Maya Lin ’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington has been chosen by the American Institute of Architects to receive its 2007 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award. NYT View full entry
A conglomeration of New York forces -- the City's "professional urbanist" class, most of whom are at least functionally New Urbanist; NIMBYists; the most Big-Developer-coddling City Hall and City Council in recent memory; and, of course, the Big Developers themselves -- have created in New York a... View full entry
The CS Monitor reports on the Vauban development: "Germany's best-known environmentally friendly neighborhood." - "2,000 new homes on a former military base 10 minutes by bike from the heart of Freiburg," which has "put into practice many ideas that were once dismissed as eco-fantasy but which... View full entry
"High-security 'safe rooms' should be created in the homes of all domestic violence victims who want them," MSN UK reports. "So-called 'sanctuaries' with alarms, CCTV cameras, mortise locks, smoke alarms, security lights and reinforced doors and windows have already proved successful in some... View full entry
While Mayne explains his soft and sensous design for Paris' tallest office building - the Phare Tower - as part of a natural evolution of his work, critics wonder if he's lost his edge. But still aimed to provoke, "I’m institutionalizing my studio and building a sophistication,” he... View full entry
BusinessWeek offers a list of standouts from 2006. | bizwk View full entry
The London Array, the world's largest offshore windfarm, consisting of 341 turbines located 12 miles off the shore of south-east England, has received government approval. Guardian | Engineer View full entry
WESTPORT, Conn. — At the end of a road lined with freshly minted, oversize colonial-style homes surrounded by carefully tended lawns is a jarring sight: an unusual 1970s house with shredded strips of its tar roof and quartz-covered walls torn away and spread about the yard....In this... View full entry
First there were chicken coops, now there's the Bat House Project, a set of challenges + a national design competition for the new bat house at London's wetland center. | meanwhile: Isn't it time we opened our own doors to animals? View full entry
"Since its emergence as a major political issue in the Reagan era, privatization has become a default option for politicians of both parties aiming to off-load everything from prisons and welfare offices to Social Security. The movement has spawned its own industry of contractors, consultants... View full entry
I'm not sure that's the right way to pose the question, but nevertheless, this article discusses municipal efforts being made for residents to obtain land titles (which is certainly crucial), and mentions briefly how one renowned Brazilian architect, Ruy Ohtake, has worked with residents in... View full entry
Here, in two words, is the architecture that Los Angeles, the city that loves and hates architecture, currently loves to hate: Persian Palace. - Greg Goldin, LA Times View full entry
Britain's museums are not only vital to the economy, but are also the glue that binds communities together, reflecting society and providing ways of understanding the world. Guardian View full entry
Founded in 1936, one of the largest and most conservative architectural firms, SOM, announces the purchase of 40 Digital Project workstations. This signals the beginning of an unlikely partnership with DP software developers, Gehry Partners.| Newswire View full entry
The weird world of Dubai has yet another feat of both engineering and excess in the works. The latest spire to be added to the desert landscape will be the Time Residences building, a 200-unit apartment tower - that will rotate, powered entirely by solar energy! Inhabitat View full entry