Deyan Sudjic takes the V&A's upcoming exhibit, Moderism: Designing a New World to task. Has the word Modern become vacuous from ubiquity? | observer | related View full entry
By a High Court ruling in Delhi, the municipality has been ordered to raze all illegal constructions, "and by the MCD's initial reckoning that is an astounding 70-80% of all buildings in Delhi." An estimated 3.2 million buildings now tilt on the brink of disaster. Demolitions have begun and out... View full entry
Inspired by C'était un rendez-vous, a spin through the blogscape at high speed, lots to see (and bills to procrastinate on): Jean Snow's week in Japan mags | Subtopia:GoodBldgs,BadBldgs | Lost in Translation | Soon on G-Vid: Giant Octopus Attacks Sub | Electro-Graf at Eyebeam | Villa to... View full entry
C'était un rendez-vous is a legendary cinéma vérité short film made in 1976 by Claude Lelouch. Using a Ferrari 275 GTB early one August morning, Lelouch attached a camera to the bumper of the car and sped through the streets of Paris. He gave the driver a set route... View full entry
Allan Temko, San Fran critic and 1990 Pulitzer Prize for criticism died Wedensday. Temko was highly influential in downtown SF development, and authored such catchy critiques as resembles something "deposited by a concrete dog with square intestines." | sfgate... View full entry
"On Monday, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC)... released designs and a master plan for the renovation and expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the west side of Manhattan. The new project will double the center's size, increasing exhibit and meeting room space by... View full entry
Great articles from Topos on Traffic. Especially the study on the Bangkok Skytrain. | A+T has a few articles from current issue on Common Space. | Japan Architect #60 (Yearbook 2005) is worth a browse. | Also AR finally has PDFs of 2005 emerging arch prizes. View full entry
The future of education looks bright and branded with the School of the Future in Philadelphia. Hey Francis Fukuyama, here is your end of history! NYT View full entry
Matthew McNutt is blind, but he had enough vision to float this business venture: a low-altitude camera for shots of building sites. McNutt's blimp has hovered over hundreds of construction sites and housing tracts to illustrate Southern California's building boom in a way few can visualize... View full entry
Domus' Ryugyong Hotel Call for Ideas finally has some projects appearing online... previous 1 l previous 2 View full entry
After much debate, developers in Mumbai are considering building highrises for the thousands of squatters there, in order to rid the city of them over the next 15 years. Though, as many are quick to point out, squatterscrapers are not the answer. View full entry
NYC-based Landscape Architect selected as Master Designer. Press Release | LA Times | Previously | Related View full entry
VerboseComa photo-documents last night's fire damage at NYC's Prada store. View full entry
Under pressure to get buildings developed 15 to 30 percent faster than just a few years ago, architects are dramatically changing how they work. TRIB View full entry
"At the halfway mark between the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina last year and the beginning of the 2006 hurricane season on June 1, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed only 16 percent of its planned repairs to New Orleans's battered flood protection system, according to corps... View full entry