For the second time in less than a week, a Chicago-area architectural landmark (albeit one in crappy condition) has burned to the ground. This time it's FLW's Wynant House in Gary, IN, an early example of prefab construction. Chicago Tribune The following images and more information can be found... View full entry
I just found ping mag a blog style webzine from Japan. It covers art, design, architecture and technology. Its most recent article features architecture that might not be as obscure as they imply but certainly forgotten nowadays. A good thing is that they also include maps for those interested in... View full entry
Cameron is one of four nominees for the Award organised by the Design Museum in London. His pioneering work with Architecture for Humanity is recognised together with that of three other nominees. Jamie Hewlett, the cartoonist who co-created the animated band Gorillaz. The design team behind the... View full entry
This Monday brings another "Best of 2005" list, brought to you by Geoff Manaugh, in addition to a bunch of new school blogs: Georgia Tech The University of Hong Kong Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Kansas State University National University of Singapore University of Oregon (Portland Campus) East Los... View full entry
A raging fire guts Adler & Sullivan's 1891 K.A.M. Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and, in silencing the rich echoes of over a century of human aspiration, offers a potent reminder of how architecture channels urban memory. Read about it and see the images here. View full entry
"What we need is a paradigm shift in the way we view energy consumption in this country. It's architecture - residential, commercial and industrial buildings and their construction materials - that account for nearly half of all the energy used in this country each year. And it's the architects... View full entry
Firefighters this afternoon battled an extra-alarm fire that tore through a South Side church that achieved landmark status in the 1980s. Trib | via View full entry
Ralph Lerner the former dean of Princeton University SOA has been named the new dean at the University of Hong Kong School of Architecture. via Archlog View full entry
"A chicken coop is not exactly the greatest thing that architectural student Tanner Pikop could imagine himself designing, but the fifth-year senior at Kansas State University can't complain too much, because that chicken coop will be featured this week on the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home... View full entry
Ireland's economic success story has given its homegrown designers space for confidence and development = Dublin Design: Poised to Break Out. NYT View full entry
The current issue of Space and Culture is out with some really interesting articles, including one from our very own blog-master/editors, Geoff Manaugh: On Flexible Urbanism. Check it out. (via) View full entry
The real estate market that invited the teardown philosophy has spawned at least a little guilt of late. Recent buyers of houses by Neutra, Rudolph and others are practically giving away the structures. The catch... you've got to move it. From the NYT View full entry
"Institute-funded study of transit security, begun before bombing attacks in Madrid and London, finds officials concerned about physical design of stations, riders' perceptions of risk. Europeans get higher marks for coordination than more secretive American officials." Kevin Matthews pens this... View full entry
For those of you who only read Archinect via RSS feed readers and aren't signed up to our weekly newsletter mailing list, you should note that today we've initiated Archinect series of "Best of 2005"'s. Each day for the next week or so a different Archinect contributor will publish their... View full entry
Terence Riley, the former chief curator of architecture and design at MoMa, will be the new director of the MAM. Miami Herald l previously View full entry