What constitutes an anchor business for redevelopment in the San Francisco Mission neighborhood? Well, apparently some residents don't think that Kink (NOT SAFE FOR WORK!) dot com will be a good neighbor... So, Porn purveyor seeks to reassure Mission...says the Examiner Who would have guessed... View full entry
Doug Aitken creates the super sitcom by projecting five short interconnected movies across the body of Taniguchi's minimial MoMa. NYMAG l KultureFlash l NYT View full entry
The naming of an architect to guide the reconstruction of Pilgrim Baptist Church marks a long-awaited sign of progress since fire ravaged the church a year ago. But it also raises vexing questions about the Near South Side landmark, designed by legendary Chicago architects Louis Sullivan and... View full entry
You are cordially invited to a celebration on Wednesday, January 24, honoring the winners of the 54th annual p/a awards. Come for cocktails, congratulate the winners, and be among the first to see the winning entries... Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Center for Architecture... View full entry
The Morning News has a great photo gallery of Japanese Love Hotels. Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan’s love hotels are playful and unapologetically sexual. Photographer Misty Keasler shows the humor, desire, and even the loneliness of these empty rooms. View full entry
Dublin's Clarence Hotel, owned by U2's Bono and the Edge, in partnership with property developer Paddy McKillen, is to be redeveloped at a cost of €150 million as "one of the most spectacular city hotels in Europe". The scheme, designed by international architects Foster and Partners, is to... View full entry
The value of projects planned or underway in the Gulf now exceeds $1trillion. The new 100 storey Al Sharq Tower designed by SOM has eight cylinders defined by a spiralling filigree structure and buyers will be allowed to customise their own individual floor plans. Cityscape | Space Odyssey 2010 View full entry
IS THE writing on the wall for the brickie? Engineers are racing to unveil the world’s first robot capable of building a house at the touch of a button. The first prototype — a watertight shell of a two-storey house built in 24 hours without a single builder on site — will be... View full entry
Get ready for pavilion 2007. Frei Otto is building his first structure in the UK. More news to follow as they appear. View full entry
The P/A Awards: Marc Boutin Architect; Aziza Chaouni; Michael Maltzan Architecture; Office dA. Citations: Hariri Pontarini Architects; Hashim Sarkis; Studio Luz Architects; University of Arkansas Community Design Center. View full entry
The 1972 Westport house by Paul Rudolph was demolished yesterday by its lovely new owners who looked on with police protection. The owner David Waldman (and wife) is a prominent real estate developer. NYT l WPN l previous View full entry
Weiss/Manfredi Architects connects downtown Seattle with its Sound edge on a former brownfield site with a bent bit of landscape urbanism. NYT View full entry
Pentagons ventures into "urban operations-oriented programs." "They are aimed at conflicts in high density urban areas… against enemies having social and cultural traditions that may be counter-intuitive to us, and whose actions often appear to be irrational because we don't understand... View full entry
century city, the planned urban wasteland built on the former backlot of 20th C. Fox's studio is 'going' green. For an urban node that is dependent on cars for transit (have you ever tried to walk down the boulevard of stars?), this may be the start of real urban planning. Looks like Rios... View full entry
A breathtakingly simple new museum extension puts Steven Holl in a class of his own. Telegraph View full entry