The Turner Prize 2005 has been awarded to Simon Starling, it was announced at Tate Britain this evening. From the Press Release, "He transforms and reframes existing objects using a rigorous process of research to develop his sculptural installations. The jury admired his unique ability to create... View full entry
CBS profiles Zaha Hadid for the greater American audience on syndicated American TV yesterday morning. l CBS l (transcript and video) View full entry
Jean Nouvel extends Madrid's answer to MoMA, Bistro Abe, Review Safe, and Alison Brooks Salt House. View full entry
Radical Urban Theory has published an interesting article on Dubai's new Hybrid Urbanism. Artcicle, photographs and some projects by George Katodrytis, studionova.org. View full entry
The author of the Agbar Tower and the expansion of the Museo Reina Sofia was given the prize by the French Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona. Read at La Vanguardia and of course Ingles por favor. Project images: Torre Agbar and Reina Sofia His atelier. View full entry
Founded in 1994 by Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, and Georgianna Stout, the design studio 2x4 has developed a reputation for innovative work that focuses on culture and spans print, motion graphics, the Web, and environmental design. MP3 and Video Torrent Architecture Radio View full entry
'Dubai is trying to build itself a future as a great global city. In the process, it has become the largest architectural experiment on earth.' Steve Rose reports. View full entry
"The sheer size of the Taiwan skyscraper has raised unexpected concerns that may have far-reaching implications for the construction of other buildings and man-made megastructures. Taipei 101 is thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of the stress that it exerts on the ground... View full entry
Landscape architect Frank Evans built a 60 ft. christmas display at a suburban New Orleans shopping mall, thinking "the tiny blue-tarped roofs, little toppled fences and miniature piles of hurricane debris in the display" would offer some comic relief. Apparently he was wrong. CNN View full entry
Chris Chiei, director of the Alaska Design Forum, tells the story of the Quonset hut, those adaptable domed tents which have been used through out American military history, and which today house both Katrina victims and leftover communities in Alaska, who incorporated them into their landscape... View full entry
Take a photograph of 12 buildings, then go around asking 160 random people what they think happens in that building. Results? | wpost View full entry
The City of Brownsville announced last week that it has leased the George Kraigher House, the state's first single-family International-style structure, to the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College for 99 years, effectively saving one of architect Richard Neutra's... View full entry
ICON gets close to Ricky Burdett, director of next year's Venice architecture biennale, and Italy names Franco Purini curator of the new Italian Pavilion. previous View full entry
Last week at The Eden Project in Cornwall, Grimshaw and team unveiled "The Core," (more) a massive solar structure which mimics the Fibonacci sequence, and, is estimated to generate 20,000 kWh each year, "enough electricity to light an average three-bedroom house for more than 33 years. This will... View full entry
words cannot describe the hotness, but "Dalki is a cartoon character;" THIS is Dalki's theme park. guilty parties: www.massstudies.com | www.gaa-arch.com | www.sladearch.com View full entry