The Gates, for the sake of argument, fine | The Way They Build In Las Vegas | Places Which Perhaps Only the Poet Can Map | newest casa photo set | Bendable concrete View full entry
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored eight green building projects on April 25, and for the first time recognized a sustainable urban plan. record | view winners | portland View full entry
These programmed materials change shape when struck by light at certain wavelengths and return to their original shapes when exposed to light of specific different wavelengths. sciencedaily View full entry
On April 27, at a lively party held at New York's Center for Architecture and sponsored by Antron, Metropolis revealed the identity of the two winners of its 2005 Next Generation Prize: architect Alisa Andrasek and engineer Joseph Hagerman. | metropolis View full entry
Louis Kahn's Trenton Bathhouse Isn't the Only One at Risk. View full entry
NCARB increases the fees for ARE by $10, effective July 1. Also, a new 5-year rolling clock policy will take effect January 2006. View full entry
Traffic Studied Using Computer-Linked Cars | Social GPS | Fund a free citywide Wi-Fi network: Google ads + local search + maps? | Memory Mapping and Where it Could Take Us | Place is the next big thing... *check out www.foundcity.net , "folkmapping your urban spaces" | insane... View full entry
Police Dept concerns for WTC, a past-week hot blog topic oddly buried in recent editorial pages (here , here & here), finally trickle to the front page of the Times, now reporting that changes could mean a one year delay in construction start. The article suggests a possible relocation, which... View full entry
David Chipperfield completes schematic design for the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and there are major changes. | adn (pics)Museum expansion gets a new look By MARK BAECHTEL Anchorage Daily News Published: May 1st, 2005 Last Modified: May 1st, 2005 at 02:34 AM The next set of architectural... View full entry
Every year it gets almost five times as many visitors as Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. It is the world's most visited museum of contemporary art (of course, free admission). Has it changed the way art is viewed? Take it from there, Deyan. View full entry
The RAND Corporation, with Suisman Urban Design, offers a 10 year plan for Palestine's development, and a high-speed rail corridor is the backbone of the state's future success, according to a 2 year study. JPost | Globes | Previously View full entry
John Maeda's Simplicity mantra can't jive with the Stata Center (by Gehry). Maeda prefers your typical Texas corporate glass boxes, i.e. "simple." View full entry
Tamer of the Tate turbine hall Olafur Eliasson goes for a lesser scale in LA: artforum+arcspace. Plus, prefab craze hits Germany (Gehry, Matteo Thun). View full entry
“They're architecture's most famous double act. Architect Rem Koolhaas and structural engineer Cecil Balmond have built showstopping buildings from Portugal to LA. Graham Bizley asked them about their 18-year marriage...” - bdonline View full entry
Andy Goldsworthy has been in San Francsico busy laying hammer and chisel into his new project for the de Young, “Fualtline” is a permanent piece that diverges from his more ephemeral masterpieces of the past. Check it out View full entry