If they could, theatre directors would ban architects from coming anywhere near their buildings. Steve Rose meets the one man who has won them over. The Guardian View full entry
Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial site features coverage of architecture in Argentina, the Daniel Libeskind Padova Memorial and an exhibition on urban waterfronts. BA/05 brought to you by NA View full entry
Touching moments: Christo and Jeanne-Claude were in Paris on a barge beneath the Pont Neuf, directing the wrapping of that historic bridge. A piece of fabric broke loose, fluttering over the Seine, the sun shining through it, catching the dancing reflection of the waters beneath it. Their eyes... View full entry
In case you missed it (William) Patry Blog offers a brief, but thorough summary of copyright protection for the works of architecture. related View full entry
Richard Meier's long 8 year battle with Italians over a new enclosure for the Ara Pacis (the Altar of Peace) may finally come to an end. l ANSA l ArcSpace l Studiu l past interview frm 2001 l View full entry
New data reveals how British immigration has evolved to including not just people from Commonwealth client states, but from wide range of countries beyond traditional migration patterns. BBC l Mapping View full entry
"The woman traveler stops by the security checkpoint. After placing her luggage on the screening machine, the airport employee checks her baggage. The traveler hands her spare change and watch to the security guard and proceeds through the metal detector. With no time to spare, she picks up her... View full entry
...$500,000 - no strings attached. MacArthur Fellows 2005. The Genius grants, among them this year sculptor Teresita Fernández, who integrates "architecture and the optical effects of color and light into exquisitely constructed, contemplative spaces" and painter Julie Mehretu... View full entry
An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years. Ananova | gelatin at artfacts | via View full entry
Another hatched up fantasy for Coney Island only this time it may be for real.NY Metro (via CIAoffice.com) View full entry
Life goes on in Taliesin | New updates at Transfer | AA work | Neoracionalismo con su toque local | Rest Stop Uses a "Living Machine" | Baking Flour | Love Poem | Big BLUE Update: Toilet Water for the Soul by Tschumi | Stamps for Intelligent Design | Smash the Birdie Time in Chi | SoundBombing... View full entry
After a tortuous inception, Richard Rogers' controversial Welsh Assembly is with us at last. By Jonathan Glancey. The Guardian View full entry
The architecture+documentary marriage apparently continues after the success of My Architect with Sketches of Frank Gehry (TIFF). Sydney Pollock also draws on the latest iteration of the rockumentary. A la Somekind of Monster, even Gehry's psychiatrist gets in on the act. Globe and Mail | via |... View full entry
Google Earth Used to Find Ancient Roman Villa. Using satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth, an Italian computer programmer has stumbled upon the remains of an ancient villa. nature | via View full entry
Smithson's posthumous public art project in Manhattan is the culmination of more than 30 years of sporadic efforts. NY Times | In the calendar View full entry