Germany's Federal Chamber of Architects has advised its members to look abroad for work. DW-World View full entry
The Guardian's Dejan Sudjic writes about the signicance of the architecture for London's 2012 Olympic games. Read View full entry
The new design for the Liverpool Museum, by 3XN, that has replaced Alsop's "Cloud", will receive key funding today, £30m to be exact. This should cement a building work schedule to start next April, aiming to complete the museum by 2008. dailypost | prev | related View full entry
Beginning with the establishment of the pueblo of Los Angeles in 1781 and continuing through the current-day designs of Frank Gehry and Thom Mayne, LATimes offers an essential timeline of the SoCal home. | latimes View full entry
Lisa Rochon offers some summer reading on Canadian architects. | globemail View full entry
"BEIRUT: Pierre El-Khoury, arguably Lebanon's most distinguished and prolific architect, died after succumbing to bone cancer on Monday. Like much of his sparkling career and his brilliant and rich architectural heritage, particularly his refined and delicate aesthetic sensibilities, he chose to... View full entry
"The idea is to find features that are perceptibly calibrated to the threat a building or monument faces without creating the impression of a city under siege." The Wall Street Journal writes this editorial on protecting the Washington Monument. (prev) | related | more at Pruned View full entry
Part 1 in a new occasional series by the LA Times on the architecture that defines (LA) past and present. View full entry
An all-day event on women in architecture marked the second day of the World Congress of Architecture in Istanbul. The event hosted women architects from the United States, Britain, Turkey, Canada and Hong Kong, who explored the difference women make in modern architecture. From the Turkish Daily... View full entry
4 confirmed blasts all along the public transport network. There are unconfirmed reports indicating that the bomb that exploded in a double decker bus was activated by a suicide bomber. The Prime Minister left the G8 summit and is now on his way to London. BBC | Discuss View full entry
The LATimes on Frank Lloyd Wright, Preservation, Landslides and Diane Keaton. View full entry
The NY Times' Alan Riding reviews Piano's Paul Klee Musueum. Read | Related | Related | Related View full entry
Good Morning! How's your head feeling? Quite a packed weekend. PS1's Sur went for its maiden voyage with a rather sane soiree on Thursday and an insane one on Saturday. (more crazyness...). Across the pond, the Serpentine got down and dirty in a less obvious way than Sur. (more sets here and... View full entry
A showpiece collection of futuristic luxury homes set in a Cotswold nature reserve and designed by some of the UK's top architects have been unveiled. From the BBC , images Plans for the first eight houses, designed by Will Alsop, Piers Gough, Eva Jiricna, Sutherland Hussey, Roger Sherman, Sarah... View full entry
NYArts Magazine offers a critical review of SUR at PS1. Read View full entry