The Design Build Challenge is a three-day design build competition in which contestants plan and construct something practical, functional and beautiful for an actual client with real constraints... Working as individuals or in teams of any size, contestants will work within predetermined... View full entry
The 7 finalists for the 2007 edition of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 are listed here. The list includes Zaha's Phaeno, UN Studio's Mercedes-Benz Museum and Lacaton & Vassal School in Bordeaux. The Award will be given in May 14. View full entry
Here are the Architecture League of NY's Emerging Voices 07: Eric Howeler & Meejin Yoon | Ammar Eloueini | Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott | Johnston Mark Lee | Della valle Bernheimer | An Te Liu | Anderson Anderson | Trahan || Check it (lectures begin March 1!) View full entry
Architect Kisho Kurokawa announced Wednesday that he would run for governor of Tokyo. From Japan Today View full entry
Heralded as "Architecture Against Death", these dwelling units for elderly are designed to challenge and stimulate their senses physically with anything but comfortable and serene with uneven floors, small doors and bright colors. Designed by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, this creative duo... View full entry
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago raises the question: Does it mean anything to be a Chicago architect or designer, or has the city become just another Anywhere U.S.A? Read all about it and see the pictures here. View full entry
Take a 5,687 square foot, two-story modern house going up in Miami Beach and, in expectation of high energy prices and an aging population in 2025, shrink it to 2,000 square feet. Creatively. Shrink this House View full entry
The space between art and architecture, Lincoln Center and New York, red and black and bricks and Boston Harbor: a Q&A with Elizabeth Diller. Boston Globe | via UnBeige View full entry
Calling all architects and design students!The 2010 Imperative Global Emergency Teach-In is a free interactive web-cast broadcast live from New York, reaching more than 500,000 students, faculty, deans and practicing professionals in the architecture, planning and design communities. Take part... View full entry
The widely anticipated announcement that Gov. Eliot Spitzer will support the construction of the Freedom Tower may signal an end to any hope that a broad vision can be restored to a tainted project. NY Times View full entry
The jury awarded the First Prize to Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo O. C. de Ostos of London's NaJa & deOstos. One runner-up was also selected: Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects for Thickspace. And several honorable mentions: Susan Armsby for World Roadtrip; Andrew Carr for 6 Chronotopes; Mark... View full entry
...and wags finger at Bush: Oscar Neimeyer designed a monument for Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, apparently abstracting a finger-wag at the North. After all the discussion we had over the Abu Dhabi culture monumentality, this seems to give much more to talk about and lament. Faz.net | via mark View full entry
In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we've gathered a collection of best-of lists from our some of our editors, in reflection of the year of the Dog.Reading for the CNY II, Part 1Reading for the CNY II, Part 2 View full entry
Along the Gulf Coast, in the towns and fishing villages from New Orleans to Mobile, survivors of Hurricane Katrina are suffering from a constellation of similar health problems. They wake up wheezing, coughing and gasping for breath. Their eyes burn; their heads ache; they feel tired, lethargic... View full entry
Architects are portrayed as disconnected from the realities of construction costs and taking home owners for an expensive ride in this article in the NYTimes. Are we that greedy and uncaring a profession? View full entry