Forbes Magazine chooses ten of the usual suspects for their lineup of architectural 'tastemakers'. Who'd be on the archinect list of ten? | link | via View full entry
MADianito sends some approach shots of the soon-to-open Mercedes Benz museum, Stuttgart, by UNStudio. Visit Gallery View full entry
a $100 laptop computer for distribution to millions of schoolchildren in developing countries has caught the interest of governments and the attention of computer-industry heavyweights. now w/ prototype (WSJ) But...Apple's Jobs offered Mac OS X free to $100 laptop developers, declined because... View full entry
blogosphere wanderlust has been taking a little breather lately, but feel free to browse some clippings (oct). And if you use del.icio.us, send me some links using the for:javierarbona tag ! View full entry
Carol Lloyd writes on San Francisco's scarcity for property, and the inner city real estate market that is having a profound impact on a long overdue environmental cleanup: the redevlopment and remediation of post-industrial toxic sites. View full entry
(AP) BETHLEHEM, Pa. A full decade after the shuttering of Bethlehem Steel's flagship plant, officials are rolling out their latest proposal to transform and resurrect the nation's largest abandoned industrial site: an arts complex called “SteelStax.” | Read | imgs View full entry
Steven Steven Holl dedicates this one to his former professor, Hermann Pundt who's only book is now out of print View full entry
Prince Charles wins the National Building Museum's Vincent Scully Prize for his continuing mission to supplant architecture with banality. Record View full entry
Russia looks to the past to invent a new architectural future. l Russia Profile l related l View full entry
Aqeel Bilgrami, president of Pakistan's Institute of Architects, emphasizes pre-fab is a "ridiculous notion" for long term rebuilding, and asserts four typologies of housing reconstruction in a 'do-it-yourself shelter guide' that is being handed out to victims. He believes that getting people... View full entry
Dirk Hebel and Jorg Stollmann give the final lecture of the Inventioneering Architecture series. The lecture showcases their application of the structure of a sprinkler head to the design of the Diller & Scofidio BLUR Building at the base of Lake Neuchatel in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland... View full entry
A scenic stretch of highway along Norway's northwest coast has been named the country's "Structure of the Century." The award was presented by Crown Prince Haakon during a building industry conference in Lillestrøm. Read | yes, side-effect of a link posted in "boys and girls and... View full entry
The nation's largest maker of luxury homes, Toll Brothers, said yesterday that soaring home prices appeared to have ended. It was the latest sign that many real estate markets are slowing.NYT View full entry
"In a once grungy industrial tract along the Eastern Harbour is a transformed decrepit neighborhood," John Lee reports from Amsterdam, "a futuristic mirror image of the old city" with the "clean lines and clever design flourishes of an IKEA utopia." The docklands area known as Oostelijk... View full entry
The Dwell Home is for sale, with bids starting at $550,000. Official press release follows...WORLD FAMOUS MODERN HOME OFFERED FOR SALE OPEN HOUSE NOVEMBER 17 – NOVEMBER 20 Raleigh, NC – November 8 -- The most celebrated modern prefab home in America is now... View full entry