In an amazing twist on history (Rowe > Ungers > Rem), Rem Koolhaas will return to his early (Delirious era) stomping ground in Ithaca, NY to design the stalled Cornell AAP facility, Milstein Hall. | cornell | discuss View full entry
The Discovery channel finds houses made out of trees designed by Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden and Archinect's own Javier Arbona.The news story was also picked up by FARK bringing trolls out of the woodwork to chip in with their thoughts. View full entry
A great interview with Cecil Balmond in the Financial Times, meanders around with him as he discusses the non-linearity of form, the aesthetics of flux, and the simplicity of pattern which underlies the engineering complexities of his works. All the angles By Edwin Heathcote Published: January... View full entry
"A cave city, abandoned in the 1950s, has become the base for several high-technology companies," the BBC reports. "It is as if the hollowed-out rooms have jumped from the prehistoric era to the 21st Century." Welcome to the ancient Italian city of Matera, forgotten for decades, now connected to... View full entry
" The Architecture School and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies will soon offer a joint degree program allowing future Yale architects to design sustainably, or to build with the environment in mind." Yaledailynews View full entry
Norman Foster has been hit with a huge tax bill, even while losing money (and contracts) in the UK market; Foster and Partners is now in the red, "losing money on a global operation that employs 534 staff and turns over £37 million a year." Building Design. View full entry
Excellent post about FAT and Postmodernism in Things Magazine (lots of links) View full entry
Dublin, Ireland offers a test site for a first-time collaboration of two Americans: Libeskind and Schwartz. Mr Black meet Ms Pink. | times View full entry
So who won last year? DS+R or S-M+H? Duh! Obviously the +'s won! OK, that's a bad... Regardless, the Architects Duel is coming back in February and under new rules, avoiding last year's near riot. Post-geek glasses a must. via View full entry
"Great minds think allied" an article in Baunetz about tschumi's apartment and hotel tower in Beijing (In German). More in English in worldarchitecturenews View full entry
Phyllis Lambert is the 2005 Vincent J Scully Prize recipient from the National Building Museum. She is the 7th honoree since 1999. | cdnarch View full entry
final review in karl chu's studio tidbit | welcome to 2006, fogies. stan allen architect has an rss feed. maybe other firms will catch on | Steven Holl weighs in | Charlie Rose at Google Video | dywsc? New Years Resolutions -- Going Back to Our Roots | Richard Sennett On Flexibility, Difference... View full entry
"Berlin is a haunted city with ghosts from its Prussian, Wilhelmine, Weimar and communist times. But the most disturbing spirits are those from the Nazi era." How is Germany reconciling its architectural legacy of Nazism? The Financial Times has a good piece on Berlin's ongoing struggle for a new... View full entry
The Enterprise Foundation's $555 Million Green Communities Program is showing results with its first completed project, through non-profit developer LIHI (Low Income Housing Institute). The project, which broke ground last December raises eyebrows in the development community as LIHI tackles both... View full entry
Morphosis is working with video artist, Pascual Sisto, to produce several short films for inclusion in the forthcoming major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. One of these film clips will be about the Caltrans project. Tomorrow, Friday, January 13, Pascual will be shooting at Caltrans... View full entry