Quillian (Harvard GSD) has instigated an interesting discussion on "space, place, architecture, and the virtual".33 comments and counting... View full entry
In the corporate imagination of General Motors, Hummer could be transformed from the SUV that environmentalists love to hate to an algae-infused, oxygen-exuding buggy that would open up like a flower. GM's sketch for the "Hummer O2" was named the winner on Thursday, Nov. 30, of a design contest... View full entry
Archinect serves up more tasty features from opposite ends of the earth with this weeks feature Destination: Desert America Void considering a recent debate at Columbia. And on the flip-side to Asia where last weeks feature UpStarts: MAD office continues our ongoing series on young practices... View full entry
British war photographer Simon Norfolk will be speaking in LA tomorrow at 4pm, in the Brown Auditorium @ LACMA. If you're anywhere near LA, check it out. Norfolk was recently interviewed – discussing Joseph Conrad, urban ruins, European Romanticism, survival tips for war zones, and military... View full entry
The RMJM collective has beat out a host of architectural stars to grab the Gazprom project, which has an estimated cost of 2.4 billion dollars and has fueled an outcry from those who feel it will ruin one of the world's great historic cities. SAWF l previous l discussion View full entry
Ian Simpson , the architect behind Europe's tallest residential building has said Manchester must shake-off its Victorian heritage and embrace the skyscraper. MEN View full entry
France is selling dozens of historic properties in Paris and the provinces, using the proceeds to move government bureaucrats into less expensive properties and to help pay off the national debt. NYT View full entry
Lift your derriére and notice the patterns underneath or check out this photoset on flickr of public transport seat graphics. It runs the gamut of just about the entire Richard Serra verb list and was taken by some bloke called ludd (Wonder who that is?) Ludd might have just found your... View full entry
Sputnik (Rotterdam), in cooperation with Juurlink+Geluk (Rotterdam), win master plan competition in Taiwan, for the Waterfront renovation of the city of Kaohsiung, 2nd city of Taiwan. For more info see the news section of www.studiosputnik.nl View full entry
Rahel Belatchew Lerdell was appointed Architect of the Year by receiving 'Det Stora Formpriset' (Swedish for 'The Great Design Award') from Sweden's Residence Magazine.The following is an excerpt from the jury's motivation: The jury, chaired by Residence's Editor-in-Chief Mårten... View full entry
Vice President Al Gore will be partying with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in San Antonio, Texas over Cinco de Mayo (Saturday May 5, 2007) next year as the keynote speaker to the AIA’s 2007 National Convention, Growing Beyond Green. Inhabitat View full entry
A new Website about HdM's Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg is now online. Construction will start next year, opening scheduled for 2010. Cost: ~ 240 million Euro. View full entry
Call it tradition vs. modernism. Should government buildings reflect the optimism and innovation of the future or the successful traditions of the past? It is a question that long has provoked passion among architects. Wall Street Journal View full entry
"Thousands of families living in tents and broken buildings have been shown a Red Cross video in recent weeks which teaches survivors how to build a traditional-style shelter, strong enough to withstand another earthquake." Thanks to the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and the International... View full entry
The new Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman education building at the Museum of Modern Art is unlikely to appease those who feel the museum has become a soulless corporate machine. But at least it underscores what is most alluring about the museum’s recent expansion. NYT View full entry