How did modern architecture in Spain get so good? Slate View full entry
World-Wide Labyrinth Locator | At least Austria loves the EU AMO logo | Prefabulous London: The A to Z of modern city homes | A Brief Guide To Visiting the Igualada Cemetery and Other Projects | Proposed Solar Tower in Castilla-La Mancha | Peter and Rem in Brett's office | New York Observer... View full entry
Japanese construction company Shimizu and electronics giant Sharp have jointly developed a transparent building material that absorbs light during the day and uses it to light up rooms when the Sun goes down. NSBlog l via View full entry
Sun Microsystems to partner with Architecture for Humanity to create a community conduit to generate and support innovative and sustainable global housing solution. This technology support means that the system will include online environment simulation and rendering software, project... View full entry
Architect Blaine Brownell, the author of Transmaterial, talks about innovative new products in the construction industry, in Business Week. View full entry
Florida's Sarasota County School Board announced plans to demolish Riverview High School, an important Sarasota School building by Paul Rudolph, saying "air conditioning system is already out of date, (...) pipes and wires block light coming into hallways, and (...) the school is far too small to... View full entry
Conference:The Architecture of Sustainability "...May 4-7, co-sponsored by the AIA Committee on Design (CoD) and Committee on the Environment (COTE), promises to open new forms of dialogue between design excellence and environmental innovation, and marks an unprecedented collaboration between the... View full entry
After a real-estate boom, what happens to the rent? One story from New York. View full entry
Frm Worldchanging: Green spaces can go a long way towards renewing cities. So, too, can housing developments and neighborhoods that facilitate community interaction. Bring these things together, and you have the makings of a vibrant urban community. Add bioremediation to the mix, and you have... View full entry
Sara Hart joins Princeton Architectural Press as Senior Technical Editor. Kevin Lippert, Publisher of Princeton Architectural Press, said: "In addition to editing her own line of titles, Ms. Hart will also take charge of our developing line of products aimed at the explosive materials market... View full entry
DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 23 ”” They are unlikely revolutionaries. Bearing walkers and canes, a veritable Merck Manual of ailments among them, the 12 old friends ”” average age 80 ”” looked as though they should have been sitting down to a game of Scrabble, not... View full entry
Pasadena Goes Modern - Morphosis, OMA, Gehry and DalyGenik design in the land of Greene&Greene; but the historic tradition is still strong - Historic Bungalows Rise from Ruin; and mixed-use projects are emerging across the San Gabriel Valley - Skyline takes Shape. View full entry
News item title is taken from Enrique Ramirez's posting that rounds up the Philip Johnson and the Constancy of Change symposium held last week at Yale (along with other events at MoMA), and some of the students' own reflexions afterwards. Read | Offsite....Check out Philip Johnson's Empire, the... View full entry
Hurricane Katrina left a devastated New Orleans in its wake. But a new architectural exhibit has come up with some ideas for the Big Easy's new look. Who's behind the project? The Dutch of course. spiegel online, also see IS-land View full entry
Ireland is emerging as the design center of Europe. Featuring: O'Donnell & Tuomey, de Paor, Grafton, Heneghan Peng, Niall McLaughlin, and (of course) Eileen Gray. | azcentral View full entry