Sick of living in cramped conditions, many Japanese are ditching centuries-old traditions and unique materials to redesign their homes in what some critics decry as a bland international style.Khaleej Times View full entry
In London this summer, the AA will erect a pavilion designed by a 2nd year student with support from the rest of his unit. Read >bdonline. Is nice to see that for the Projects Review the school will build a shelter rather than rent a commercial marquee. View full entry
Spencer Tunick , famous for what is arguably a nudity-mob gimmick he performs over and over again, photographed 1200 naked people inside the San Sebastian concert hall (by Rafael Moneo.) Pics in 20Min | el correo | Via NAblog View full entry
A group of devotees in Halberstadt, Germany has constructed an interpretation of John Cage's As Slow as Possible, by stretching the performance to 639 years. | nytimes | related: 1 + 2 ------------------------------------------------ May 5, 2006 An Organ Recital for the Very, Very Patient By... View full entry
Follow the lead of the Richard Rogers Partnership and record a tour of your favourite part of London. Edit it and send it to the arts council and they'll make it available on the ArchitectureWeek website. Please email [email protected] for more information. View full entry
Eyal Weizman has been selected as the winner of the 2006-07 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City Competition for his proposal Destruction by Design: Military Strategy as Urban Planning. | cndarch View full entry
The future Besós interuniversitary campus, next to the Fòrum area, between Barcelona and Sant Adrià , will have in 2008 the 'iconic' building of the site, the so-called Spiralling Tower (uni facilities on the first floors, offices on top of the 11-storey... View full entry
"German cities are lining up for a mammoth wave of foreign investment in their property. Lured by a German property market that is the most stagnant in any major European country, and a vast supply of well-kept public housing, American and other foreign companies have already snapped up dozens of... View full entry
Rafael Moneo to build new palace of congress in Zurich. "A crystal palace." View it. | runners-up: Taniguchi | L & E Vacchini | ZuerichForum | elmundo | Via NA View full entry
RMJJ the executive architects of the Scottish Pairlament will add a "sexy" twisting skyscraper to the rapid changing skyline of Moscow "richest looking city in Europe" - The Guardian View full entry
Reflecting the results of an unscientific Tribune online poll, in which more than 80 percent of respondents said that Soldier Field deserved to lose its landmark status, most of the writers agreed with Kamin. Some, however, pointedly did not. Chicago Tribune View full entry
think you are stressing about end of year finals? Imagine if your school had Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn, Wolf Prix, Thom Mayne and Jeffrey Kipnis teaching. take a gander. + extra footage of studio Lynn View full entry
"Ephemeral Forest" - A Study of Tensile Structures in Fabric and Bamboo LA Garden Show 2006 May 6th-7th, LA Arboretum. From the Calendar View full entry
Pick up a copy of this month's IDEA Magazine (based in Japan but sold internationally) and check out their list of 50 important contemporary graphic design firms. Included in the list is Archinect's own Israel Kandarian and Jiminie Ha (MOO). The full list... 2x4 http://www.2x4.org 3 Deep Design... View full entry
Freshness from Spain? Don't look here. Look over here: freshmadrid, an exhibition at the COAM of Madrid school graduates in their UpStart years. Thanks Edgar! View full entry