Here are a few events to watch out for in the coming week in New York, London & Los Angeles...Thursday January 07 urbanSHED Presentation of Final Proposals , New York, NY Gargoyles and Shadows: Gothic Architecture and 19th-Century Photography , London, UK Saturday January 09 /.EventsDateModule... View full entry

Bill Moggridge is not your average design director, though he will take over what is arguably The Nation's design museum—the Cooper-Hewitt's part of the Smithsonian after all. Bypassing such hyped specialists as Paolo Antonelli of MoMA and Aaron Betsky of Cincinati, the C-H went instead with... View full entry

Beijing's Bird's Nest has been transformed into a snow theme park in hopes of drawing visitor's to the facility. Beijing's Bird's Nest has been transformed into a snow theme park in hopes of drawing visitor's to the facility. BBC News View full entry

When the Swiss Voted to Ban New Minarets, This Man Built One: Mr. Morand Put It on His Roof, Shined Spotlights on It and Thumbed His Nose. WSJ When the Swiss Voted to Ban New Minarets, This Man Built One: Mr. Morand Put It on His Roof, Shined Spotlights on It and Thumbed His Nose. WSJ | related View full entry

Like many undergrad students have for years, Fortune ponders the possibilities of a utopian future for Detroit, based on agriculture, windmills, and geodesic domes. Fortune Like many undergrad students have for years, Fortune ponders the possibilities of a utopian future for Detroit, based on... View full entry

Dubai pulled out all the stops Monday to celebrate the opening of the world’s tallest building: a rocket-shaped edifice that soars 828 meters, or 2,717 feet, with views that can reach 100-kilometers, or 60-miles. Dubai pulled out all the stops Monday to celebrate the opening of the... View full entry

A bunch of young architects in Boston are singing the praises of a whole generation of Boston buildings made of concrete. They call it the “heroic’’ period of Boston architecture. It lasted maybe 20 years, from the late 1950s to the middle 1970s.Boston Globe A bunch of young... View full entry

Hillary Clinton is hitting the road to raise the nearly $61 million needed to finish the US Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo. In nearly nine months, she has managed to raise $54 million. Via the NYT. Hillary Clinton is hitting the road to raise the nearly $61 million needed to finish the US... View full entry

Tweet your 2010 predictions to @archinect #archinect2010 We'll post the most interesting insights after the holidays! Tweet your 2010 predictions to @archinect #archinect2010 We'll post the most interesting insights after the holidays! I agree with TK re: GIS data, we need a freedom of gis data... View full entry

Alan Heller, a manufacturer in New York, tells a story that pretty much encapsulates the great promise and subsequent tumult of Design Within Reach. One of Mr. Heller’s products is the Bellini chair, a 1997 design by the Italian architect Mario Bellini. It was such a good fit for D.W.R., Mr... View full entry

Frank Gehry is designing a film and cultural center in Lodz, Poland. This is a very interesting addition to the rest of the renovations that Lodz is going through. BRYLA | Nasze Miasto (translated) Frank Gehry is designing a film and cultural center in Lodz, Poland. This is a very interesting... View full entry

First Dubai, now Shanghai: Economists worry that speculation is driving a dangerous expansion of the real-estate market Be Afraid. Be VERY Afraid. G&MFirst Dubai, now Shanghai: Economists worry that speculation is driving a dangerous expansion of the real-estate market Be Afraid. Be VERY... View full entry

Job losses in the profession jumped 17.8 percent, bringing the total number of employed architects to 189,000 in the first three quarters of 2009, compared to 230,000 in the same period a year earlier, according to the BLS. MSNBC | via ForumJob losses in the profession jumped 17.8 percent... View full entry

Holz.box starts a new thread dedicated to ski jumps.Holz.box starts a new thread dedicated to ski jumps.News From this article on the campus of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis in Basel. Loved this graph“I made them move the border crossing,” he said pointing toward France... View full entry

LA-based cross-media visual designer Ramón Coronado has built a swing, lounge chair, table and a lamp out of shopping carts: Mercado Negro meaning Black Market in Spanish is a 12 week project that deals with reclaiming an ordinary, everyday object and transforming it into a whole new... View full entry