This new exhibit at the Swiss Architecture Museum explores how the collapse of the socialist economic system in the Western Balkans has given rise to extensive informal building activity that represents a new form of urbanization. Balkanology brings together leading architects and urban planners... View full entry
What if the same ratchet-scaffolding that jacked the roof of the Neue National Gallerie into place were re-installed and thrown into reverse, crushing everything inside? The world's largest clear-span crushing machine is a perversely appealing idea, regardless of whether you agree with the... View full entry
While the pavilions, installations and exhibitions at the 11th Architecture Biennale Venice have already been drawing much attention this week, another very exciting event within the Biennale event framework is coming up this weekend: MACE (Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe), a... View full entry
At the edge of TriBeCa, the Swiss superstar architects Herzog & de Meuron stack 145 luxe condo residences like crisscrossing glass-wrapped dominos. Uptown, Rem Koolhaas tilts a tower perilously over its neighbor. These projects, both in construction, cement a gathering trend: the sculpting of a... View full entry
Brian Lehrer talks with Justin Davidson, architecture critic for New York Magazine, about his recent article on the predominance of glass in NYC's current building boom. Listen @ WNYC | prev. View full entry
Teddy Cruz's practice is rooted in the social and economic conditions of the trans-border territory between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. Artkrush editor Paul Laster recently spoke to Cruz about his social concerns and his projects currently on view from New York to Venice. link An... View full entry
Thursday September 18 /.EventsDateModule Donghia Designer-In-Residence Lecture by Eva Maddox , Los Angeles, CA “via: Occupation” Book Launch Party , School of Design, 210 S 34th Street, Philadelphia Double Down: Two Visions of Vegas , San Francisco, CA - SFMOMA Adobe Presents the... View full entry
Nude hippies, big blobs, stunning dog pounds - is the 2008 architecture biennale too wacky for its own good? Jonathan Glancey concludes.....GuardianThis year, too many of the big players are playing too hard with pop revivalism - blobs, swirls, funny shapes and wacky colours - as if releasing... View full entry
NEX, with engineering support from AKT, has won an open international design competition for a bridge across the River Dodder in central Dublin. NEX are also the architects of the competition winning [C]space Pavilion which will be auctioned off on September 25 (previously on Archinect). View full entry
Nine years ago the California Academy of Sciences asked: What's a natural history museum in the 21st century? Its stunning new building is the emphatic answer. Metropolis Magazine | Part 1: The Building | Part 2: The Green Roof | Part 3: The Engineering View full entry
Quilian gives us an insight view on Fall 08 lectures, trays, and courses at Harvard Universiy - GSD. Natalia, at University of Texas at San Antonio, likes to spend Mondays drilling holes, Tuesdays drawing plans, and Wednesdays studying for a test. Wow, sounds just like architecture school. Nkiru... View full entry
In its inaugural issue, Floater, an online publication, "suggests an inventory for flotation mechanisms within architecture. Without stability, without foundation." Whether we're talking about a life preserver or a balloon rising beyond our reach, perhaps a bit of flotation is exactly what... View full entry
We have a bunch of great new features served up! This week we're offering three new articles:Venice Biennale Review: Archinect correspondent Martina Dolejsova summarizes her thoughts from the opening week at this year's Venice Biennale. Lot of eye candy as well.Working out of the Box: Odopod: Our... View full entry
Peter Zumthor received the 2008 Praemium Imperiale prize offered by the Japanese emperor. The prize is awarded to artists who have earned exeptional merits for advancing of the arts. According to the jury from the Japanese Arts Association, Zumthor is an extraordinary appearance within the field... View full entry
Alfred Hickling takes a tour of Leicester's new theatre aka the 'Curve". He concludes that with a stage visible from the street, this new East Midlands venue is the reverse of everything you expect from a playhouse.GuardianRafael Vinoly Architects View full entry