Dale Chihuly is in the midst of a hard-edged legal fight in federal court over the distinctiveness of his creations and, more fundamentally, who owns artistic expression in the glass art world. NY Times View full entry
An archinect participant Thomas Saint-Guillain (aka French) and Vincent Parreira participate in Pop Up City !. Check it out/translate. They are #06. View full entry
A gasoline tanker exploded at the construction site of Daniel Libeskind's Ascent condo tower in Covington, KY this morning. Several blocks have been evacuated and the historic Suspension Bridge has been shut down. The Ascent web site has a live web cam where you can see the smoke rising from the... View full entry
Paolo Soleri has designed a massive sundial bridge for the Arizona Canal, but bureacracy and "blown-up" concerns about the structures materials, which are holding up construction. So, later this week Soleri will unveil a new model. View full entry
In a sweeping downtown revitalization plan being unveiled this morning, the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel and the New Orleans Shopping Center will be turned into a modern 20-acre multi-use National Jazz Center and park buttressed by public office buildings. NOLA.com View full entry
Just when it seemed that the traditional Miami aesthetic had made a national comeback ”” with Art Deco, Art Moderne and space-age-style motifs re-entering the vocabulary of so many developers ”” a new chapter has opened for this city's architecture. The Big Architects are... View full entry
KDB 's Shrinking Cities project will highlight the 10th la Biennale di Venezia, curated by Ricky Burdett. see inside for content list...Using photography, film and mixed-media presentations, Cities, architecture and society has been designed by Aldo Cibic and Luigi Marchetti - Cibic&Partners... View full entry
Robert Rubin, doctoral candidate at Columbia and proud owner of one Tropical House, has purchased Chareau's landmark Maison de Verre. | archpaper View full entry
New York is radically transforming itself before our eyes. Here's what that city will look like in just 10 years. NY Metro View full entry
Indonesia appealed to the international community for humanitarian aid after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in central Java yesterday killed several thousand people and left many more injured or homeless... Bloomberg Help From Abroad Among offers to help, Singapore has sent a 35-member medical team... View full entry
The AP reports on the CNUs' upcoming presentation in Providence, RI. The question that should be asked is whether a movement needs a defining moment? View full entry
CNN picks up on Thor Equities grandiose development plans. View full entry
But, built from the finest granite and embossed with intricate brass fittings they do not come cheap with prices starting in six figure sums.bbc View full entry
Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company owned by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, working with architect Moshe Safdie, beat three competitors to build Singapore's first casino-resort with a bid valued at more than $5 billion ($3.2 billion). bloomberg Images of the proposal can be seen here... View full entry
"Located next to the River Spree, a few metres west of the no-man's-land where the Berlin Wall once stood," the city's new rail station handles 1,100 trains a day. The BBC's got some nice pics. Go see it. View full entry