Peter Maass explores how the recent mosque proposed for a grubby downtown street in NYC has become more of a symbol than its opponents ever intended. Peter Maass explores how the recent mosque proposed for a grubby downtown street in NYC has become more of a symbol than its opponents ever... View full entry

Check out Archinect's new Student Works: StalacTile, Tessellated Manifolds by students at Washington University in St. Louis.News Check out Archinect's new Student Works: StalacTile, Tessellated Manifolds by students at Washington University in St. Louis. We say goodbye to John Chase and Richard... View full entry

Know of a great architecture-related upcoming event? Submit it to our calendar here. Thursday August 12 /.EventsDateModule New Directions in Exhibition and Environment Design: Innovation , Bloomfield Hills, MI Friday August 13 /.EventsDateModule Jeffrey Inaba to Lecture in Oslo, Friday 13 August... View full entry

Don't miss the latest contributions in the Archinect Summer '10 Travel Blogs.News Don't miss the latest contributions in the Archinect Summer '10 Travel Blogs. Poland's Katowice Railway Station, built in 1972 and designed by notable Polish architects Wacław Kłyszewski, Jerzy... View full entry

Good news! Architecture isn't in CNN Money's list of 9 "college degrees that don't pay". Art and Interior Design are in there though. CNN | via the Forum Good news! Architecture isn't in CNN Money's list of 9 "college degrees that don't pay". Art and Interior Design are in there though. CNN | via... View full entry

Urban Omnibus talked with Sarah Ichioka and Moira Lascelles about the London Festival of Architecture. In particular on strategies to invite the public into a shared sense of transformative possibility about the built environment. Archinect's own Heather Ring and her contribution to the The Union... View full entry

The Architectural League just released a three-part podcast series on architecture and development in New York over the past decade-with Alex Garvin, Dan Doctoroff, Amanda Burden, David Burney, Michael Sorkin, Paul Goldberger, and others-organized in conjunction with its current exhibition "The... View full entry

Apparently low-e double-pane windows have become the bane of suburbia, as they are reflecting harsh light on to neighboring homes, melting the vinyl siding like ants beneath a magnifying glass. So much for sustainability. Apparently low-e double-pane windows have become the bane of suburbia, as... View full entry

Check out Archinect's latest Showcase Plastic House a private residence located in Dublin, Ireland.News Check out Archinect's latest Showcase Plastic House a private residence located in Dublin, Ireland. Twenty years after the passing of ADA: Monica Ponce de Leon discusses a counterpoint... View full entry

Thursday July 29 /.EventsDateModule Insider’s Tour of Alice Tully Hall & The Redesigned Public Sp , New York, NY New Practices New York 2010 Symposium , New York, NY railLA: Call for Ideas - opening exhibit , Los Angeles, CA Friday July 30 /.EventsDateModule Hitoshi Abe - Exhibition... View full entry

"Palestinian architects are often asked to draw inspiration from the grand Islamic architectural tradition and the local cultural heritage, said Palestinian architect Omar Yousef, with a hint of sarcasm. "Palestinian architects are often asked to draw inspiration from the grand Islamic... View full entry

When was the last time you heard the word ‘ineffable’ in a discussion about architecture? Never? Well, I’m not surprised. Ineffable means ‘unspeakable’—that which cannot be said—so I can understand why people do not speak of it. And yet, the ineffable is... View full entry

TED Fellow and urban designer Mitchell Joachim presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: eco-friendly abodes grown from plants and -- wait for it -- meat. TED Talks View full entry

Discussion Threads Holz.box starts aggregate passivhaus a passivhaus-centric thread for archinect.. New Songdo City is billed as the largest private real-estate development in history. Read about the project, billed as Korea’s answer to Shanghai and Dubai, and discuss. Over on Google Map... View full entry

Recipients of the 2010 AIA Small Project Awards The AIA have selected the 10 recipients of the 2010 Small Project Awards. The AIA Small Project Awards Program was established to recognize small-project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small-project... View full entry