Some careers cost time and money to take up. But don't expect a big paycheck (nor to get treated too nicely), says CNN, and guess who ranks worst. via discussion View full entry
Michael Brand to oversee the Center and the Villa. See news release at art.blogging.la | prev View full entry
BerkshireEagle. With an eye to creating a landscape that respects and enhances the relationship between the arts and nature, the Clark Art Institute unveiled the design for its new building yesterday morning, which architect Tadao Ando said he hopes will be "a small jewel installed in the... View full entry
"The complex, to be built in the Bohai Sea off the northern province of Hebei, is designed to have a generating capacity of 1 million kilowatts when completed in 2020." This is announced "as Chinese cities struggle with power shortages" and haze from rampant coal-burning. Yahoo But if you really... View full entry
If our goal in this competition was to create a beautful new t-shirt to add to our existing collection, then we have most definitely failed. Out of the 138 entries that we received our team of 8 editors have narrowed down the surprisingly bad submissions into a group of 8 finalists (we were... View full entry
Fuchs, an M.Arch2 graduate student at SCI-Arc, was selected to participate as an 'emerging professional' at the 2005 Internship Conference: Designing Tomorrow's Architect hosted by the ACSA, AIA, AIAS, NAAB, and NCARB in San Antonio, TX (Sept 22 - 25). SciArc news | DTA | school... View full entry
New University of Iowa art and art history building, designed by Steven Holl, to open in January. mOre (open the building's page for design and construction images, webcam, trademark Holl watercolors and more). View full entry
James Vandenberg was working as state architect for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism when he was called up for active duty in Iraq. In his online account of 10 months as a 'combat architect' with the First Marine Expeditionary Force he writes about working with local sheiks to... View full entry
Just kidding. But while we wait for the graphic lovers contest [don't get your hopes up too high; let's just say the shirts did a perfect job at capturing the architecture]... a little reading & viewing > .bldg | what's your charette like? | Calatrava comparison | the Rockpile | LTLs Good... View full entry
Ha'aretz : The implementation of the disengagement plan has begun: At midnight the Israel Defense Forces closed the Kissufim roadblock at the entrance to the Gaza Strip for the last time, and this morning some 600 teams of officers from the army and police will distribute evacuation orders... View full entry
"(...)a very pretty box. Tasteful almost to a fault" Dr. NO on the Figge Art Museum by David Chipperfield. Prev View full entry
The pleasures of a Lautner house, and how you might be able to even rent one... LATimes View full entry
The Prague Post revisits the Villa Müller by Adolf Loos, and still loves it. via hippo View full entry
Thanks to the recently appointed architect David J. Burney as commissioner of New York's Department of Design and Construction, NYC will begin raising the bar on public projects by hiring architects based on quality of design rather than lowest bid. NY Times View full entry
Behold the Nascar hall of fame in all its glory. Make sure you read the captions at Business Wire. "You will want to stand for a moment and mentally breathe in the view from across Centennial Olympic Park. Atlanta's NASCAR Hall of Fame will beckon guests with the promise of very special... View full entry