Apparently, the Kimmel lawsuit aginst Viñoly has been settled, however, neither side admitted defeat, nor have the details of the agreement been released. So, you can read this little article, though that pretty much sums it up. | past news View full entry
Riding the L on my way to work last year, I noticed a row of faux-traditional three-flats still under construction that had already received their first review from an anonymous architecture critic armed with a weapon more devastating than anything I could muster: a can of spray paint. SHAM, the... View full entry
Chicago prides itself on being America's architectural capital - so why were so many of its greatest buildings the work of Europeans? Mark Hudson looks at the towering influence of the Bauhaus. The Telegraph View full entry
At $30 a head, Martinifest, held in Calatrava's Milwaukee Museum, was incredibly popular, but led to some spatial abuse. | jsonline View full entry
New York Times Magazine featured issues on the way we live now this past weekend--The For-Sale Society, Home Sweet Debt, Battle for the 'Burbs, Endangered Species, This Very, Very Old House, Aprés Le Deluge, Moi, Club Med for the Multimillionaire Set, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House, along... View full entry
Real Estate special at the NYtimes Sunday Magazine. Aprés Le Deluge, Moi. Club Med for the $$$ set Mortgage-Interest Deduction? Polar-Bear-Sensitive Houses and more. Forget the laundry... View full entry
Alan Berger's GSD landscape studio, in conjunction with The Project for Reclamation Excellence, examines the mining town turned resort of Breckenridge. nytimes | previous View full entry
What architect is speaking your language? Is the new Projective agenda in architecture about creating a new common language for architects to engage the public or does architecture belong in a fully intellectualized space. Or do architects need to be public intellectuals instead of movie stars?... View full entry
Cranbrook student takes his 40-foot thesis on the road. Stay tuned... Story in Metro Times Detroit and the Hawktrainer's School Blog. "Although still in the planning stages and waiting on funding from sponsors, Sutherland's "Wall of Water" consists of a 5,000-gallon tank, made from clear acrylic... View full entry
How did modern architecture in Spain get so good? Slate View full entry
World-Wide Labyrinth Locator | At least Austria loves the EU AMO logo | Prefabulous London: The A to Z of modern city homes | A Brief Guide To Visiting the Igualada Cemetery and Other Projects | Proposed Solar Tower in Castilla-La Mancha | Peter and Rem in Brett's office | New York Observer... View full entry
Japanese construction company Shimizu and electronics giant Sharp have jointly developed a transparent building material that absorbs light during the day and uses it to light up rooms when the Sun goes down. NSBlog l via View full entry
Sun Microsystems to partner with Architecture for Humanity to create a community conduit to generate and support innovative and sustainable global housing solution. This technology support means that the system will include online environment simulation and rendering software, project... View full entry
Architect Blaine Brownell, the author of Transmaterial, talks about innovative new products in the construction industry, in Business Week. View full entry
Florida's Sarasota County School Board announced plans to demolish Riverview High School, an important Sarasota School building by Paul Rudolph, saying "air conditioning system is already out of date, (...) pipes and wires block light coming into hallways, and (...) the school is far too small to... View full entry