"we've been Googled. That's right, Google Inc. has acquired @Last Software..." (maker of SketchUp) Read | digg | Related: Google also purchased Writely, the word-processing software entirely online (go figure what that implies for SketchUp) || In related news, Google News Credibility Foiled By... View full entry
All the generalizations and cliches (and truths) come out in this piece of "news" on The Bachelor's search for an Architect. | nydaily View full entry
Regine talks to Oliver Hess from Materials & Applications, "a non-profit research center dedicated to pushing new and underused ideas for landscape and architecture into view." You may know them from this. WM$NA | M&A View full entry
As reported in the Architect's Newspaper, Simon Ungers, 48, died in Germany. He is perhaps best known for the design of elegant austere homes including the Knee Residence in Caldwell, New Jersey (with UKZ Design), the "T-House" in upstate New York with Thomas Kinslow, and his more recent Cube... View full entry
This is long overdue. But, alas, the visible spectrum of urbanisms at the border never ceases to amaze me. MILITARY URBANISMSave Iraq One Switch at a Time : High Tech Versus Low : The Builders : Navy wants to build a 661-square-mile sonar practice range off the North Carolina coast : Can you say... View full entry
Rumor has it OBRA Architects of NYC have been selected to Warm it Up this year at PS1. | Update: Confirmed. View full entry
With a Labyrinth - a passive cooling system inspired by termite mounds designed by atelier ten- a frameless glass facade that allows very high light transmission by Dewhurst Macfarlane and fan shaped motorised blinds to avoid overheating. Wilkinson Eyre's reinterprets the glasshouse typology for... View full entry
Browsing through the events calendar, found a few treasures coming up. enjoy. | projective landscape in Delft | archXchange in Berlin | Here Monsters in Los Angeles | New Practices in New York View full entry
Sarah Herda, director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture and just 32 years old in a field where leading practitioners often don't hit their stride until they reach 60, will become director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. TRIB View full entry
Owen Hatherley argues that modernist architecture was born out of socialist revolution, and the left should reclaim its pioneering spirit. SWO View full entry
The US Government announced that it will be purchasing 100 percent of the electricity needed to light up and power the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and 22 other federal buildings. GG View full entry
Famed Australian architect Harry Seidler of Harry Seidler & Associates has died. More from the Sydney Morning Herald, via upside down. Renowned architect Harry Seidler has died in his Sydney home, aged 82. Mr Seidler died at his Killara home this morning, close friend and business associate... View full entry
No wonder they were late. The publishers of Frame Magazine missed their deadline for issue 49, but maybe that's because they've expanded the project to include Mark a new magazine about Architecture. Convince your boss it's a good tax write off. For those who love form. For those who think it's... View full entry
West End Bridge Competition announces Finalists. View full entry
It's being reported, that Lord Richard Rogers has made a statement, which apparently says, he supports the Israeli Security Fence, and that he allowed the APJP group to hold a meeting in his office out of a favor to a friend. But, if they decided to ever organize a boycott of Israel, he would... View full entry