In case you are missing it, today's episode of the WTC/Lower Manhattan/Donald Trump/Daniel Libeskind Soap Opera is getting recapped realtime in this discussion. No time for words? CNNthumbnail image by Jan Op De Beeck View full entry
"Architectural exhibitions tend to assume a number of guises; they can be exhibition work, utilizing drawings, and models of built or proposed projects. Or interventions into a given space or situation used to investigate and challenge. The latter being articulated as built installations that... View full entry
$2,705.00 to Smash Mies...Wearing a white hard hat and wielding a golden sledgehammer to break a glass pane of Crown Hall, the icon of midcentury modernism designed by his late grandfather Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago architect Dirk Lohan inaugurated the most ambitious stage in the... View full entry
This quote from Preservation Online says it all: Ten thousand lost, $10,000 won? Plus, is the price Wright?...also from the latest Preservation newsletter. View full entry
In case you haven't noticed, we have some pretty rad students running blogs in our School Blog section. A couple posts of note from the last few days:7 people, 17 hours, 1 cloud. by Bryan Boyer at the GSD - pics and commentary of the installation of his final review project at the ICFF. (and... View full entry
The Pier 6 passenger air bridge in Gatwick Airport, London, UK is the largest of its kind in the world. Connects 11 new gates to the north terminal, saving around 55,000 transfer-bus journeys a year. BBC / Architects: Wilkinson Eyre / Engineering: Arup (press release) / British Airport Authority. View full entry
File under hype: Supposedly Volume #1 To Beyond or not to Be is released. A strange launching took place in Amsterdam alongside a miniature rocket with several megaphones. | see here | Who has theirs? View full entry
Does security have to make America look like a war zone? While more architects are helping to make the fortress transparent, what's really happening to our urban environment underneathe the surface? Too bad this article doesn't really probe that. [Previously] View full entry
Staten Island's gets new front door (NYT), and it pales in comparison to the vision of Eisenman's proposed museum/ferry terminal from 1997. View full entry
Fredric Jameson "What's Left of Theory?" l Cornell West, "On Architecture?" l Daniel Libeskind, "Architecture: the Future of Memory" l Kees Christiaanse "Fuck the programme?" l View full entry
The Guardian analyzes new trends in cladding beyond corporate glazing. View full entry
Nice article in the Montana State University News about the work of Cameron Sinclair/AFH with the students in the architecture department there. Among many other things, the article highlights the work of the students in collaboration with Zana Briski, one of the filmmakers of the Academy... View full entry
The plant opened last friday. Zaha Hadid designed the central building, which presents the 'image' of the plant to the outside and serves as meeting hub connecting the three production areas of the complex. Slide show of the building site | Webcam | Previously | via dezain View full entry
Calling all architects, and friends of architectsUniversal Everything are curating the second exhibition on the dedicated plasma screens in the foyer of the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield. They will show an exclusive collection of film and animation that pushes the boundaries from the world of... View full entry
MoMA curator, architect, and recent birthday boy Terence Riley offers a tour of recent acquisitions ... to his home. | nytimes | click here to see the entire index of the Sunday NYTimes Magazine dedicated to architecture & modernism View full entry