As the sun rose over The Seoul Capitol Building reminding us of the Dawn of Modern Korea, the Singapore Civil Defense Force brokered with private developers to ease a High-rise bomb shelter requirement that's been criticized for the past decade. By noon the sun reached the tip of the Tapei... View full entry
Italian architecture great Vittorio Gregotti lashed out at the Cordata City Life proposal for the Fiera Milano site by Libeskind, Hadid & Isozaki with: "They are a series of strange objects placed inside the city but with absolutely no effort to integrate with its surroundings or to build a... View full entry
In the face of the heightened attention that Hugh Stubbin's Citicorp Center has received since this weekend's terror alerts were issued, MemeFirst looks back at the structural retrofit that was required when the building was new, after a student writing a research paper helped alert structural... View full entry
Also from the Guardian News pages:Touch of fantasy: the right style of modern mansion and Changing the British landscape will need skill, judgment and subtlety The first article is a report on the government’s review of the planning guidelines that will protect the English... View full entry
Ministers have changed planning rules for the countryside to favour "innovative cutting-edge designs" over traditional country house styles. From the BBC Planning minister Keith Hill said he wanted the best British architects to design country houses "that our future generations will be proud... View full entry
There's a point where an architect crosses the line to the nether side of celebrity. The projects become less about exploring the unknowns inherent in a new commission and more about giving clients the sort of signature piece they're paying for. -Detroit Free Press View full entry
Can architects play any role in resisting the capitalist production of space or are we doomed to either play along or drop out? Archined reports from the frontlines of a camp trying to answer that. (via) View full entry
Wired Magazine interviews AFH founder and Archinecter Cameron Sinclair. View full entry
Noticias Arquitectura features the Pr34 house by Rojkind (one of the firms featured in the Phaidon Atlas). The house is a fire-engine red capsule that perches above the remodeled portion of the dwelling. View full entry
Patrick T. Reardon and Blair Kamin asses the hits and misses of the Chicago Inner Loop. (ChiTribune/regstn.) View full entry
Found in the discussions emanate brings the audio webcast of 2oo4 Summer Evening Series: No Solutions, No Compromise. Click here for audio file. Hernan's lecture somewhat covers some of issues and questions been raised in this discussion. Thanks to virtual-architect. View full entry
ON a brilliant afternoon last May, a constellation of political and artistic luminaries from Israel and America gathered on the lumpy asphalt of a parking lot in a dreary corner of this ancient, contested capital. There stood the former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the architect Frank Gehry... View full entry
The connection between design and devotion is under study by a group of clerics, neuroscientists and architects who are trying to understand how the mind reacts to the sensations of entering a house of worship. The result, they hope, will be better-designed worship spaces. (via) View full entry
In a giant lab in Mexico, Sergio Alcocer is shaking buildings beyond breaking point, in a bid to find the recipe for affordable housing that stands up to frequent earthquakes. View full entry
Frank Gehry acknowledges he doesn't think much of many modern sports arenas and stadiums. (via) View full entry