this chance to experiment with an evolving and living city. Many projects directly address the changing cityscape by building add-ons, creating temporary architecture or greening-up... View full entry
The New York Times reports on the growing importance of the penthouse in Manhattan's residential architecture. View full entry
In an ambitious effort archaeologists, engineers and teams of artisans and laborers are shoring up the walls and gates of Shunet el-Zebib, ravaged by time and the elements and in danger of imminent collapse. NYT View full entry
The concept design for the Ueberseequartier in Hamburg, by the Dutch architects Rem Koolhaas and Erick van Egeraat, has been finalized. Rem Koolhaas has proposed an amazing new Science Center, that looks like an amethyst. Eikongraphia | HafenCity. View full entry
Can I not, one might also ask, separate the tics of a genius personality from the work of a genius? No, I would proudly respond, I cannot. And neither should you: when a building is itself leveraged on the personality of its builder—as it always is in the case of Rem and so many others who... View full entry