Rory Hyde surveys the various ways designers around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of practice and new kinds of design outcomes new roles for designers. The post leads to a wonderful discussion in the comments with... View full entry

A film on drawing. "Line is movement. I used to use a computer, now I just draw. I feel sorry for those architects who don't draw while they are thinking." A film on drawing. "Line is movement. I used to use a computer, now I just draw. I feel sorry for those architects who don't draw while they... View full entry

New York's Decker Yeadon has designed a facade system that uses dielectric elastomers to control solar heat gain through double-skin glass facades. New York's Decker Yeadon has designed a facade system that uses dielectric elastomers to control solar heat gain through double-skin glass... View full entry

U.S. architecture billings highest since 2007.News U.S. architecture billings highest since 2007. Orhan highlights three recent instances of art censorship aka 'the nightmare of safe art'. Meanwhile, uxbridge started a related discussion here. Nicolai Ouroussoff took a break from reviewing new... View full entry

Happy New Year! 2010 was a very busy year for us at Archinect HQ. While it may not be apparent to our readers, as our activity on the site has been relatively slow in the last many months, we've been very busy behind the curtain working on the entirely new Archinect v3.0. So, in the interest of... View full entry

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry has unveiled plans for his first building in Australia - a state-of-the-art business school to be built in Sydney. The building will feature a wrinkly facade built using a combination of brick and glass. "The hardest thing to do with modern architecture is... View full entry

Famed architect is behind the plans for the futuristic new central building at the university in this German town. With its silver-colored, jagged facade, the building is looking to generate buzz.Is Libeskind the Zaha Hadid semi-hard? Spiegel View full entry

India's outsourcing giants, which include Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro and others, hope that architectural sizzle can help them compete for the nation’s top software programmers, while also burnishing their reputations with overseas clients and prospective customers. India's... View full entry

U.S. architecture billings highest since 2007. A separate index of new project inquiries dipped 0.3 to 61.4 last month. U.S. architecture billings highest since 2007. A separate index of new project inquiries dipped 0.3 to 61.4 last month. Reuters View full entry

The shape of entropy?News The shape of entropy?Bryan Finoki alerts us to Danish attempts to resocialize inmates via prison design. A physicist thinks he has solved urban issues of scaling.Discussion Threads In our discussion of the movie Tron Legacy, in terms of the fold, DeLueze and networked... View full entry

"On the banks of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Zaha Hadid's long-awaited Opera House cuts a striking silhouette in the former docks of this buzzing Chinese City." Is Zaha Hadid the Libeskind semi-soft? "On the banks of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Zaha Hadid's long-awaited Opera House cuts a... View full entry

Britain's Martello towers were built to keep the French navy at bay. Jonathan Glancey reports on how Duncan Jackson, the founder-director of Billings Jackson Design worked with Piercy Conner Architects to turn one rotting relic in Suffolk into an extraordinary new home. Guardian Britain's Martello... View full entry

Kazys Varnelis recently sat down with Cassim Shepard of Urban Omnibus to discuss how the New City Reader came to be and how it seeks to renew awareness of overlooked spatial and social practices in the context of current affairs. Kazys Varnelis recently sat down with Cassim Shepard of Urban... View full entry

The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 have added a third partner to their jointly run annual Young Architects Program. The two museums will collaborate with MAXXI, the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, in this year’s competition to transform the courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Long... View full entry

Dwell Home for Gilt by Turkel Design Dwell Home for Gilt by Turkel Design. A modern home of great design is often referred to as "Dwell-like" - a nod of course to Dwell, the media company that champions good design and wants everyone to be "At Home in the Modern World." Now a Dwell Home can be... View full entry