Archinecter rutger has posted that Dutch TV and Radio reported today the death of Constant Nieuwenhuys, also known as Constant. Wikipedia has also posted that he passed today. Constant was best known for his manifestos on urban life after the end of the machine age and his magnificent renditions... View full entry
Defying categorization, Trevor Paglen combines the methodologies of a geographer with the open-ended approaches of contemporary art. By doing so, he exposes the processes of the military/prison industrial-complexes and their corresponding landscapes. His contribution is to invent the tools for... View full entry
Here is a collection of articles on worldwide urbanism, squatter displacement, border cities, natural disaster, and the politics of Mideast reconstruction and settlement. Squatter urbanityTsunami teaches architects a hard lesson on code compliance | India Monsoon Death Toll Climbs to 910 | MUMBAI... View full entry
The Figge Art Museum is David Chipperfield's first building in the US. The 100,00 sqft museum is covered with a monolithic glass exo-skin. Be the first on your block to vidy it on August 6th... NYT View full entry
It's a sadly familiar picture in many communities: Fast-food hubs that once bustled with activity, when young and old alike gathered in plastic molded seats around gleaming yellow linoleum tables, are now boarded-up ghost restaurants. Their long-extinguished drive-through menus silently beckon to... View full entry
How Grant Morrison - of Invisibles fame - is "redesigning Manhattan" in a new comic series. He's "laced [the city] with architectural marvels that were proposed but never actually constructed": Gaudi, Hollein, Lloyd Wright, even Robert Moses. nyt View full entry
The Black Hole of Columbus Circle ... obviously this opinionator is in favor of preserving the Edward Durell Stone cult classic. View full entry
A new Raphael Sperry (see this feature) interview appears in Grist and is also, by the way, premiering a redesigned ADPSR website. Via Archvoices View full entry
To help job seekers find local positions, we have enabled our ever-growing jobs section to be filtered by region. View full entry
Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal promises $20M for a new Islamic wing in the Louvre's Visconti courtyard. From the NY Times View full entry
CA Boom II opens a door to contemporary style and invites everyone in. Ask its designers anything -- really. "it's showtime" | www.caboom2.com View full entry
Oh where, oh where, did that "optimism... about the potential for plastics" go to...? Polyester plastic? Fibreglass? NY Times View full entry
The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture finally smashed down its octogenarian legacy last week by appointing Victor Sidy, a young New York City architect and graduate of the School, to its highest position. Sidy: "we look forward to broadening the international reach of the school... View full entry
The shortlist for the Royal Institute of British Architects £20,000 Stirling Prize for architecture was announced today. Guardian | RIBA 05 Awards | Previously View full entry
"Height is a fixation," or so they say...NYT View full entry