The new addition to the Denver Art Museum captures all of the contradictions within Mr. Libeskind's oeuvre. Its bold, often mesmerizing forms reaffirm the originality of his talent, yet its tortured geometries make it a daunting place to install or view art ”” hardly a minor drawback... View full entry
A 4ft ice bust of Prime Minister Tony Blair's has been unveiled by environmental activists Stop Climate Chaos in Trafalgar Square. BBC View full entry
Last week in the Hague, the UN war crimes tribunal found former Bosnian Serb leader, Momcilo Krajisnik, guilty of crimes against humanity based partly on the evidence of an expert in Ottoman architecture. Eleanor Hall spoke with Dr Andras Riedlmayer, the Director of Islamic Architecture at... View full entry
The Art Institute of Chicago has announced the appointment of Zoë Ryan as the Neville Bryan Curator of Design. l The Storefront for Art and Architecture has confirmed they have made an offer for the position of director to Anselm Franke. ArchPaper View full entry
One month old ICON magazine leftovers Jurgen Bey's unexpected breeds of product design, Jean Nouvel's Guthrie Theatre--the conceptual crossroads of architecture, and breakfast at Ando's... View full entry
Visible Cities Architectural Performance Installation for the Party@the Center October the 12th 2006. Center For Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY. Link View full entry
Graphic stills meet Architecture during Todaysart 2006. In the center of this open public space in The Hague, resides the white City Hall by Richard Meier. On September 21st and 22nd of this year, the façade functioned as a public space gallery for 10 of the world's finest graphic... View full entry
For Frank Gehry the hardest shell to crack has been the impervious surface of New York City. NewYorker View full entry
Frank Gehry unveiled a mini-bilbao (or the experience wine project) in Spain yesterday. The building a merlot titanium clad building is an exclusive hotel in the heart of Basque wine country. EITB l TypSpan l USAT l images View full entry
The Center for Virtual Architecture at the University at Buffalo, the Institute for Distributed Creativity, and The Architectural League of New York present Architecture and Situated Technologies...ARCHITECTURE AND SITUATED TECHNOLOGIES October 19-21, 2006 @ The Urban Center & Eyebeam New... View full entry
Steven Holl 's resignation from Denver's Justice Center is still shrouded in hypotheses and surrounded with impassioned pleas for famous design. Denver Post 1-2-3 l previous View full entry
Making a piece that works in Tate Modern's vast turbine hall is far from child's play - Carsten Holler has responded to the challenge by turning the space into a giant playground. The artist tells Lynn Barber why riding his huge, curving, steel slides will change our perceptions and set us free... View full entry
The Pet Shop Boys are the subjects of a new National Portrait Gallery show/book. telegraph View full entry
.......NYT Magazine's annual Design Fall issue appears today....... View full entry
It's alcohol as urban infrastructure: "Russian customs officers say they have discovered a mile long pipeline that was pumping vodka to Latvia." Ananova. View full entry