In this Sunday's NYTimes:MoMA's New Home, for Better and Worse (What works and what flunks); Civic Boosterism Never Looked So Sexy (on architecture's supposed turn towards the civic) & Inside the Year's Best-Reviewed Buildings (Stata, SPL, Jazz at Lincoln Center: How Y'all Doin'?) View full entry
Alain Robert ("Spiderman"), a 42 year old French climber famous for climbing some of the world's tallest structures, scales the Taipei 101 on Christmas day, a week before it's official inauguration. Read at CNN | More on the Taipei 101 View full entry
The design scheme, by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, calls for a succession of hills, open plazas and recreation zones snaking along the water and a series of canals and boardwalks winding around and above the piers. After several false starts, state and city officials are set to sign off on... View full entry
Clare Dowdy profiles the rise of Young Architects, and looks at the recent AR+D winners. | ftimes | prev View full entry
Entrants to Stage I of Robbins School project in Trenton, NJ have been whittled down to 4: CR Studio, David Cumby, Ply Architecture, & Preston Scott Cohen. | MORE View full entry
Xaveer de Geyter has been awarded the European Patent Office project in the Hague against such luminaries as MVRDV. | archined (pics) | project info View full entry
In Coconut Grove, the NAMBIES are trying to start an anti-McMansion revolution. They even had their own competition. How cute. | herald | prev View full entry
An ex-zepellin hangar 1 hour drive from Berlin has been refitted as Europe's largest leisure resort. The Place has its own weather and it attempts to bring the tropics to an icy BerlinRead very long article here>>a short one here >>How it was built >>Tropical Islands website... View full entry
Safe travels to everyone who isn't staying put over the holidays. You can expect to see fewer posts in the coming weeks here at Archinect. Some of the ed's have already boarded planes to head off to enviable locations and others will be logging-off for the break. Don't forget to post your... View full entry
Today's Boston Globe reports that a critical design decision 14 years ago is largely responsible for the Big Dig's persistent problem with leaks today. Read | View Graphic | Previously:Digging Deeper into the MessBoston Central Artery Not WatertightBoston: Seek Alternate RoutesBoston remaking... View full entry
Bob Campbell addresses reader's responses to his article on Sever Hall in Cambridge. | globe | prev View full entry
Giles Worsley comes out with his impressions of 2004. A year of architecture as "icon" and "sex appeal." | telegraph | slideshow View full entry
The strategic architecture of demolition is demonstrated in the efficient implosion of the Washington Convention Center today. | jchannel | slideshow View full entry
Now almost two years old and originating in Sydney AU, Design Philosophy Papers offers a fresh venue for intellectual thought about design and its impacts. The current issue is themed "urbocentrism." 2005 themes look interesting and you can submit texts. Found via Planetizen, who highlight from... View full entry
An unusual apartment building was inaugurated in Brazil, each of whose 11 stories turns independently, giving lucky residents 360-degree views of the eco-friendly city of Curitiba. Read View full entry