Shine v Childs / Libeskind v Eisenman / Libeskind v Bates / SHoP v Hadid / DS+R v Leeser / Stout v Gehry ... so sue me. | nytimes | discuss View full entry
Clearly I can't get enough. This time, exploring the government's least favorite secret tunnels, the oil sands of Canada, spy planes that fight fires, Coca Cola's 'free fertilizer' for India, and, among all the usual suspects, Google and Nortec at the border... ... At Camp Bucca, "a desert... View full entry
"The storied Herald Examiner Building, shuttered since the Hearst-owned newspaper folded in 1989, is being turned into a residential and retail complex with two towers designed by Thom Mayne." - la downtown View full entry
The buildings that housed THE original think tank, a baby of the Cold War and a leader of systems thinking, are being demolished. More recently, RAND spearheaded planning for the Arc in Palestine. SMMirror | PreserveLA View full entry
Across bridges and inland piers, through tunnels and switchbacks, sinkholes and mines, across karst bedrock and the terrain of old wars: the Chinese are building their highway system. "Within a decade, central planners expect to have a world class transport system to move goods and people safely... View full entry
"we will publish the final issue of the ArchVoices newsletter. ArchVoices will continue to exist as an active nonprofit organization and think tank, as it has since our incorporation in 2002." Huh? :( View full entry
Greening Greenport, phase two. Waterfront's 10-year, $16-million face-lift could be model for NYC site by J. Davidson, Newsday | I Came, Eyesore, I Conquered: Perimeter security is ugly and may not keep us safe. W. Rybczynski for Slate | Marked for demolition, Kenilworth house is worth saving. B... View full entry
Mies' entire 120-acre Illinois Institute of Technology enters the pantheon of National Register of Historic Places. | suntimes | more View full entry
Good words for AUDC's One Wilshire exhibit in the LA Weekly: "The exhibition explores “The Palace of the Empire of Ether,” a building crammed full of the hardware and global capital needed to keep the Internet and telecommunications alive. We quickly understand that cyberspace... View full entry
RCR Arquitectes gets playful with kid friendly and mother approved minimalist school near Barcelona. Frame View full entry
Online studies/papers on women, housing, and inheritance in sub-Saharan Africa and residential segregation and social exclusion in Brazilian housing markets. Eldis View full entry
Core77's Deena DeNaro spells out the words on this years Rotterdam Architecture Biennale which took place this past June. View full entry
A destroyed landscape reappears - by being submerged. Atlantis in reverse? No, it's the terrestrial legacy of Saddam Hussein and his First World backers: BBC View full entry
Like a cartographic dream come true, two U of Oregon professors have created an interactive Nolli plan. (read news). "The public now has access to cataloged information about the map in both written and graphical form. The map not only provides rich information, but it has the ability to be... View full entry
Conflicting reports on architects wages. Now, architect salaries are on the rise ... according to the AIA. | bizjrnl | prev | related View full entry