Al Gore gave a speech at NYU today in which he calls the architecture community into action, saying that "...new architecture and design techniques are creating dramatic new opportunities for huge savings in energy use and global warming pollution." Grist"Buildings, both commercial and... View full entry
Miami's architectural scene gets its voice back when Terence Riley brings in big-horned Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron to design a new $208 million home for the Miami Art Museum in Museum Park on Biscayne Bay. NYT View full entry
"Whatever your political beliefs, you might well hope, as you stroll to the individual national exhibition pavilions, to see some imaginative ideas addressing the issues raised in Burdett's show. Most of all, you might expect to see some new architecture. No such luck. For whatever reason, this... View full entry
Venice SuperBlog has a spectacular array of audio interviews with Charles Jencks, Norman Foster, Peter Cooks, Nigel Coates, Jacques Herzog, Olafur Eliasson, Aaron Betsky and Martien de Vletter, Wolf Prix, David Adjaye, Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas and even a report on Rem's groupies, with images... View full entry
The Beijing National Swimming Center is in the process of being skinned with its ETFE units >> angus_mac on flickr. (via) View full entry
Larry calls me to tag along with him to SCI Arc this morning. Why not? I haven't seen a school presentation in almost 15 years or so, the last time I was a jury at Pratt Institute in early 90's. So, I change the battery of my camera and, here we come SCI Arc, under the influence... After walking... View full entry
Wes Janz (One Small Project...), offers a stark photo series for Polar Inertia (...now with groovy tee's) depicting the depopulation of Flint, Michigan, "visible in the abandoned structures caught in a process of decay." View full entry
The Independent asked five of "the world's most brilliant curators, product designers, architects and graphic artists" this question. Guess who was the architect and see what s(he) had to say. View full entry
"MALAYSIA is a nation in transition: we are moving from an agriculture-dependent economy to an industrial one, from a Third World nation to a developed one. Architecturally, too, we are in transition: from a colonial past to a modern future, as last night's Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) awards... View full entry
The cathedrals were built anonymously. Now anonymity is a horror. To me the most beautiful memorial for 9/11 are just the two lights. But that can't happen, because there's no gift shop. LATIMES View full entry
Architecture is a bulky and expensive thing to collect. However, next to the absurd prices paid for art, antiques and design, it can begin to look like a secure and useful investment. FT View full entry
Here we go again, after the recent post about the redevelopment of the fair in Basel by HdM, today at a media briefing in Basel their design for the new tower for Roche was announced and introduced.Roche, a global health-care company, based in Basel, will be redeveloping their... View full entry
At the Venice Biennale, architects stare into a windowed, dystopian future, trapped within stylistic confines of their own making. NY Times View full entry
Office dA announces the completion of Nader Tehrani's Ventulett Chair installation at Georgia Tech. View full entry
Sixteen major cities from around the globe are represented at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, dedicated to city dwellers and their landscapes. Deutsche Welle View full entry