File under uber-megaproject. Jerde Partnership's Kanyon is a total interiorscape in Istanbul that straddles two continents. | coolhunt View full entry
The LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design is pleased to announce the return of the weekly LA Area Architecture Events calendar. Thanks to support from a City of LA Deptartment of Cultural Affairs grant and the programming wizardy of Sean Dockray, the new calendar is now managed by an online... View full entry
Artist Sarah Oppenheimer on the "gradual obsolescence of physical models in the practice of architectural development and its effect on the temporal sequence of contemporary design." NYFA | Artist projects: Folding Patterns | Folding Enterprises View full entry
Impressive body art on Archinect member sofya, who is so gung-ho about architecture that she is also naming her puppy 'Moshe Safdog.' View full entry
I'm a month late on this one, but better now than never. Apparently, in June, the AIA censored Raphael Sperry's presentation on prison design and ethics in architecture at a conference in L.A., claiming his slide show went beyond an “educational” presentation into the realm of... View full entry
Global Green USA and Brad Pitt announce the six finalists in their Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans. Vote for your favorite at Global Green's competition site. The results of the public vote will be announced at the end of August in conjunction with the one year anniversary of... View full entry
The LA Times profiles the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. View full entry
"... the rise of these cities is changing their relationship with the countries they are in." BBC | Discussion View full entry
With the market booming and fresh talent in high demand, bosses are taking the lead and targeting the student shows. Zoë Blackler goes on a scout at the AA. BD Online View full entry
Fears are growing over the future of one of the world's largest and most significant architectural archives after the collapse of a proposed £900,000 deal between Rem Koolhaas's practice OMA and the NAI. BD Online View full entry
"Two years ago Stephen Mills and Susan Emmet Reid woke up to find offensive graffiti scrawled on the outside of their just-completed house in Santa Fe, N.M. The spray-painter was not a juvenile delinquent, the couple quickly realized, but someone who objected to the design of the building... View full entry
While an inflatable spacecraft that could form the basis of a future space hotel has blasted into space, architects and engineers at the Johnson Space Center are exploring designs for living and working quarters on the moon and beyond. View full entry
Download Joshua Prince Ramus talking at the 2006 TED conference. Available in various formats including googlevideo, itunes video and mp4 View full entry
Sarasota asked to consider "sky plaza" ... and a leigh-critique of the plan, including Gwathmey's thoughts on saving Rudolph | Rudolph's Riverview High School slated for demolition | FLW's "Waterdome" To Reign Once Again At Florida Southern | Florida's Salvador Dali museum pursues plans for new... View full entry
Small interview with AIA's new president elected. Good going sir. Welcome. AR: Do you find American architecture too conservative? Marshall Purnell: If architecture is still music frozen in time, then we're doing classical music. There's no R&B, no jazz, no rap. When you look at who is... View full entry