Lisa Rochon offers some summer reading on Canadian architects. | globemail View full entry
"BEIRUT: Pierre El-Khoury, arguably Lebanon's most distinguished and prolific architect, died after succumbing to bone cancer on Monday. Like much of his sparkling career and his brilliant and rich architectural heritage, particularly his refined and delicate aesthetic sensibilities, he chose to... View full entry
"The idea is to find features that are perceptibly calibrated to the threat a building or monument faces without creating the impression of a city under siege." The Wall Street Journal writes this editorial on protecting the Washington Monument. (prev) | related | more at Pruned View full entry
Part 1 in a new occasional series by the LA Times on the architecture that defines (LA) past and present. View full entry
An all-day event on women in architecture marked the second day of the World Congress of Architecture in Istanbul. The event hosted women architects from the United States, Britain, Turkey, Canada and Hong Kong, who explored the difference women make in modern architecture. From the Turkish Daily... View full entry
4 confirmed blasts all along the public transport network. There are unconfirmed reports indicating that the bomb that exploded in a double decker bus was activated by a suicide bomber. The Prime Minister left the G8 summit and is now on his way to London. BBC | Discuss View full entry
The LATimes on Frank Lloyd Wright, Preservation, Landslides and Diane Keaton. View full entry
The NY Times' Alan Riding reviews Piano's Paul Klee Musueum. Read | Related | Related | Related View full entry
Good Morning! How's your head feeling? Quite a packed weekend. PS1's Sur went for its maiden voyage with a rather sane soiree on Thursday and an insane one on Saturday. (more crazyness...). Across the pond, the Serpentine got down and dirty in a less obvious way than Sur. (more sets here and... View full entry
A showpiece collection of futuristic luxury homes set in a Cotswold nature reserve and designed by some of the UK's top architects have been unveiled. From the BBC , images Plans for the first eight houses, designed by Will Alsop, Piers Gough, Eva Jiricna, Sutherland Hussey, Roger Sherman, Sarah... View full entry
NYArts Magazine offers a critical review of SUR at PS1. Read View full entry
Art institutions are expanding gallery space and providing better amenities, but are they also taxing visitors' endurance? (pt. 1) View full entry
The blinding speed of China's real development leads to a “photoshop” style architecture. From the China Daily View full entry
Google Earth allows architecture, engineering, and construction firms to gain a new perspective on their projects. Google Earth presents a single view to quickly analyze geographies for customers before embarking on projects. Fly to an area, get an instant understanding of the surrounding... View full entry
The Project brought together a group of nineteen architects from around the world, each to design a floor of the building.yahoo | guardian | previously| construction images and a discussion here View full entry