Steve Jobs' new home is going to be really simple! Here are the plans. Steve Jobs' new home is going to be really simple. Here are the plans. Gizmodo View full entry
Jonathan Glancey reviews Harlequin 1, the first building BSkyB has commissioned. What he finds has the look of some futuristic power station: a strange way, perhaps, to express BSkyB's corporate values. Jonathan Glancey reviews Harlequin 1, the first building BSkyB has commissioned. What he finds... View full entry
Heather Ring interviews Joshua Foer of the Sukkah City Competition on the Sukkah City Competition, public space and radical gestures are discussed.NewsHeather Ring interviews Joshua Foer of the Sukkah City Competition on the Sukkah City Competition, public space and radical gestures are discussed... View full entry
What is the plan of John Beckmann, head of NYC firm Axis Mundi, for success? Redesigning high-profile projects. First the MoMA Tower and now the High Line Whitney. He's certainly gaining attention, if not work. Very Web 2.0. "Everyone's at the mercy of the developers, especially in New York City... View full entry
It has been the defining style of our era, but now it’s in retreat. Stephen Bayley works out whether less will soon be no more...It has been the defining style of our era, but now it’s in retreat. Stephen Bayley works out whether less will soon be no more... moreintelligentlife.com View full entry
Canadian Firm Ja Studio has proposed an interesting solution for Italy's Solar Park City Competition. Canadian Firm Ja Studio has proposed an interesting solution for Italy's Solar Park City Competition. A highway is about to be decommissioned as a new highway would create an even faster... View full entry
This week's recommended events are taking place in Toronto, New York City, Los Angeles, Ann Arbor, Hungary, Brooklyn, San Diego & London...Thursday September 23 Iran’s Steadman: Touka Lampoons our Wicked World , Toronto, Canada Listening There: Scenes from Ghana , New York City... View full entry
The Palast der Republik was a showpiece building in East Berlin, a congress hall as well as a center for public entertainment. By 1993 it had been sealed off to the public. Thorsten Klapsch was the last photographer to capture its interiors before a long period of demolition began. — Der Spiegel
Rowan Moore reviews the exhibition 'Plain Space' at The Design Museum. He finds that the beauty and mystery of John Pawson's work more than merits this major London exhibition. Rowan Moore reviews the exhibition 'Plain Space' at The Design Museum. He finds that the beauty and mystery of John... View full entry
In case you missed the debut Archinect Sessions at Silver Lake's Neutra VDL House watch a recording of Debate #1: The Future of Urbanism, featuring moderator Orhan Ayyuce, and guests Bryan Finoki (Subtopia) and Geoff Manaugh (BLDGBLOG.)News In case you missed the debut Archinect Sessions at Silver... View full entry
The current issue of Log takes a look at the expanding ideas of curating architecture at a moment when its traditions and trajectories can no longer go unexamined. The current issue of Log takes a look at the expanding ideas of curating architecture at a moment when its traditions and trajectories... View full entry
What to do if you're too busy to make it to Friday prayers? An imam in France has come up with just the thing: a portable mosque. There are models for all price ranges, from basic to deluxe. What to do if you're too busy to make it to Friday prayers? An imam in France has come up with just the... View full entry
We have some great event suggestions this week for those of you in Long Island City, Queens, New York, San Jose, Venice, Los Angeles, Mill Run, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Freiburg, Long Beach, Greece & Chicago... We have some great event suggestions this week for those of you in Long Island... View full entry
Aaron Plewke has just served up an amazing new 3-part feature/interview entitled The Extraordinary vs. the Everyday Catastrophe. Aaron Plewke has just served up an amazing new 3-part feature/interview entitled The Extraordinary vs. the Everyday Catastrophe. About a week after the explosion on... View full entry
BRACKET [goes soft] and puts out a call for submissions for issue 2. BRACKET invites the submission of critical articles and unpublished design projects that investigate physical and virtual soft systems, as they pertain to infrastructure, ecologies, landscapes, environments, and networks. For... View full entry
