David Byrne has had a relationship (not always an easy one...) with architecture for a very long time. Now he literally plays it: "devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large... View full entry
Robert Neuwirth has added some good posts to his blog about a few architects who have found unique ways of working with squatter communities, a relationship I am very eager to see develop in the coming decades. A New Book on Caracas | Indian architect works with squatters | The Japanese Get It... View full entry
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh - EMBT / RMJM Ltd won the Stirling prize. The judge's statement: "It is good that for once the government spent a Lot of money well rather than little inadequately". View full entry
In the space of just 10 years, the Stirling Prize has transformed the way we view new architecture. Giles Worsley reports The Daily Telegraph View full entry
Brighton's Jubilee Library wins the Prime Minister's Better Public Building award and it could be very well the dark horse to win over the favourites: Scottish Parliament and Glucksman Gallery for the Stirling Prize 2005. View full entry
This month is the New Yorker's annual art and architecture issue with articles on Dubai, an update on Rocio Romero's LVL PreFab endeavor by Paul Goldberger, and 'Unfinished Business' with Jorn Utzon in Sydney. View full entry
After anticipation led some to believe that Will Alsop would win the competition for the $40-million revamp of the Edmonton Art Gallery, today LA architect Randall Stout was announced the winner beating out Zaha Hadid and Arthur Erickson as well. Read | prev View full entry
Domus finally has copies of the Jan Kaplicky's letter in Domus 882 and Stefano Boeri's rebuttal in Domus 884 online l related l On the Pyongyang Issue from Domus 884 September 2005 The Czech architect Jan Kaplicky critizes Domus initiative of a call for ideas for the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang... View full entry
a Review roundup culled from ANN: The de Young and the new federal building are a provocative pair steering design in the right direction - J.King | Painting a New Landscape: An exhibitionist museum, tower and gardens expand the notion of museum space - Z. Sardar | Museum with two faces... View full entry
In the spirit of the Razzies and the IgNoble awards, here we now have SPA's answer to the Stirling Prize hype: the Tamworth Prize is the UK's least prestigious architectural award and is conferred annually on the designer of the building which has made the most negligible contribution to... View full entry
Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects, previously winners of the massive Grand Egyptian Museum, has won the visitors' centre for the Giant's Causeway. A competition receiving over 200 entrants internationally. | bbc | archiseek View full entry
The anatomy of the Mega Church. Slate View full entry
John King takes a deeper look at the significance of the recent architectural mini-boom in San Francisco where historically modern architecture has bowed down and minded its manners. Perhaps with these new commissions SF can forge ahead now with a more confident sense of evolutionary... View full entry
The Stirling Prize exists to encourage new British architecture, and there are some stunning buildings on the shortlist. But why do some of our most innovative talents have to go abroad to make a name for themselves? Deyan Sudjic pries open RIBA's lack of intention with the Stirling Prize posing... View full entry
By 2020 ambient air temperatures in the British Isles will make traditional home-cooling methods - such as opening a window - obsolete. Design techniques "borrowed from warmer countries such as those near the Mediterranean" will be necessary, according to Building Design. (See also Arup). View full entry