The Hollywood Hills house where a collapsing ceiling killed a firefighter has been declared a crime scene. Investigators believe the ceiling filled with water when the plastic pipe connecting a sprinkler system melted. LADBS, said last week that investigators hoped to have preliminary findings... View full entry
Over at Places, Professor Lisa Findley presents A Tale of Two Apartheid Museums. In it she explores the only two museums dedicated to a national, South African, narrative of apartheid. Over at Places, Professor Lisa Findley presents A Tale of Two Apartheid Museums. In it she explores the only two... View full entry
MADE UP: DESIGN FICTIONS is Art Center's new group exhibit surveying recent boundary bending design projects. The common link among the three dozen or so speculative works is an awareness of, and reaction to, 'the accelerating developments in technology'. REVIEW. MADE UP: DESIGN FICTIONS eric... View full entry
News My favorite part of Interboro's winning PS1 scheme, is their "new take on recycling".News My favorite part of Interboro's winning PS1 scheme, is their "new take on recycling". Quilian points out an unflattering and perhaps unfair portrayal of what's going on in Braddock PA, but what he... View full entry
Thursday February 17 /.EventsDateModule AUTHORS IN ARCHITECTURE: Plat 1.0 IMPOSTER , Houston, TX Friday February 18 /.EventsDateModule Columbia Building Intelligence Project New York Think Tank , New York, NY Linda Loudermilk: Does Luxury Have a Future? , Ann Arbor, MI Geoffrey Farmer , Los... View full entry
FIVE DAYS BEFORE I WAS TO TEACH SPRING SEMESTER AT THE ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE I HAVE TAUGHT WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS FOR A YEAR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY TERMINATED MY TEACHING AT THE ACADEMY...THE BOTTOM LINE IS I NEED A TEACHING JOB... View full entry
The 2010 Branner Fellows have each shared a summary of their last year of travels and research.News The 2010 Branner Fellows have each shared a summary of their last year of travels and research. Adriana Navarro-Sertich's is entitled Favela Chic. In it she identifies seven common architectural... View full entry
Javier Arbona: 'What architect designed this lovely parametric ceiling?' His buddy: 'a machine'. Javier Arbona: 'What architect designed this lovely parametric ceiling?' His buddy: 'a machine'. View full entry
Sir David Chipperfield Receives the Royal Gold Medal Last night, British architect Sir David Chipperfield received one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal, at a glittering ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in... View full entry
Bjarke Ingels strikes again: BIG + TNT Nuuk + Ramboll Nuuk + Arkitekti is the winning team to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country’s capital Nuuk, among invited proposals totaling 6 Nordic architects. Bustler | BIG recently on Archinect: 1 + 2 Bjarke Ingels strikes... View full entry
Witold's essay on the ridiculous way architects talk.Slate | Witold's essay on the ridiculous way architects talk.Slate View full entry
Today, the Rafael Viñoly Architects-designed Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building at the University of California, San Francisco was inaugurated with a grand opening celebration. ↑ Click image to enlarge (Photo: Bruce Damonte) ↑ Click image to enlarge (Photo: Bruce... View full entry
Designed by José Rafael Moneo, Columbia University’s new addition is anticipated as a gateway to a campus planned for West Harlem. Nicolai Ouroussoff in the NYT View full entry
Homeboy on TuppervillePhotographs: Michael RotondiStory: Orhan Ayyüce View full entry
Architects mature slowly; prodigies are rare. Yet at an age when most of his peers are still sitting in cubicles, laboring over light fixtures and door handles, Bjarke Ingels, a photogenic 36-year-old Dane with offices on two continents and projects on three, is about to revamp one of New... View full entry