Chicago architect Walter A. Netsch dies at 88; designed UIC campus and Air Force Academy chapel. Chi Trib View full entry
InterContinental Hotels Group , one of the world�s largest hotel groups by number of rooms, today announced that a Hotel Indigo is coming to downtown Cleveland. Construction is expected to begin this fall on the adaptive reuse of the mid-century landmark Breuer Tower, with an... View full entry
EP #52 1. NYT Sunday Magazine Architecture IssueFluff or Stuff? 2. Decolonizing ArchitecturelinkRelated 1Related 2 3. Morph is off to Japan.linkRelated 4. Working for the VA?link 5. Orhan, now Famous?linkDirect Link 6. The answer is yes??link 7. Saving Sarasota?linkPreviously #1Previously #... View full entry
Studio 360 does a show on the American suburb. It includes an interview with Teddy Cruz and a slideshow of his work. View full entry
CNN speaks to Rykwert about how buildings and spaces act as a metaphor for society, our transition from citizens to customers and the challenges facing the built environment in the 21st century.CNN | part of their Principal Voices series. View full entry
Sometimes you are just inspired to write a review of something because it triggered something in you, left you with some hope, outlook and familiar perspective on something you are interested.Kristine Chua-Suminski - K-8 school for kids with High-Functioning Autism I hadn�t... View full entry
Flush with dollars as oil prices reach record heights and remain there, Middle East economies are looking at newer ways to invest their money, and prime American real estate is their latest target.Domain-B.com View full entry
A winner has been announced in the Diesel Wall Manchester urban art project, and finalists have been announced for the 3rd Living Steel competition. More recent results View full entry
Artist Olafur Eliasson's four NYC Waterfalls may not officially be making their debut until June 26, but why wait to get a glimpse of the soon-to-be-sensations in action? Take a look at what was going on at Pier 35 near the Manhattan Bridge. Folks: we have water. Curbed | prev. View full entry
BMW has introduced what potentially could be a catalyst to shift the way we perceive the form of an automobile[i would say almost all things]. GINA, or "Geometry and Functions in N Adaptations," is a concept where the shape takes on a different materiality, adopting a flexible cloth model over... View full entry
As previously mentioned in the news, David Byrne (of Talking Heads), has converted NYC's Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building into a gigantic musical instrument. BoingBoing editor Xeni Jardin recently visited the installation and brought along the BB cameras. Watch/Discuss View full entry
Slate's Witold Rybczynski presents a nice little slide show on the work of Eero Saarinen. View full entry
A fascinating exhibition is opening tomorrow in Turin, Italy. YOUprison examines the architecture of prison - one of the most difficult and complex challenges faced by architecture, in which the organization of space personifies the legal and political principle of punishment for a crime. This... View full entry
The proposed 25 year master plan for the Art Center College of Design is facing opposition. The master plan includes upgrading the existing Craig Ellwood designed building, a new Frank Gehry designed Design Research Center (DRC, consisting of a new library, technical skills center, and studio... View full entry
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has released an image of its plans for a mixed-use building space in Coolsinge, Rotterdam's shopping district. It would contain retail, cultural, residential and office space. BD View full entry