NPR aired a very nice article this morning on the history of prefab housing and the new MoMA exhibit, "Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling." Read + Listen at NPR | MoMA View full entry
As positive-platypus points out in the forum: "As of mid-day Sunday, flood waters rose above the 5-foot risers on which the steel and glass home sits, leaving its interior covered in another two feet of water," said Whitney French, historic site director. View full entry
Zumthor and ZumthorIt's all about the view from the Inside.Are they doing it better than us?Architectural suggestions for Parents to be?Student Home(s)Recently discovered brilliance. Discussed.Across the Border.Ike and one of our Own Continued after the Jump.....Learn more here View full entry
As reported on Archinect in May of this year (1/2/3), the architecture department building at TU Delft was destroyed in a fire. To help rebuild, the Faculty of Architecture has decided to organize an open international ideas competition, with a projected competition in 2009. View competition... View full entry
America has missed an opportunity to reimagine an urban area at a time when China has proved that no project is impossible. NYT View full entry
If you want to build your knowledge about architecture, these ten lesser-known facts should help to provide a solid foundation. [...] 2. Brunelleschi was the first 'starchitect' Containing four million bricks and weighing 37,000 tonnes, the dome of Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral is a... View full entry
For years, wind-farm projects have stalled in the face of local political opposition. Then an entrepreneur named Peter Mandelstam came up with a new and energizing approach. NYT View full entry
Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture responded to the job of adding a 24-story mini-me to Cetra/Ruddy's 60-story One Madison Park (OMP) on 23rd Street with their usual cool contrarianism. Koolhaas had no interest, according to OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu, in adding "another... View full entry
Yesterday, the Venice biennal, directed by Aaron Betsky, was unveiled. The title of this edition is "Out There: Architecture Beyond Building". You can find some pics here & here. View full entry
For two centuries we’ve been obsessed with destroying New York. Architectural historian MAX PAGE explains how even after the events of 9/11, we continue to fantasize about the city’s end as a way of celebration.NY Press View full entry
While the Seattle Times talks with Rem Koolhaas, the SeattlePI spends A moment with ... Joshua Prince-Ramus. Not only was Prince-Rumus the partner in charge of the Seattle Central Library project by OMA, his mother was the one who urged him to submit designs for the library competition the day... View full entry
Reed Kroloff gives us a new lens for judging new architecture: is it modern, or is it romantic? Look for glorious images from two leading practices -- and a blistering critique of the 9/11 planning process. TED Talks View full entry
It's Thursday so that means it's time for Bustler's weekly roundup of architecture/design events. This week features a selection of happenings in Tokyo, London, New York, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Seattle, Yokohama, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, Toronto, and a bunch of events at the Venice... View full entry
Candace, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, thinks her brain is bigger and can't wait to get her little hands on the laser cutter. Mustafa, at Architectural Association, DRL, went down to Bedford Square at midnight and enjoyed the many midnight moods of the DRL pavilion. Emily can't decide... View full entry
They can be seen everywhere talking on their phones, texting their friends, listening to their iPods, and often doing all of these things simultaneously. They are the Millennials, also known as Generation Y, and they are beginning to make their presence felt in the workplace. Born between... View full entry