Nicolai Ouroussoff, in his new New York Times position, reports that Field Operations and Diller, Scofidio & Renfro have been selected to design the High Line master plan, although he says the Friends of the High Line " have yet to officially announce the selection, which was made last week"... View full entry
KURT W. FORSTER says that directing the ninth Venice Architecture Biennale has required "divine guidance." First, the Italian government cut the show's budget, which was already spaghetti-thin, forcing him to become a "beggar on every corner in Europe," he said. Then he had to postpone the... View full entry
Arrol Gellner, an Emeryville architect, lecturer and author of several books on architecture, has begun a three part article series for SFGate.com on the unconventional, or conventionally-unconventional, practice of architecture in the states without a license. View full entry
Austin's new $5 million downtown homeless shelter and community center opened in April. With its angular roof lines, extensive use of natural light, wide open spaces, whimsical splashes of color, environmentally friendly rainwater-collection system and spectacular downtown view, it could easily... View full entry
Is 'exhibitionist' architecture on its way out? asks Deyan Sudjic from The Observer. View full entry
New Tricks for an old material. From the NYT View full entry
In the months ahead, the AA will embark on a search for a new Chair to head the school from the beginning of the academic year 2005-06. This search has been initiated following the departure of Mohsen Mostafavi, Chairman since 1995... The AA looks to the future with optimism, confident in its... View full entry
To round off his summer holidays, Prime Minister Blair will spend two days in a brand new Villa built by the Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. Lets visit its wonderful architecture.Paparazzi style photo of the works going on at the grounds of the Villa Here come the Blairs, there goes the... View full entry
Camp for Oppositional Architecture , an international open congress searching for possibilities of resistance within architecture and planning, has concluded the mass gathering with an online document of papers from each participants. View full entry
Kansas' Joe Posnanski questions Gehry's role as architect for Kansas City's new downtown arena... A friend asks this question: How would you feel if there was going to be a barbecue hall of fame in Kansas City — and it featured barbecue by Wolfgang Puck? Can't believe people... View full entry
From the LA Times Grand Avenue Developer Selected By Louise Roug | Times Staff Writer 1:46 PM PDT, August 9, 2004 After decades of stalled plans and false starts, planners today selected a New York-based developer to oversee an ambitious revitalization of Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles... View full entry
BBC sponsored debate on "Is Prince Charles Good for Architecture?" between British experts, including Amanda Levete of Future Systems. (BBC-Radio3) View full entry
As suburban strip malls go, it's not unlike that found in many American towns. With one exception: it consists entirely of shipping containers. View full entry
Charles Jenks chimes in with a refreshingly well written piece on the Miralles project. From the Scottish 'Sunday Herald'. Previous Archinect post from the Parliament site, from the BBC and the Guardian View full entry
Lured by flyers and posters, more than a thousand would-be shoppers turned up for the grand suburban opening ””only to find that the campaign was a hoax, and the store a fake. As they gradually realised, they were queuing in front of a canvas façade stretched across... View full entry