Increasing energy costs across the country have people thinking hybrid. Not cars, but hybrid houses. CSM l related View full entry
U.S.News & World Report "most-and least-rewarding careers" for 2006... And Land+Living noticed that Landscape Architecture is an "excellent" career choice while Architecture, as we already know, Sucks. | Thanks Reg View full entry
An international team led by the Dutch firm Maxwan has won an international competition for a new city of 160.000 inhabitants south-west of Moscow. Archined View full entry
John Jourden, officially the "busiest man of 2005", shares his favorites from last year... including an important personal achievement... congrats John! View full entry
US News & World Report ranks the most and least rewarding careers of '06. Architecture comes in at a humbling "FAIR." Landscape architecture, incidentally, is ranked "EXCELLENT." But in the spirit of rankings & profiles, there's plenty to quibble with here. Scooped by Land+Living. View full entry
Edwin Heathcote walks us through some of his thoughts on the future of architecture, in the Financial Times. "The structures that change the world take such a long time to get built that by the time they are complete the architects are usually on to the next big thing, enthused more by what is on... View full entry
For the second time in less than a week, a Chicago-area architectural landmark (albeit one in crappy condition) has burned to the ground. This time it's FLW's Wynant House in Gary, IN, an early example of prefab construction. Chicago Tribune The following images and more information can be found... View full entry
I just found ping mag a blog style webzine from Japan. It covers art, design, architecture and technology. Its most recent article features architecture that might not be as obscure as they imply but certainly forgotten nowadays. A good thing is that they also include maps for those interested in... View full entry
Cameron is one of four nominees for the Award organised by the Design Museum in London. His pioneering work with Architecture for Humanity is recognised together with that of three other nominees. Jamie Hewlett, the cartoonist who co-created the animated band Gorillaz. The design team behind the... View full entry
This Monday brings another "Best of 2005" list, brought to you by Geoff Manaugh, in addition to a bunch of new school blogs: Georgia Tech The University of Hong Kong Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Kansas State University National University of Singapore University of Oregon (Portland Campus) East Los... View full entry
A raging fire guts Adler & Sullivan's 1891 K.A.M. Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and, in silencing the rich echoes of over a century of human aspiration, offers a potent reminder of how architecture channels urban memory. Read about it and see the images here. View full entry
"What we need is a paradigm shift in the way we view energy consumption in this country. It's architecture - residential, commercial and industrial buildings and their construction materials - that account for nearly half of all the energy used in this country each year. And it's the architects... View full entry
Firefighters this afternoon battled an extra-alarm fire that tore through a South Side church that achieved landmark status in the 1980s. Trib | via View full entry
Ralph Lerner the former dean of Princeton University SOA has been named the new dean at the University of Hong Kong School of Architecture. via Archlog View full entry
"A chicken coop is not exactly the greatest thing that architectural student Tanner Pikop could imagine himself designing, but the fifth-year senior at Kansas State University can't complain too much, because that chicken coop will be featured this week on the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home... View full entry