Jude Njoku, Property & Environment Editor, recently interviewed Arc Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja, the President of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), on the state of Nigerian architecture and his plans for the country's built environment. View full entry
Caracas-A fire has destroyed the upper portion of one of the tallest buildings (56 stories) in the Venezuelan capital. More than 100 firefighters supported by 200 soldiers battled the fire. Two military helicopters also joined the fight by ferrying water to the building. The flame was put out... View full entry
The gold and silver medals go to Kling and Erdy McHenry Architecture for bold modernist designs. Read View full entry
Architect Simon Conder's rubber clad beach cottage takes the Stephen Lawrence Prize sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation that rewards the best building built on a budget of less than £350,000. BBC | Related reading. View full entry
The favourite, officially called 30 St Mary Axe, took the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize on a unanimous vote by judges. BBC | Foster & Partners | RIBA Press Release The prize honours the building making the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past... View full entry
Amazing insights into global warming. Ian Sample reports on Earth's 12 most fragile places - Guardian. Recently: Climate fear as carbon levels soar and outputs as Mappings View full entry
Interesting take on the impact of photography on architecture, both in light of the fact that most people experience great architecture more through photos than they do in person, and in possible contexts of visual fraud with today's reimaging techniques. More... View full entry
The Talby concept design for KDDI by Marc Newson is going into production. Possibly the best looking phone ever.-joost. More info at Gizmodo. View full entry
The Paul Klee Museum in Bern, Switzerland, is a landscape, not a building. Renzo Piano's new work is well-under construction. Progress can be viewed here and here. More info at RPBW. Model image from Biennale in the Gallery. (via NA) View full entry
Europaconcorsi presents 14 images of the formerly-mysterious Leeum Museums in S. Korea by Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhaas (master plan of complex by OMA). More info from previous news entry here. View full entry
View images of proposals for Les Halles by OMA, AJN, MVRDV, & SEURA at Project Les Halles . If you haven't seen it already each profile is accompanied by a video of the architects discussing their work. Here's an article on Rem's approach. Previously.... View full entry
The NY Times profiles Lloyd Kahn, champion and chronicler of the hand-built house, who has just published a new book on his efforts of the past 35 years. View full entry
IV Iberoamerican Biennale starts october 25 in LIMA, PERU. For more info go to the official website. View full entry
Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) have announced a call to boycott all prison design and construction projects around the country. (via) It is time to stop building prisons. Our prison system is both a devastating moral blight on our society and an overwhelming... View full entry
As reported first by kakacabeza on This discussion thread, the AIA Angle reports a 9 percent tax deduction for firms applicable to revenues derived from architectural and engineering services that are produced by sole proprietors, partnerships, LLCs, subchapter S corporations, and C corporations... View full entry