Become your own visionary architect with these new house "kits". From the LA Times View full entry
Some church officials in Italy are hoping that forays into church design by architects like Renzo Piano and Richard Meier will help put people in the pews. From the NY Times View full entry
A panel of local architects lists area gems - Read View full entry
(Yes, another Gehry story...) FOG is collaborating with a group of MIT students to make a new type of concept car. Popular Science takes a look. previously on Archinect... View full entry
Leave it up to the Intelligencer to put a glitzy sheen on pervasive repression in the built realm. View full entry
Office and residential building on vacant site in Cologne. A-matter will be media partner of the German Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In the context of the exhibition they showcase the project legal/illegal, a building that defies the economic interests for profit and the strict... View full entry
Concerned architectural experts have called on city authorities to take urgent measures to cut the glare reflected from the dazzling glass facades of Shanghai's high-rises and to check their overall safety. "Nearly 10 per cent of the glass curtain walls in the city are unreliable and some are in... View full entry
Jean Nouvel's stunning new extensions to Madrid's Reina Sofia museum of Contemporary Art. Unified under this one humongous red canopy are three separate glass-walled buildings...(frm NYArts) l Construction l Final Rendering l Also View full entry
These days, the air inside many homes is more polluted than the air outside. That's because everything from pets to gas appliances to paint and cleaning products contributes to indoor air pollution. Most homes contain an alarming number of chemicals, and modern homes are built so tightly that... View full entry
Violent climate change will force (Scottish) architects to re-think building designs. (frm Scotsman) View full entry
Rem Koolhaas, Ole Scheeren/OMA CCTV headquarters in Beijing back on at a projected $730 million - Archrecord, who at least acknowledge that they also reported this project was suspended. Apparently, traffic issues have been resolved previously:Beijing ManifestoCCTV halted View full entry
While a reevaluation of the Birds Nest aims to show 2008 as a frugal Olympics and not one that features too many “luxuries,” it is also worth noticing the trendy skyscrapers right now that reflect China's monstrous progress , and the pink legacy of vacancy that lingers down... View full entry
Peasants and workers are displaced by the millions as their homes have become totally expendable to tribes of developers who acquire land free of political scrutiny. The displaced are now turning to suicide. From SFGate.com View full entry
Since Tel Aviv, the “White City,” was recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its Bauhaus architecture, The Association for Tourism of Tel Aviv-Jaffa has been busy hustling business. But another tour group in Jaffa is offering an alternative look at the city's... View full entry
The sustainable design community suffered a tremendous loss yesterday, as the Environmental Home Center burned down in a major fire. However, the owner vows to rebuild... View full entry