Gates madness compilation at Curbed | Klein Dytham new installation from near near future | mappr: cartography of flickr images View full entry
Dr. Erik Demaine , an assistant professor of computer science at MIT, is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics, and is applying insights from wrinkling and crinkling to questions in architecture, robotics and molecular biology. NYT View full entry
Mark Wigley on the new New York Moma in Artforum. View full entry
ShoP Architects, Buro Happold and Dean Marchetto Architects collaborate on the "first green building" in Hoboken, NJ. Read View full entry
Rare Taliesin photos (pre-fire) turn up on eBay and an eWar ensues. Fred Bernstein reports. NYT | via || Wisconsin Historical Society: Rare Taliesin Images on Display at Governor's Office (starts tomorrow) | more info + slideshow View full entry
The landscape architect for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York, Mr. Linn also designed the interior landscaping for the Four Seasons Restaurant. But in the late 1950's he turned to making community gardens in depressed neighborhoods around the country. NYT View full entry
Sixty years ago, Allied bombers attacked Dresden with fire bombs. The Florence of the Elbe was completely destroyed. The city is now restored and the Fraunkirche finally open. read: BBC news | BBC gallery | DW-world feature. View full entry
A short circuit appears to be the cause of a fire that destroyed the top floors of the 32 storey building. Some floors collapsed this morning, the rest of the building could follow.BBC - El Mundo (in spanish) The Windsor is 106 metres high. Built between 1974 and 1979 it was one of the first... View full entry
It's time for the Gates. This $21 million longtime dream of Christo and Jeanne-Claude has finally opened to the public. Complete NYTimes coverage | Our Project for the Park (artists' statement) | Blogosphere: Miss Representation; the gates; jok-kaz || flickr | del.icio.us View full entry
Does this make you shudder with fear? "The Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America." It translates to $50,000 in NEA monies, among other startling facts. IHT View full entry
Palm Springs' climate tends to preserve the people. Now the people are trying to return the favor for their modernist architecture. From the LA Times View full entry
ArchitectureRadio just published 12 videos from the recent ACADIA Digital Fabrication conference on our web site. The collection can be found here. Another group of videos from the conference will be posted on March 1. View full entry
Bird to the North on Martha Schwartz | spice (at) architectureforhumanity.org images frm Worldchanging | Los Angeles: Grand Theft Reality (kinda ol') :o | boxtank: Architects Continue To Crave Dark Ages | Torii at Central Park | Calatrava-Wines separated at birth? View full entry
Speaking of Calatrava - his design for the new Atlanta Symphony Hall is unveiled today. Official website also includes a quicktime walkthrough. View full entry
World on Wheels is a group of four British Architecture students who circumnavigated the globe to document culture and architecture. Their findings are currently on display at the Architecture Centre in Bristol UK View full entry