Nicolai Ouroussoff captures David Childs of SOM in light of his recent and most ambitious design, the new Penn Station in Manhattan. But Childs' desire to be recognized in the class of Gehry, Koolhaas, or Piano, may always collapse in a Fuastian context, as Ouroussoff points out the perhaps cruel... View full entry
Greg Stevenson gushes over a little “teletubby house” he discovered on the coast of Pembrokeshire, the Malator. View full entry
Off the coast near the centuries-old pilgrimage town of Mahabalipuram archaeologists have begun underwater excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city and parts of a temple uncovered by the recent tsunami in SE Asia. View full entry
The 2001 Godzilla vs. Skateboarders exhibit is four years and still touring. Dru Oja Jay asks why this critique of social space maintains its allure? | dominion View full entry
Construciton of Paul Andreu's National Theatre in Beijing moves forward amidst the release of investigative reports on the collapse of Charles de Gaulle May 2004. | chinadaily | prev View full entry
BD takes a look at Scott-Brown's 1975 Room at the Top: Sexism and the Star System in Architecture 30 years later through the work of: Sejima, van Hee, Lacaton, Couture, and Thompson. | bdonline More room at the top 18 February 2005 Three decades after Denise Scott Brown lamented sexism in... View full entry
POL Oxygen has come out with a new interface. I like it better than the previous one, but wouldn't mind having an RSS feed for each section. Current snipets include some of Michael Maltzan's work. View full entry
The City and borough of Juneau announced shortlist of 4 to compete for the Alaska capitol and images are now available on the web of the submittals by Morphosis, Safdie, Yazdani and NBBJ. previous View full entry
Toronto's Globe and Mail reports on the state of digital fabrication in architecture. Read about it here. View full entry
Distinctive architecture is making it's mark on British university campuses. From Planetizen View full entry
1. Riot at Ikea in London » 2. The new books about World Trade Center site » 3. The art show that never happened at Eero Saarinen's Terminal Five » View full entry
“Much like Italy in the 15th century, Spain is experiencing a cultural renaissance, one that's transforming the country—city by city, block by block, building by building” (MSNBC) View full entry
Amid competition with Houston, massive donations extended to $400m in support of the new Dallas Museum of Art and the growing Arts District. Includes R Meier, N Foster, and R Koolhaas. | nytimes View full entry
In mid-March, 10 years in the making, Yad Vashem opens a new Holocaust History Museum, a $56 million project designed by Moshe Safdie, attempting to “tell the tale of the Jewish plight” and move the experience beyond that of mere artifact. NYT THE Holocaust is the cornerstone of... View full entry
Michael Sorkin speaks frankly again in Australia about WTC, democracy, the ecological city, & architecture. ABC_au l listen l previous View full entry