For his final show at the Modern, Terence Riley, who earlier announced his retirement effective sometime in March '06, will focus on the explosion of inventive architecture in Spain. It is a tribute to what he sees pushing past mere iconism and opening up a whole new cultural expression liberated... View full entry
As millions recover from the earthquake in Kashmir locals are beginning to ask, where are the shelters? Relief group say their efforts has slowed down of lack of response from private donors and NGOs. One reason they suggest is the private donors' obsession with prefabricated structures. View full entry
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Business Week takes a tour of bigness (thus, innovation). take a look View full entry
AA Inter 3 net: bubbly ceiling | Julliard Gets Knifed | double cones double too many? | Cities of the Future? | timeline of network culture | slime script in MEL | Yuko Nishimura | [Mandate of] Heavens To Murgatroid (for G.W.) | Villa Savoye Video | Architecture Jobs Following Buildings to Asia |... View full entry
On October 8th a 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the region near Kashmir, less than 65 miles from Islamabad, Pakistan. The death toll is over 87,000+, with another 80,000 injured. An estimated 3.3 million have lost their homes. The real need is not only in relief and recovery but the transitional... View full entry
The latest Harvard Design Mag is on bookshelves and has an article by Kenneth Frampton, "The Work of Architecture in the Age of Commodification," which serves as an intro to a forthcoming HDM Reader. View full entry
At a time when virtually every event becomes a possible future memorial on US soil. The Mall in Washington DC is on the verge of outgrowing itself. And designers are getting giddy; Giddy as in "sculptural bridges" and "water taxis." | washtimes View full entry
Regarding the attack of modernism's role in the wake of the Banlieues riots. A defense of Le Corbusier from the ever-enlightened New Republic. (requires free registration) |TNR| View full entry
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners receives The 2006 Architecture Firm Award From The American Institute of Architects. Read. Antoine Predock, FAIA, Selected to Receive The 2006 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. Read View full entry
With health care costs on the rise, private interest groups look to designs to improve the health of its workers by making modern conveniences inconvenient. l via l WallStreet Journal l View full entry
“There is a growing demand to build new church buildings or to expand existing church facilities,” says Arnold Davis, President of Olympia Steel Buildings. “With Olympia's pre-engineered metal church buildings, Churches can grow and meet their worship needs within a budget... View full entry
Why is it that when local Redevelopment Agencies decide to convert an old obscolete prison like the Charles Street Jail in Boston (photos) into something else (an exciting prospect in itself), they turn it into a luxury hotel? I am reminded of a line good o'le Henry Chinaski gave in Barfly: "I... View full entry
Back to the Salt House by Alison Brooks - described as more like an "enclosed seaside landscape to explore, play and relax in rather than the disjointed maze of a conventional new home" by The Guardian's Jonathan Glancey. Plus, the Alison Brooks homepage. View full entry
Kenaston Residence, desert modernism on sale. Get the slice of celebrity where Brad and Angelina shot the W spread. Designed by the recently deceased E. Stewart Williams. As WOW commented, just like with Bradgelina, you can't possibly take a bad picture of this house. View full entry