Libeskind and Silverstein face off over Freedom Tower design costs. (frm NYT) View full entry
What triggered the terminal collapse at Charles de Gaulle? View full entry
From mysanantonio.com Named for its original owner, the two-story Kraigher House is considered a treasure of modern architecture. Designed by Richard Neutra in 1937, it was the first International Style house built in Texas and one of the few projects the influential Neutra did outside... View full entry
The joys of living in a fishbowl (LA times) View full entry
The Architectural Blame Game (frm NYT) remembers the BIG blames of past building disasters and why architects get a raw deal. View full entry
To reduce the air pollution caused by commercial building energy use, EPA is expanding the ENERGY STAR program to include new commercial buildings by encouraging the design of energy efficient buildings. Architecture firms will now be able to distinguish buildings that have been designed to be... View full entry
Interesting note from the Editors at the NYTimes appeared yesterday link View full entry
Jonathan Glancey visits Holland's floating homes "It makes you think of the flood in the book of Genesis, of Noah and his ark. Should that flood ever return, Maasbommel's citizens are prepared. Or at least, a few dozen of them are. In this riverside village, some 60 miles from Amsterdam... View full entry
"It is an environment at once cutting-edge and anachronistic, a place where one can find humming Apple G4's on one floor and hulking old Oswego Machine Works bookbinding contraptions on another." Made in New York, an article in the New York Times City Section describing the tenant demographic... View full entry
Arch Record highlights several projects and the recent architectural explosion in Chicago. Also available are audio clips of discussion of this phenomenon. View full entry
As in the discussions, HOK is being included in a $75k suit by the mother of a serial killer who apparently committed suicide in a prison they designed. "Harden's suit also claims her son was held in a cell that architects designed - and builders put together - with blind spots in cells and an... View full entry
Rafael Moneo will build a library (2007) for the University of Deusto, which jumps across the river with this building to the Abandoibarra neighborhood. The architect says he has oriented the building to pay homage to Gehry's Guggenheim with lecture halls and study areas facing it.Diario Vasco... View full entry
A Rural Studio Exhibition started May 22nd at the National Building Museum. “This exhibition includes both models and photographs of the Rural Studio's completed projects, as well as a number of Mockbee's large-scale paintings and sketchbooks inspired by his work at the Rural Studio. The... View full entry
Kurt Andersen (Spy, Studio 360, and now Colors) and Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect) talk about the physical spaces artists build -- to feed their creativity and to hide from the rest of the world. In the show they discuss Arcosanti, Mario Carrillo and Elizabeth Bishop. Listen [ via ] View full entry
Prince Charles' attempt to defeat Moderism not only failed it backfired. Check out the six wonders of post-carbuncle moderism. View full entry