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
The Ralph Rapson masterpiece Gutherie Theatre in Minneapolis is finally under the wrecking ball. Since the new Nouvel theatre opened this fall on the banks of the Mississippi, the days of the 1963 building have been numbered. The Walker Art Center will now landscape the site for a new sculpture... View full entry
For months it appeared there was little progress on projects related to Sioux City's Great Places designation. That all changed Wednesday when Iowa Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson came to town to announce the hoped-for Sioux City-themed School of Architecture would become a reality, via a $530,000 grant... View full entry
There is a nice series of write-ups that cover this year's past Otra/Another event, Inhabiting the Border. First, we hear about Robert Somol's latest research book which is actually A Tijuana Novela, that examines the city as a place of tremendous opportunity. The second dispatch draws our... View full entry
Guardian architecture critic reminisces on the most splendid architectural moments from 2006. View full entry
Is it antique already? Design-savvy buyers are snapping up pieces from the post-World War II period. Business Week online View full entry
As New York City addresses its future position in the context of its waning global position--Mayor Bloomberg looks to create a new paradigm for growth in the landmark american city called plaNYC 2030. l NYC.gov l WNYC View full entry
Housing slowdown may ramp down consumption according data from FED economist. Reuters View full entry
Moss wins The History Channel's regional competition to model the future of Los Angeles. Says Moss, "...The defining elements of the city are not buildings, but the large pieces of infrastructure." Will he make the cut at the national competition? |Daily News View full entry
Jeffrey Heller, FAIA, President of the California Architects Board, pens this letter to the editor of a local Colorado newspaper, posing a few additional questions to Aspen City Councilman Jack Johnson on his use of the term architect. Aspen Times View full entry
With a cylindrical glass academic building and a new undulating landscape that will extend the campus right to “the banks of the old Raritan,” the Mexican architect Enrique Norten has won the competition to reimagine the historic Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers, the... View full entry
San Francisco's AIA chapter releases their latest quarterly online publication _Line. This edition "reveals the less-explored relationships between pleasure and design." View full entry
Alex Steffen, co-founder of the blog Worldchanging, Joel Makower, the “guru of green business practices,” and designer Sarah Rich, managing editor of Worldchanging and the blog Inhabitat, give their advice on how to make an eco-friendly lifestyle possible. WNYC View full entry