Jonathan Glancey, (Guardian UK) Our cities are being overrun by Jack-the-lad architecture, with the blessing of the media and politicians. link This is Architecture Week, a time to consider the wealth and wonder of our built world. In Britain today, our wealth is pumped into and expressed by an... View full entry
The National Park Service has decided that L.A. Architect Richard Neutra's Landmark Cyclorama Center--which has stood at the Gettysburg Battlefield for more than 40 Years--now detracts from history. The shrine-like battlefield visited by nearly 2 million tourists a year, is perhaps Richard... View full entry
The new headquarters for Gas Natural in Barcelona by Miralles Tagliabue is in its most interesting and complicated construction phase. Today begins the construction of the transversal building, an enormous cantilever (see construction photos) which will support five stories of office space once... View full entry
Boston.com on the photography of Ezra Stoller - Read View full entry
The Ramona, one of West Hollywood's classic 1920s courtyard apartments, is threatened with demolition. From the LA Times View full entry
"Herbert's enduring existence is one of the great urban legends. It's one of the great mysteries of New York, along with why you never see baby pigeons." The rise and fall of Muschamp, from the NY Observer View full entry
NYTimes : Last year, when Houston finally got a rail line, the culture clash became physical. Since testing began in November, the silvery electric-powered train, which slides north and south along the street on a 7.5-mile route, has collided with more than 40 cars. View full entry
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In the past two years, an unusual number of objects have plummeted to the streets of Rio from great heights, injuring pedestrians, damaging property and stopping traffic. From the Houston Chronicle View full entry
Archrecord : The Hariri & Hariri-designed residence at Coco Brown's Sagaponac development is finished and on the market for 3 mil. [via] In one of the country’s most fashionable vacation spots - the Hamptons - developer Harry Coco Brown has completed the first house of his... View full entry
The NY Times' Fred Bernstein writes about the recent spate of commissions for new museums celebrating black history, and the related opportunities for African-American designers, who reportedly still represent only about 1% of all registered architects in the United States. View full entry
Toronto, as local architect Greg Woods puts it, is "aggressively bland in its architecture. It's a very beige city. Canadians are known as peacemakers and that manifests itself in their architecture." (From the Financial Times) View full entry
In the NY Observer, Clay Risen sketches the trajectory of Herbert Muschamp's career, from his early cultural interests and rise as an arbiter of architectural taste, to his shifts in subject matter and his recently announced retirement from his post. View full entry
New York Magazine reports that LA Times Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff is on his way to the New York Times. Intelligencer via LA Observed View full entry
Each year the institutions that teach design in the Netherlands select the best plans by their students for submission to Archiprix. 2004 Winners The twenty-seven plans submitted to Archiprix 2004 present in all their diversity a picture of the state of affairs in Dutch design education during... View full entry