October 29 /.EventsDateModule International Consultation on the Regeneration and Redevelopment of Sungang-Qingshuihe, Shenzhen Downtown Fargo: an urban-infill competition October 31 /.EventsDateModule Manufacturing Identity - Open Call for Submissions November 01 /.EventsDateModule Rome Prize... View full entry
Thursday October 28 /.EventsDateModule Public Service: Architecture for Everyone , Houston, Texas Originals by HUgo E. Slepoy at Queen Gallery , Toronto, Canada Halloween Happy Hour & Networking mixer , New York, NY Friday October 29 /.EventsDateModule Cornell Architecture Graduate Studies... View full entry
Perhaps LACMA director Jeffrey Deitch thought it would be a good idea... Trying to follow in the footsteps of artists that turned their own lives into all-encompassing art experiments (i.e. Warhol, Koons, Barney), the new MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch has appeared in a mini-documentary of his own... View full entry
Lloyd Kahn claims that shelter is more than a roof over your head. As the author and publisher of over a dozen books on home construction, Lloyd has been grappling with the concept of home, physically and psychically, for over five decades. Situated in the financial and housing crisis, this film... View full entry
Schloss Drachenburg, a fairy tale castle built in the 1880s, is an architectural mishmash that contains a fake organ, a reproduction of a Louis XIV throne and tacky murals.Image credit: mama knipst! Schloss Drachenburg, a fairy tale castle built in the 1880s, is an architectural mishmash that... View full entry
The new controversial international terminal of Wellington Aiport was officially opened by New Zealand's prime minister John Key today. Dubbed "The Rock" and likened to a pair of pumpkins because of its shape and copper plating, the new terminal is the final stage of a $60 million development that... View full entry
Please note The right of photographers to stand in a public place and take pictures of federal buildings has been upheld by a legal settlement reached in New York.News Please note The right of photographers to stand in a public place and take pictures of federal buildings has been upheld by a... View full entry
Eric Chavkin reviews Coy Howard's follow up exhibition at SCI Arc Gallery. "From Hand to Mouse, to Alternate Universe."From Hand to Mouse, to Alternate UniverseCoy Howard Gallery ExhibitionPart I: From Hand to Mouse, from Furniture to Architecture On view Oct 8-Nov 7, SCI Arc Gallery By Eric... View full entry
Over at Places, Javier Arbona has an essay on Aerosol Architecture and Invisible Landscapes. Over at Places, Javier Arbona has an essay on Aerosol Architecture and Invisible Landscapes. It opens with the following passage; In late 2009, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota... View full entry
The Architectural League has just released the seventh in its ongoing series of pamphlets exploring the relationship between pervasive computing and architecture. Situated Technologies Pamphlets 7: From Mobile Playgrounds to Sweatshop City, by Trebor Scholz and Laura Y. Liu, examines changing... View full entry
We're really excited to announce that the first batch of BRACKET [on farming] has arrived from the printers, just in time for tonight's event in Houston Authors In Architecture: bracket [issue #1: on farming - Texas]. For those of you not lucky enough to be in Houston, here are some other... View full entry
Saudi Arabian outfit Stealth Architects are proposing an interesting alternative to the controversial Muslim Cultural Center - a Terrorist Motel! The "building" is actually a 16 story underground labyrinth of man-made caves. Saudi Arabian outfit Stealth Architects are proposing an interesting... View full entry
Zaha Hadid goes extra large in the Chinese city of Chengdu, now word has it the architect plans to build the “world’s largest standalone structure,” to be unveiled next year. Zaha Hadid goes extra large in the Chinese city of Chengdu, now word has it the architect plans to... View full entry
The Crystal Cathedral, Protestant Christian megachurch in the city of Garden Grove, California filed bankruptcy. The Church is also famous for its star architect buildings in its main campus, designed by Richard Neutra, Philip Johnson and Richard Meier. The Crystal Cathedral, Protestant Christian... View full entry
Continuing to prove that architects can, indeed, live a rockstar life, Sir Norman Foster has just unveiled his Buckminster Fuller-designed Dymaxion car replica. Continuing to prove that architects can, indeed, live a rockstar life, Sir Norman Foster has just unveiled his Buckminster... View full entry
