the new icon magazine number on america w/ intro by Fred Bernstein and much more. View full entry
We've just been informed that Frank Gehry was selected for the Performing Arts Center at Ground Zero. Snøhetta was selected for the Museum at Ground Zero. More info to come as we receive it. View full entry
Zaha Hadid and co. found out yesterday that they won the commission for the new transport museum in Glasgow. See the squiggly model and read about it at the evening times. previously... View full entry
I'll talk they'll listen... Nauman chose to fill the Tate's turbine hall with sound. If you are far away visit the exhibition's website, and read this article. View full entry
Paul Rudolph and his comrades' work in danger in Sarasota. NYTimes View full entry
The controversial project by the late Enric Miralles opened this weekend. Scotsman | NY Times | Toronto Starpreviously | related discussion (thanks, BOTS) View full entry
The technology for engineering rotating houses still has some issues to work out, but is now making it less a novelty for the rich and more plausible for mass consumption. Even though they are somewhat popular in North America and Australia, is Britain ready to embrace them? Some links: Rotating... View full entry
Jacques Derrida, one of France's most famous philosophers, has died at the age of 74, it has been announced. From the BBC Derrida died in a Paris hospital on Friday night, news agency AFP reported. He suffered from pancreatic cancer. The Algerian-born philosopher is best known for his... View full entry
For those of you who are wondering what Peter Zumthor is up to these days, the Kolumba Museum in Cologne is going up and looking good. Check the official website (in German): Click on the word BAUSTELLE and then on the photo to follow the construction process. View full entry
Architectural Record broke the story in the July print edition. Then dailydose blogged it. (I emailed Libeskind's office and never heard back). Then the Observer picked it up in their story on Libeskind's book More than Zero. The whole time Studio Daniel Libeskind has been seemingly mum about... View full entry
Stories about the ultimate hidden kitchen: the George Foreman Grill. (NPR) Morning Edition, October 8, 2004 · This story snuck up on us. We heard from Margaret Engel, managing editor of the Freedom Forum's Newseum in Arlington, Va., and co-author (with her twin sister... View full entry
Transmaterial is a catalog of materials, products and processes that are redefining our physical environment, based on a compilation of Blaine Brownell's "product of the week" electronic journal developed at nbbj. It is now compiled in a downloadable PDF through his website TRANSSTUDIO.com... View full entry
Miss Representation parses the cultural and architectural antecedents for the design of the Freedom of Expression National Monument in downtown NYC. View full entry
Philip Johnson today, at 98, officially announces his retirement from architectural practice and his firm Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects. Press Release Source: Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects Architectural Icon Philip Johnson Retires from Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects... View full entry
World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein will pay architect Daniel Libeskind's firm $370,000 for its work on the Freedom Tower under a settlement announced Wednesday. Newsday | Crain's View full entry