The Vilcek Foundation has announced the names of the recipients of its annual Prizes in biomedical research and in the arts and humanities. The 2007 Prize recipient for biomedical science is developmental biologist and stem cell researcher, Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch; architect, urban planner, author... View full entry
If you can read Spanish, even moderately well, I strongly recommend Iñaki Abalos' opinion piece in El Pais, the daily from Spain. In this article, Abalos explains why he's seeing a disconnect between all the sustainability talk and the business city. Instead he proposes Melville's Bartleby... View full entry
Is Mecca turning into Las Vegas? Several new construction projects - and lots of demolition - seem to indicate that it is... Pruned investigates: New Mecca. View full entry
"Halliburton, the big energy services company, said on Sunday that it would open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and move its chairman and chief executive, David J. Lesar, there." Will this prove as controversial as the proposed Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi? New York... View full entry
Madrid has marked the third anniversary of the train bombings which killed 191 people by unveiling a towering glass memorial to the victims. BBC View full entry
Zaha Hadid has designed a multifunctional building which will replace an old parking building on Szervita Square in Budapest, Hungary. The building will feature "shops in the basement level" and "leisure areas as a restaurant and nightclub or a gym as a complement to the offices in the upper... View full entry
The New York Times on the "Barcelona and Modernity" exhibition now at the Metropolitan Museum: "In Barcelona there is no need to prepare the revolution, simply because it is always ready. It leans out of the window on the street every day." | Previously View full entry
AMD and Architecture for Humanity today announced the Open Architecture Prize, a $250,000 prize for designing a technology center in the developing world that can be adapted to meet local needs in underserved areas. Unlike traditional prizes in architecture the award will be used to build the... View full entry
Long Live Historic Preservation. In what might seem a contradiction to anyone who does not live in Chicago, the very same week that Mayor Daley is promoting Chicago's architecture as an elegant backdrop for the 2016 Olympics the Chicago Landmarks Commission okayed the replacement of the Farwell... View full entry
The AFH initiated Open Architecture Network is live! The Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. See, the web has some real value! Go explore, collaborate, and help make a difference. View full entry
Pecha Kucha -Starting at 8:00 p.m. on March 8th, 2007 (coinciding with International Womens' Day) the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design will be hosting a special Pecha Kucha night, titled Femmes Fatales and featuring the work of female designers from the Los Angeles area, at the... View full entry
Cameron weighs in from Doha, Qatar. Gulf Times View full entry
Future Systems has won the international competition to design the new National Library building in Letná. Prague DM l discuss View full entry
Second Life, the four-million-strong online community, is turning more and more into a pixelated copy of reality and its institutions, complete with rampant consumerism, political candidates and lawsuits. Whatever happened to the brave new virtual world? der spiegel l related View full entry
Hamburg already has target its historic harbor with HdM's Elbphilharmonie, now the city is ready to showcase a whole new development on the water with HafenCity. der speigel View full entry