At the ripe age of 80, Gropius' 1926 Bauhaus in Dessau will undergo a 17 mill (euro) renovation by Monika Markgraf. | ians View full entry
Lenny Kravitz rambles on about his new love, architecture, in the Scotsman. Maybe a little too in depth. | scotsman View full entry
Just a reminder that the deadline for receiving applications for the 2005 - 2006 Moshe Safdie and Associates Research Fellowship is August 15th. See this item for all the info, or go to msafdie.net/fellowship/. View full entry
Patrick Gwynne was just 24 when he built the Homewood for his parents. His father called it 'the temple of costly experience' but it was a modern masterpiece. Caroline Roux pays tribute to its enduring style.The Guardian View full entry
Are the 80's back in architecture? BBC View full entry
The Gutter gets garlands from Record for giving the architectural community more babble and drivel to a profession that already is overpopulated with gossipmongers. View full entry
A June article by the Economist called the recent rise in global house prices the biggest financial bubble in history. Yesterday on Bloomberg.com Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley's chief Economists said Greenspan's attitude gives cause to worry. Meanwhile, the Toronto Dominion bank says the... View full entry
The president of the Boston Society of Architects explores the ways in which our elected and appointed leaders intentionally or inadvertently shape the design of public buildings, especially public schools, and the roles architects should play in public policy-making. And, now serving RSS and... View full entry
The public will be able to browse over 400 architectural models from the permanent collection in one storage facility, as well as view the restoration process. Read View full entry
The Getty is under investigation.California attorney general's office has opened a wide-ranging inquiry into financial practices at the J. Paul Getty Trust, according to a confidential memorandum. Also, a curator is under investigation for collaborating with looters. LAT | via View full entry
Tate Online has new archived lectures with Jacques Herzog and Rowan Moore on elements of architecture in contemporary life. Also, listen to the talk by artist Anselm Kiefer. View full entry
"Engineering Board Stakes Architecture as Subset of Engineering" reports the AIA in Texas. The Texas Board of Professional Engineers (TBPE) issued a formal opinion on June 10, 2005 (see pdf below entitled “TBPE Opinion”) announcing that building design is considered engineering... View full entry
Shigeru Ban drew inspiration from a conical bamboo hat. "I bought the hat six years ago in a Chinese clothes shop in Paris when I was already thinking about ideas for roofs," he said. AP paris/Guardian View full entry
New Easy hotel opens in London for only £20 a night do not expect windows. (the Scotsman) / Bookings View full entry
Zaha Hadid was chosen in July to design the main pavilion of the 2008 International Exposition in Zaragoza, Spain. Designed with Ove Arup Engineers, the pavilion will consist of an inhabited multi-level bridge that spans the Ebro River, linking the city to the Expo site... W/images @ ArchRecord View full entry