Charles Gwathmey faces a delicate task in the renovation of Paul Rudolph's famed brutalist masterpiece--The Art and Architecture Building at Yale University. NYT View full entry
Anna Castelli Ferrieri, a pioneering architect associated with the postwar period of Italian modern design, known for its embrace of technological innovation and audacious style, died on Thursday at her home in Milan. She was 87. NYT View full entry
Green Building 101, by Inhabitat, is officially kicking off today. It's a bit of DIY for the lay architects or some good tips even for experienced builders & based on LEED-H but not a slave to it. Read View full entry
The LA Times today discusses two new spaces in Los Angeles devoted to exhibiting architecture and design. Read View full entry
Steven Holl Architects ' Meander has won the international competition for the Taivallahti Residential Area in Helsinki. The competition was organized jointly by the City of Helsinki and Senate Properties. The other three finalists were: Dominique Perrault (France), Jo Coenen (The Netherlands)... View full entry
This week's feature is brought to you by the spirit of Sir Thomas More and Owen Hatherley from The Measures Taken. Join Hatherley as he walks us through London's neglected, but inspiring modernist past in a series of drifts””along with Archinect's own Ludwig Abache, who doubles the... View full entry
Well, actually, the majority of his $44bil fortune is going to the Bill and Melinda Gates charitable foundation with most of the remainder to other charities. As much as I applaud his generosity, I still think he should spend at least a mil or two and fix up his buy a new house. BBC View full entry
Homebuilder and pastor Jeff Carroll finds out the hard way that state law applies to religious structures and a that wooden truss with an 80 ft span is not a great idea.more> quote of the day: "If the state and the church are separate, I don't understand why they think they've got... View full entry
The Sunday Guardian gives us a closer inspection of REM, some of his current projects including a broad overview of the Serpentine pavilion, and a glimpses into the formulation of his mind. View full entry
Did the three people in charge of organizing Manifesta 6 really know what they were getting into? What went wrong between Manifesta 6 and the city of Nicosia? Curators Anton Vidokle, Florian Waldvogel, and Mai Abu ElDahab hoped to open an art school in the tradition of Black Mountain College or... View full entry
Delegates to The American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2006 National Convention and Design Exposition elected Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA, to serve as the 2007 first vice president/president-elect / 2008 president. Purnell, an AIA regional director from the Mid-Atlantic Region and design principal... View full entry
Massimiliano Fuksas designs the New Piaggio History Museum to be completed in 2007. Pictures of the model @ arkitera and 2strokebuzz. View full entry
The New York Sun discusses H&dM's curatorial take on this year's Artist Choice series at the Museum of Modern Art. Read View full entry
Rumors were flying but the decision has been made: Barry Bergdoll is the new chief curator of arch/design at MOMA. more about him from columbia View full entry
Just a reminder that there is a new Student Works feature on two University of Michigan students. We are always interested in proposals for Student Works features on fresh unpublished architecture, landscape, or urban design work or research, reach me here. View full entry