An up-and-coming Chicago architectural firm that has predicted fresh water will be more precious than oil one day was named the winner Thursday of a national design competition asking architects to design their city 100 years in the future. Congratulations UrbanLab. Chicago Tribune | previously... View full entry
"The final design for a 'doomsday' vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government. The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole. The vault aims to safeguard the... View full entry
'on sale for £84m' designed by Richard Rogers Partnership. Not ready until 2010. Bullet proof windows included. View full entry
Winners for the first phase of the Stockholm Public Library competition have been released. The six competitors (one of whom has been a regular contributer to our ongoing discussion) will now move on to the second phase to refine their proposals. Blanket The Book Hill Cut Delphinium... View full entry
Grosse Pointe has a cultural treasure that is in danger of being demolished - the Central Library, designed by Marcel Breuer. The Modern Architecture Protection Agency (MAPA) was organized by a group of concerned Archinect members with the express purpose of demonstrating that design ingenuity... View full entry
On the afternoon of January 12, a mysterious, unidentified man walks into Chicago's Monadnock Building (1890s) and leaves with a newel post. Who was he? And what was his motive? clues View full entry
Property valuations of "damaged real estate," notorious for grizzly murders, suicides, prostitution rings, politicians ... TAL View full entry
Nicolai Ouroussoff, in a review of Storefront's exhibit, 'Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines' calls for a livelier and more iconoclastic discourse on contemporary architecture. Maybe he doesn't realize that this sort of debate is alive and well | NYT View full entry
The exhibit “Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines” is a piercing critique, intended or not, of the smoothness of our contemporary design culture. nytimes View full entry
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NL Architects has won the competition for the Groninger Forum by popular vote, but word on the street has it that some of the other participants are questioning the electronic voting machines and are demanding a recount. previous l via l groningen View full entry
The Oslo-based firm Snøhetta, are developing an elaborate gateway building for the new capital city of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. anarchitecture View full entry
Archinect editor Marlin Watson produces another Non Sequitur interview with Scott Fifer; whose efforts have cultivated a versioning of a new orphanage model in Tanzania. GO View full entry
Ouroussoff on Xanadu appeared on this newsroll in the past week, reviewing the the so-called Abu Dhabi cultural district. I hadn't taken the time to read this N.O. article until it came in my Sunday paper. Normally I don't revisit these things... but did anyone catch what Nicolai actually said?... View full entry
With the art and design worlds trespassing on each others domain with increasing frequency, what happens when legendary designer Marc Newson meets up with legendary gallery owner Larry Gagosian? Anyone in the market for a $2.5 Million sofa? From the IHT. Gagosian View full entry