Richard Meier's love for white has some ambient benefits--the titanium dioxide in the coating on the Jubilee Church “eats” surrounding smog in Rome. NYT View full entry
The Phare tower, designed by the Californian architect Thom Mayne, is a gently sloping eco-friendly glass construction complete with wind-turbines on its roof, that will be the centrepiece of an ambitious overhaul of La Défense. Guardian l LeMon l BBC l discussion View full entry
The New Yorker weights in on the Skin+Bones exhibition in LA: In nearly every culture that covers its nudity and lives under a roof, fashion and architecture are vested with the power to confer status and encode identity—services that, of late, they have performed conspicuously for each... View full entry
Design proposals were unveiled last week for U of Chicago's new Center for Creative and Performing Arts from finalists Morphosis, Libeskind, Williams+Tsien, Maki, and Hollein. Models on display in March 2007 in the university's new Gordon Center for Integrative Science. (note: this date contrasts... View full entry
A month after the Dia Art Foundation scrapped its plans to open a museum at the entrance to the High Line, the abandoned elevated railway line that the city is transforming into a public park, the Whitney Museum of American Art has signed on to take its place and build a satellite institution of... View full entry
In any of six designs under consideration, the main tower would soar three or four times higher than this city’s most famous landmarks, an alteration of the landscape that has drawn heated protests from the director of the Hermitage Museum and the head of the local architects’ union... View full entry
Richard Nickel's Chicago creates a moving portrait of the city and its people at mid-century, of wonders lost, and of the photographer who gave his life trying to save them. Ward Miller talks of the decades long journey to publish Nickel's final testament, The Architecture of Adler and Sullivan... View full entry
After 7 years Architecture For Humanity is seeking a brand new logo. The organization supports open processes to foster new and innovative design, therefore they have invited anyone to submit logo designs for a top prize of $1,000 and Design Like You Give a Damn goodies for the top 10 designs... View full entry
The current issue of Archfarm Non-periodic Fascicles on Architecture features an article on nanotechnology and architecture by New York architect Peter Yeadon. "Small is Big: The Dawn of a New Epoch" can be downloaded for free, in Spanish or English, at www.archfarm.org View full entry
In preparation for the Palm Springs event this weekend Dwell has just released a new conference ticket and architecture tour ticket for Dwell on Design Palm Springs. The Modern Seeker Ticket, costing $195, will include a ticket for the Dwell on Design conference as well as Modern Sunday Explorer... View full entry
The London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre will be smaller than originally planned in order to save costs. For example, the roof is now 14,000 square metres, compared to 35,000 metres originally. BBC | Times | London 2012 I hope they can get rid of those structural looking elements on the side. View full entry
"Ikea has outlined its plans to build at least 500 identical homes across the UK each year, starting with sites in Gateshead and Scotland." Building Design. Previously. View full entry
The web site www.smartgeometry2007.com is now open for registrations for the SmartGeometry Winter workshop 26-29th January at the Hudson Hotel in New York. The workshop will be followed by a one-day Conference on the 31st January at the Cooper Union, with a drinks reception in the evening at the... View full entry
As the holiday catches me up on my reading I found a nice article in a mid-month New Yorker, titled the Megacity, by George Packer. This article isn't online, but you can find part of it at Vanguard. discuss Full text from Vanguard The megacity: Decoding the chaos of Lagos By George Packer Posted... View full entry
From the scaffolding, finally the building is fully visible to passers by, although it wont open until late next year. Kolumba.de View full entry