The story of how Goldman Sachs got environmentalists to embrace a utility they loved to hate—and sealed a $45 billion deal. Almost makes you feel warm and fuzzy about their $600,000 Christmas bonuses... Newsweek View full entry
After three days of intensive workshops designed to generate fresh ideas for Philadelphia's languishing Delaware waterfront, five dozen bleary-eyed planners and architects put aside their maps, satellite photos and sketches on Saturday evening, and jointly called on city and state officials to... View full entry
Jonathan Glancey profiles 10 weird, wild and wonderful versions of surrealist architecture. | guardian View full entry
9 months in the making, the live beta version of the new Open Architecture Network is set to launch March 8th at the annual TED conference. more from the NYT (not exactly on the ball, but close) NB: watch for related news... View full entry
Inhabitat interviews San Francisco-based prefab pioneer Toby Long on his company CleverHomes and the future of prefab architecture. Full Interview on INHABITAT View full entry
Materials & Applications and BLDGBLOG have teamed up to curate an architectural film fest, as part of this year's Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles. We're looking for short films themed around architecture and landscape – but this is very broad terrain. It can mean site... View full entry
Ouroussoff takes a moment to point out some high falootin' fortress urbanism (the Freedom Tower, Mayne's Caltrans HQ, foreign embassies) taking over today's global cities, where the "prettiness is camouflage for the budding reality of a society ruled by fear." Also, there are a couple of mp3's... View full entry
A health club in Hong Kong is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. WSJ View full entry
Non-human living systems provide the only technology other than our own to which we have access. While close copying of nature has a poor history and only limited prospects, much can be learned from this alternative reality. In particular, looking at natural design can free us from the... View full entry
"en el hoyo," a new film by Juan Carlos Rulfo, documents the lives of the men building the immense expansion to the second deck of mexico city's periferico freeway. via: theartofwhere View full entry
Warning: In SPANISH. Scalae Podcast 68. Félix Arranz in a candid conversation with Alejandro Zaera, talking about pre-foa anecdotes and some of the challenges which the office is tackling at present, mostly centred on projects in Spain. via: noticias arquitectura View full entry
Just because generative algorithms have dominated much of the theoretical teachings in architecture these days, doesn't mean that this is a new concept... in fact, a mathematician at Harvard has just published (as reported in the NYtimes) a study showing that medieval Islamic architecture... View full entry
In related news to the previous post, sustainable design issues in other parts of the world..How to save £300... and the world The new Climate Change Action Plan aims to make London the greenest city in the world by fighting gas guzzlers, poorly insulated buildings and non-renewable... View full entry
One of my aspirations is to significantly influence the development industry in Vancouver relative to the acceptance of sustainable design and green-building techniques - Vancouver Sun View full entry
Stephen Friend has the first hand-built fuel cell-powered house in the US. No, not another hopeful boil-your-own-yogurt demo for an impractical technology, but a real, sustainable achievement that makes its own hydrogen in a cedar shed out back. Wired View full entry