Owen Hatherley argues that modernist architecture was born out of socialist revolution, and the left should reclaim its pioneering spirit. SWO View full entry
The US Government announced that it will be purchasing 100 percent of the electricity needed to light up and power the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and 22 other federal buildings. GG View full entry
Famed Australian architect Harry Seidler of Harry Seidler & Associates has died. More from the Sydney Morning Herald, via upside down. Renowned architect Harry Seidler has died in his Sydney home, aged 82. Mr Seidler died at his Killara home this morning, close friend and business associate... View full entry
No wonder they were late. The publishers of Frame Magazine missed their deadline for issue 49, but maybe that's because they've expanded the project to include Mark a new magazine about Architecture. Convince your boss it's a good tax write off. For those who love form. For those who think it's... View full entry
West End Bridge Competition announces Finalists. View full entry
It's being reported, that Lord Richard Rogers has made a statement, which apparently says, he supports the Israeli Security Fence, and that he allowed the APJP group to hold a meeting in his office out of a favor to a friend. But, if they decided to ever organize a boycott of Israel, he would... View full entry
Apparently, the Kimmel lawsuit aginst Viñoly has been settled, however, neither side admitted defeat, nor have the details of the agreement been released. So, you can read this little article, though that pretty much sums it up. | past news View full entry
Riding the L on my way to work last year, I noticed a row of faux-traditional three-flats still under construction that had already received their first review from an anonymous architecture critic armed with a weapon more devastating than anything I could muster: a can of spray paint. SHAM, the... View full entry
Chicago prides itself on being America's architectural capital - so why were so many of its greatest buildings the work of Europeans? Mark Hudson looks at the towering influence of the Bauhaus. The Telegraph View full entry
At $30 a head, Martinifest, held in Calatrava's Milwaukee Museum, was incredibly popular, but led to some spatial abuse. | jsonline View full entry
New York Times Magazine featured issues on the way we live now this past weekend--The For-Sale Society, Home Sweet Debt, Battle for the 'Burbs, Endangered Species, This Very, Very Old House, Aprés Le Deluge, Moi, Club Med for the Multimillionaire Set, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House, along... View full entry
Real Estate special at the NYtimes Sunday Magazine. Aprés Le Deluge, Moi. Club Med for the $$$ set Mortgage-Interest Deduction? Polar-Bear-Sensitive Houses and more. Forget the laundry... View full entry
Alan Berger's GSD landscape studio, in conjunction with The Project for Reclamation Excellence, examines the mining town turned resort of Breckenridge. nytimes | previous View full entry
What architect is speaking your language? Is the new Projective agenda in architecture about creating a new common language for architects to engage the public or does architecture belong in a fully intellectualized space. Or do architects need to be public intellectuals instead of movie stars?... View full entry
Cranbrook student takes his 40-foot thesis on the road. Stay tuned... Story in Metro Times Detroit and the Hawktrainer's School Blog. "Although still in the planning stages and waiting on funding from sponsors, Sutherland's "Wall of Water" consists of a 5,000-gallon tank, made from clear acrylic... View full entry