Beijing is booming and Bay Area companies and higher-educational institutions are playing a pivotal role in its transformation in such areas as architecture, software, wireless telecommunications and venture capital. (from SFGate) View full entry
Explore twelve, one-of-a-kind creations designed and built by some of Minnesota's finest architects, landscape architects, and builders at this exhibit up in the trees. View full entry
Mark Wigley has been named the new Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Thanks to Art in the discussions. View full entry
Architectural World-2004 , a four-day exhibition focussing on architecture, building materials, interiors and allied products, organised by the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) , began at the Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Auditorium in Thiruvalla today. View full entry
Before leaving Boston for PR, Javier will be entertaining friends and fans... signing autographs and such. Info here View full entry
'High Line forum packed tighter than a subway car'- Headline from the Villager for their report on last week's High Line finalist presentations at the Center for Architecture in New York that was packed to the girders. They also take it to mean that the High Line will be a big hit. (via). The... View full entry
The Victoria and Albert Museum has failed in its bid to get a lottery grant to build its controversial Spiral extension, costing £70m. The museum had applied for a grant of £15m to build the extension.BBC News Meanwhile, There was good news for the Ashmolean Museum in... View full entry
Some 7.4 million of the world's 11.9 million refugees have lived for 10 years or more in a “warehousing” situation, languishing in permanent camps and urban ghettos long after the original newsmaking crisis has fallen off the radar. CSMonitor takes a hard look at the crisis of... View full entry
The Chicago Tribune reports that "Setting a flying saucer stadium inside the classical columns of Soldier Field destroyed its historic character, so the structure should be stripped of its National Historic Landmark status, federal architecture analysts said this week." Kamin has a big chesire... View full entry
Don't worry if you can't make it to Rio de Janeiro's raucous Carnival in February. Tourists will soon have a chance to enjoy the deafening samba drums, near-naked dancers and bright floats all year round. (frm Reuters) View full entry
A new analysis of exactly where victims died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center will help officials plan for future attacks and disasters. (frm Reuters) View full entry
In an email, Nathaniel Kahn pleaded to Bangladeshi officials not to build new structures next to his father's famous parliament complex. View full entry
Insight on the new appointment of St. Petersburg's City Architect from Paul Burkhardt our man in Russia. (frm the St. Petersburg Times) View full entry
First official word of what had been rumored but Rem Koolhaas was denying through and through: BEIJING (Reuters) China has shelved plans to build a $600 million office tower in Beijing as part of the government's efforts to cool the overheating economy. Construction of the skyscraper by the Dutch... View full entry
CHICAGO, IL -- The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Foundation announced today its 2004 Architecture Traveling Fellows: Greg Williams from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Andrew Saunders (view work) from Harvard University. The SOM Foundation awarded these fellowships to allow these... View full entry