The Van Alen Institute and City Parks Association of Philidelphia have announced the five finalists and five honorable mentions for the Urban Voids competition. Read the PR. View the selections here:FINALISTS Ecosistema Urbano Architects Ltd Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo, Constantino Hurtado... View full entry
"You may not realize how significant a role architecture plays in shaping your moods, ideas, and decisions ..." Free Will Astrology | Previously: GEMINI (May 21-June 20) View full entry
"For more than a decade, McMansions have been a fixture on the American landscape. Now apartments are being supersized, too. Make way for the McCondo." NYT. View full entry
The government put the brakes until next year on the construction of two buildings in Peter Eisenman's massive Santiago city. The government wants to "reprogram" the works and will send the shell of the projects back to Eisenman. The mayor of Santiago expressed concern. News from Galicia (en... View full entry
Finally the wait is over for "couture homes." As if we didn't already know, "The confluence of fashion designer and architect is the next amenity." NY Times View full entry
The Snow Show (#3) returns with more head-to-head forced marriages, er, collaborations between artists and architects. Most deadly pairing? Yoko Ono and Arata Isozaki. | nytimes |note: Archinect's John Jourden is there throwing snowballs at prada-clad artists at this very moment. so, more to... View full entry
Van Alen Institute for Public Architecture announced Adi Shamir as the new Executive Director. Shamir is currently dean of undergraduate studies at the California College of the Arts. Archtect's Newspaper View full entry
Carrels, getting lost in the stacks, vast collections, hidden corners. Does the romance still hold, or has the library building become irrelevant in an age of electronic resources and remote access? chronicle Thoughtful Design Keeps New Libraries Relevant By SCOTT CARLSON Harold B. Shill recalls... View full entry
Toronto is crazy for Condos. Recently, more than 600 architects submitted for a competition in Mississauga. And, ker-blam, the six finalists are: Quadrangle Architects and the Zeidler Partnership; Boyarsky Murphy Architects and Studio MWM; the MAD office; and rojkind arquitectos (see inside). |... View full entry
After nearly a century of political infighting and delay, the Smithsonian Institution on Monday selected a prominent space on the Mall near the Washington Monument as the site of its National Museum of African-American History and Culture. NYT View full entry
Artist, musician, and video provocateur Nam June Paik died yesterday, Lunar New Year's Day January 29, 2006, he was 74. l $NA l Chosun l WashPost l NYT l Funeral Information: Memorial services will be held at: Frank E Campbell Funeral Chapel 1076 Madison Avenue at 81 St. (phone 212-288-3500) in... View full entry
Developers have canceled at least five residential buildings in Las Vegas, including the luxury condominium Icon Las Vegas. NYT View full entry
Disney Hall becomes one of the more prominent images used in advertising, along with other local buildings such as the District 7 headquarters for the California Department of Transportation, the Pacific Design Center, the Los Angeles Convention Center and the Southern California Institute of... View full entry
For those in NYC next weekend there's a great conference shaping up "addressing the evolution of the architectural thesis project -- from the individual manifesto to collective research ventures" Sat. Feb 4th 10am@ GSAPP. Speakers include: Denise Scott Brown, Mark Wigley, Sylvia Lavin, Sarah... View full entry
Muslim graves were discovered on the site of the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, a $200 million complex designed by Gehry. Construction has been halted on this - already controversial - project dedicated to combatting "anti-Semitism, racism, terrorism and genocide." artnewspaper View full entry