"Young designers, encouraged by forward-thinking leaders, have created notable works in some of the city's poorest areas," reports Christopher Hawthorne of Los Angeles Times + related blog entry by Quilian Riano. "Young designers, encouraged by forward-thinking leaders, have created notable works... View full entry
News Two recent In Focus features covering work of successful advertising (and now architecture) photographer Bruno Cals and Catalan photographer Jordi Miralles.First a Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there...News Two recent In Focus features covering work of successful advertising (and now... View full entry
"Herzog & de Meuron, OMA, Toyo Ito, and Arup’s Cecil Balmond are among the star names asked to exhibit at the Venice Biennale by curator Kazuyo Sejima." We don't know at this point, if and which parametricians are going to be a part of the 'peeps' show. "Herzog & de Meuron, OMA, Toyo... View full entry
May 6 2010 will forever be remembered as the day that Patrik Schumacher's Parametric Manifesto of 2008 was popularized for the masses by the Architect's Journal. May 6 2010 will forever be remembered as the day that Patrik Schumacher's Parametric Manifesto of 2008 was popularized for the masses by... View full entry
Denise Scott Brown is not happy. The National Park Service wants to alter her and Robert Venturi's museum at the Franklin Memorial, adjacent their iconic Ghost House. She'll admit the place needs updating, but to not even be consulted? How dare they! Public comment is open now, so flood the Parks... View full entry
Olympic Games are always a terrific occasion to flex the architectural muscles beyond your every-day-joe-schmo assignment. For the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Swiss studio RAFAA flexed quite a bit and propose the competition entry “Solar City Tower” that—packed... View full entry
Designed by Roger Duffy of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), the new "University Center" building has been unveiled by New York's The New School. Exterior view from the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street with the main academic entry at street level. Click image to enlarge Designed by Roger... View full entry
Unlike the nearby Holocaust Memorial, which is dedicated to the Nazis' victims, this modest metallic gray building (designed by architect Ursula Wilms and landscape architect Heinz Hallman) is designed to highlight the role of the perpetrators, those managers and bureaucrats who from their Berlin... View full entry
If you haven't yet, check out our latest In Focus feature on Brazilian photographer Bruno Cals. His Horizons photograph series will be exhibited in New York starting today, until July 31 at 1500 Gallery in New York. Take the jump for a listing of other events to watch out for in the coming week in... View full entry
The Guardian's Rowan Moore questions the role of the star architect in the design of "serious" projects like UK's Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres.Above: Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy; architect Zaha Hadid The Guardian's Rowan Moore questions the role of the star architect in the design of "serious"... View full entry
Alternet discusses the insufficiencies of vertical farming. Above: Entangled Bank by Little, winner (one of three) of the Re:Vision Dallas competition, via BustlerAlternet discusses the insufficiencies of vertical farming. Even if vertical farming were feasible on a large scale, it would not solve... View full entry
Übertect vs. Jean Nouvel's Copenhagen Concert HallClick here to view enlarged comic View full entry
University of Michigans Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning hosted the Future of Urbanism conference on March 19 & 20, 2010. Check out Bryan Finoki's, among others! University of Michigans Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning hosted the Future of Urbanism... View full entry
Design is almost overnight the centerpiece of military doctrine and the U.S. Army has gotten design thinking quite right. The struggle to get design thinking ensconced in Army doctrine, though, is no easy feat. More in Design Observer Also, covered previously on Archinect. View full entry
News We detected a pulse. [bracket] is coming alive!News We detected a pulse. [bracket] is coming alive! In this post on CalTrans and the City of Los Angeles plans to cap the 101 trench in downtown LA with a beautiful urban park alexander walter makes a great point. While in this article on... View full entry
