Mark your calendars if you happen to find yourself in any of the following cities in the upcoming week...San Francisco, Bronx, New York, Chicago, London, Newcastle, Santa Monica, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, & Montreal. Mark your calendars if you happen to find yourself in any of the following... View full entry
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Is this POMO or just contextual sensitivity? Is this POMO or just contextual sensitivity? Albert at BAC shares some sweet red, white and blue site analysis/diagrams.Kirk Wooller starts a thread compiling a list of Free Lectures For All!chupacabra wins, best comment of the week award, at... View full entry
There are 14 competition deadlines this week. June 08 McKinley House : There’s No Place Like Home June 12 /.EventsDateModule USGBC Natural Talent Design Competition 2009 - Puerto Rico (Caribbean Chapter) Pentawards 2009 National Museum at Vestbanen June 15 /.EventsDateModule DEFINING A... View full entry
The official release of the results from Le Grand Pari(s) competition. With preface by President Sarkozy. The official release of the results from Le Grand Pari(s) competition. With preface by President Sarkozy. PDF View full entry
“What is good design?” may not be one of life’s great existential questions, but it ranks high among those that plague modern times. “What is good design?” may not be one of life’s great existential questions, but it ranks high among those that plague modern... View full entry
We’ll have to wait to find out exactly what the end of the Age of Excess means for architecture in New York. Yes, the glut of high-concept luxury towers was wearisome. We’ll have to wait to find out exactly what the end of the Age of Excess means for architecture in New York. Yes, the... View full entry
The developer of Atlantic Yards, Bruce C. Ratner scrapped Mr. Gehry’s plans for the Barclays Center arena primarily for economic reasons. The $4 billion project has been hobbled by lawsuits, a recession and its own ambitious goal to build 6,400 apartments, 40 percent of which would be... View full entry
If you're like many architects out there right now... work is slow and connections are more important than ever. No better time to get out and network! Here are some suggestions this week for those of you in Santa Monica, Philadelphia, Barcelona, New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, San Francisco... View full entry
Not to worry. The era of marine communities springing up with Toll Brothers-like efficiency is years away. NYT Not to worry. The era of marine communities springing up with Toll Brothers-like efficiency is years away. NYT ECO-HOUSEBOAT The Waterpod, a 30-by-100-foot barge, will be a home for five... View full entry
As architecture firms struggle through the recession many are diversifying their service offerings. LA-based Marmol Radziner has made a smart move in it's new Marmol Radziner Shops venture, offering custom wood and metal services to homeowners, architects, designers, and contractors. Click here... View full entry
Australian architect Andrew Maynard, previously profiled UpStart and ShowCase, and one of my personal favorite residential architects, has shared with us a recently completed house in Anglesea, VIC, Australia. SpaceInvading View full entry
Florida architect Sergio Santos is riding out the recession in his new $150/month, 77 sq/ft closet-turned-apartment. Santos invested $64 to convert the closet into an apartment using found materials. WDSU | Photos (thanks ovalle) View full entry
Inside a pier somewhere in Malmö, Nils-Petter Löfstedt and Erik Vestman created a room. Perhaps you have walked on it. Surely you would never have guessed that underneath the stone and concrete there is a livingroom with white walls and parquet floor. View full entry
On 7 July, a memorial to the 52 people who died in London in the 7/7 suicide bombings of 2005 will be unveiled in Hyde Park. It has been designed by Kevin Carmody (34) and Andrew Groarke (38) whose architectural practice, carmodygroarke, is barely four years old. Guardian View full entry