2x8: Swell "is an annual exhibition sponsored by the AIA/LA, showcasing exemplary student work from architecture and design institutions throughout California". Archinect is co-sponsoring the event this year and hoping to see a lot of our readers there. The official exhibit opening reception... View full entry
The brilliant self-organized network of toddler European practices Wonderland offers its first publication... on getting started. (comes with issue #9 of A10) View full entry
Zaha Hadid 's new retrospective at the Guggenheim NYC brings her to discuss architecture and her work with Leonard Lopate. l previous l View full entry
Tonight's episode of Extreme Engineering will be on the Arizona Cardinal's new stadium (which features a retractable football field and roof) designed by Peter Eisenman. 10pm, Discovery Channel. See also - Danny Forster, Extreme Host View full entry
Check out this 3:10min long video from Nike featuring Ronaldinho (of Brazil's football team) along with Jean Nouvel's Agbar Tower in Barcelona and West 8's Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. Some other WC videos...Ole! Brazil Airport Joga Bonito USA Young Ronaldinho Touch of Gold Sumo Soccer View full entry
The Cooper-Hewitt's made their picks -- among them -- Thom Mayne for Architecture | Martha Schwartz for Landscape | 2x4 for Communication | + Arcosanti's Paolo Soleri gets a Lifetime Achievement | + MOMA curator Paola Antonelli gets one for her mind | more names in the WPost View full entry
If only every inner-city neighborhood had an angel like Lands' End founder Gary Comer. In his old Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, the 78-year-old casual clothing magnate has funded a new $30 million youth center that, despite a sometimes-garish exterior winningly stitches together... View full entry
...Leaders of many types of nonprofit groups are starting to think more seriously about the connection between their charitable missions and the physical spaces in which their work takes place. The Chronicle of Philanthropy View full entry
Nicolai Ouroussoff takes a look at the power architects wield over developers - and, of course, vice versa - using Gehry's Atlantic Yards as a prime example: New York Times. View full entry
Few would question Mr. Gehry's talent. The question is whether he has allowed his experimental ethos to be harnessed for the sake of maximizing a developer's profits. It's also fair to ask whether Mr. Gehry and other gifted architects have made a pact with the Devil, compromising their values for... View full entry
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation today announced that a team led by Rotterdam's West 8 urban design & landscape architecture has won the Central Waterfront Innovative Design Competition. View full entry
Carol Lloyd for the SF Gate talks with Laura Burkhalter and William Kim about the cross cultural exchange between Mongolia and the West through their revisitation of the classic yurt. Check it out. (And previously...) View full entry
The Strawjet Project , out of the Ashland School of Environment and Tech., manufactures straw into a low cost, fully recyclable, structural and insulating building material; finished wall sections that have application from affordable assembly homes to rapidly deployed shelters used for disaster... View full entry
Despite the attack on the twin towers, plenty of skyscrapers are rising. They are taller and more daring than ever, but still mostly monuments to magnificence The Economist discusses the growing trend of building up. Surprisingly, as the article points out, even though it is one of the most... View full entry
Architecture Talks Lucerne 2006, theme: “Shopping-Miles and More” over a dozen mp3 files. VernissageTV takes you to opening receptions of exhibitions and events. Here is the Zaha lot. And of course just type architecure in Google video and find stuff like this on Siza. View full entry