"Giving school pupils the chance to experience exceptional contemporary architecture with guides who are passionate about the built environment was the motivation behind a series of tours around the Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge." Univ. Cambridge news. View full entry
The proposed Syracuse 'L' is a new mixed-use development corridor, instigated and supported by a multi-modal transportation circuit consisting of bus, car, bike and pedestrian lanes that create a legible transit loop. The Syracuse 'L' connects the Onondaga Creek Green Corridor, Syracuse Civic... View full entry
Van Alen Institute cordially invites you to an exhibition and reception for ACTAR, an international publisher of innovative books on art, architecture, photography and design based in Barcelona. As a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to architecture and public practice, Van Alen Institute... View full entry
Domus' Maurizio Bortolotti does a water taxi interview with MIT's Yung Ho Chang. Also, look for Chang's nice essay The Necessity of Banality in issue 8 of Volume. View full entry
Simon Sellars catches up with our own Geoff Manaugh over at Ballardian, for a good ol'e rap about the futurist archaeology that is BLDGBLOG, his architectural obsession with JG Ballard (of course), and, a little novel he's written about a crazy group of underground surveillance-hacking film... View full entry
We've finally got some new Archinect T-Shirts! Our mailing list subscribers had first dibs on these shirts last week so many of the limited-edition shirts are already sold out. Continue reading for more... All of our new t-shirts are printed on 100% cotton, locall manufactured (sweat-shop free)... View full entry
It has been a prolific few weeks on Archinect with new features from a broad array of sources examining an incredible spectrum of positions. These are kicked off first with Orhan Ayyuce's Silica Boy photo-novella on materiality and voyeurism in architecture. Then, Marlin Watson follows up with... View full entry
To see without being seen is an assertion of power and status. That's why expensive cars have tinted windows, and detectives watch interrogations from behind two-way mirrors. In the competitive terrain of Manhattan residential real estate, the job of the architect is to make the consumer feel... View full entry
Olafur Eliasson's new work, “Eye See You”, will stare out from the windows of Vuitton stores around the world, casting its sallow, leveling gaze onto the city streets. NYTM View full entry
There are many amazing recent photographs in the Archinect image gallery of the Herzog de Meuron Beijing Olympic Stadium. Thanks Javier! View full entry
Thanks to google earth, the LAtimes reports that architects care about what a buildings look like from above. Well duh, this is just a method to increase construction $$ and increase our fees - or is it? View full entry
"It's called X-listing - the idea, popularised by a Channel 4 TV series, of not just preserving cherished buildings but demolishing hated ones. Now, if a Conservative think-tank gets its way, a future David Cameron government will ask the public to help name and shame hundreds of eyesores as a... View full entry
Even though the Whitney is looking for a spot in the meatpacking district, it won't hire another architect this time... Newsweek speaks to Renzo Piano on his 2-for-1 Whitney deal. before l related feature View full entry
The dichotomy of a financial and cultural capital sharing space with impoverished millions, who scavenge scrap wood for shelter, makes the unruly metropolis a perfect test case for the power of architecture, or for its impotence in the face of human need. The SF Chron captures some of Mendes da... View full entry
A Discussion on the Conversation between Decoration and Architecture... And a celebration of the launch of Decoration, the tenth volume of 306090 Books A Panel discussion with Jesse Reiser, Ben Pell, Nina Rappaport, and Adam Yarinsky with respondent Kent Bloomer Friday, November 3, 2006 6:30 p.m... View full entry