MissRep takes apart a few NYC megadevelopments | Networked Place, forthcoming book, please comment! | Morphosis Federal Building prog | bldgblog>Your Concrete Utopia | subtopia> 'Military Omniscience' | The Royal Mail is showcasing six unique British buildings | Eyal Weizman: Lethal Theory... View full entry
...a multiuse building to be completed by 2009. Rem can do construction supervision himself. According to this discussion, it has been on the boards for a long time, but is now slated to break ground. more. Via NA. View full entry
Architecture has repackaged and relaunched their website. Take a look. I am especially enjoying a story on how Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates finds new use for old cladding. Also, some of you might want to pay attention to the June 26 deadline for the Home of the Year Awards. (see pdf) View full entry
Novelist Jonathan Lethem writes an open, overwrought letter to Frank Gehry regarding the Ratner Development proposal in Brooklyn. Slate View full entry
The winning projects of this year's Dutch Archiprix were announced on Saturday the 17th of June 2006.Each year the institutions that teach design in the Netherlands select the best plans by their students for submission to Archiprix. The twenty-three plans submitted to Archiprix 2006 present in... View full entry
Full candidates's statements, inside >>Previously > Statement from Valerie Owen Dear Colleagues, I have over 20 years experience of working as an architect, and of running architectural practices, and a real passion for architecture and urban design. I stand for: An economically... View full entry
to accompany the matches of the world cup soccer 2006 in germany, the architecture museum of the tu munich illustrates the history, development, significance and construction of sport sites and complexes. pinakothek / architekturmuseum / designboom View full entry
"To visitors, at first glance, it was like walking into a domestic scene starring Colin Farrell and Cameron Diaz. As shoppers stepped through the front door of the largest model home, a barefoot affable man in his 30's shouted hello from the kitchen and offered juice to the buyers' children. His... View full entry
As part of the Architecture week, the 2006 biennale started last friday but it was really the sheep drive led by Rogers and Piano that got the party going (Foster MIA, either got stuck in NY dealing with WTC matters or simply got smart and missed the event). Sheep pics:1 - 2 - 3 - 4 &... View full entry
Newsweek spotlights the newest and best in the design world, including the new Guthrie in Minneapolis and the 5th Avenue Apple Store. Article View full entry
The Grand Winner has been selected from Phase II of the Van Alen Institute's Urban Voids Competition. Charles Loomis Chariss McAfee Architects with Juliet Geldi and Gavin Riggall proposed to address the 40,000 vacant lots of Philadelphia through the creation of a new watershed. | Grounds for... View full entry
Under today's current border control rhetoric the New York Times challenged thirteen architects, landscape architects, and planners to consider the border zone between Mexico and the United States. related View full entry
Toyota, manufacturer of cars and trucks, is now a manufacturer of prefab houses: Toyota Home. (Via Autoblog) View full entry
Carol Lloyd : "The problem with the prefab movement is that it, like most new construction, typically uses less-than-sustainable resources, like steel and wood. And the problem with environmentally sound but old-fashioned building techniques is that they require too much time and skilled labor to... View full entry
The Swiss Jura region is to get its own pyramid, by THE Swissmen themselves, Herzog and de Meuron. Check it out with choice quotes... Via NA View full entry