NPR : "Until recently, Utah bartenders could not serve alcoholic drinks to patrons over the bar counter. Instead, bartenders and patrons were separated by a partition called the "Zion Curtain," a reference to the Mormon Church." As restrictive as it was. sounds like an interesting design project... View full entry
Fuel up your jet... this upcoming week is packed with events in New York, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Ljubljana, Philadelphia, Tampa, Brooklyn, Pomona, Las Vegas, Zürich, San Francisco, Sofia (Bulgaria), & Singapore. To view the full list of this upcoming week's events, take the... View full entry
Kim Tanzer, a professor of architecture whose teaching and research encompass three key areas – the relationship between the human body and the built environment; environmental design and sustainability; and African-American neighborhoods and their role in social equity – will become... View full entry
The glass-panel-blanketed Asymptote-designed Yas Hotel / Formula 1 raceway circuit in Abu Dhabi is nearing completion. Check Bustler for details and photos. View full entry
Most of us are used to smelly, vandalised shelters filled with cigarette butts and empty beer cans – but then there are these bus stops from around the world ... Guardian Slideshow View full entry
Studio Daniel Libeskind has been named winner of the master plan competition for the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. The new large-scale district features a cluster of residential, office and retail neighborhoods in an extensive urban park along the Han River... View full entry
To follow up with the ThyssenKrupp competition news posted earlier today, Bustler has published a number of the entries that went unrecognized by the jury. You be the judge View full entry
Imagine using the region's rooftops to help save rare Kentucky plants that are being wiped out by development. That's one potential outcome of a study begun this week at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Bullitt County. Courier-Journal View full entry
VAUBAN, Germany - Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Read entire article here. View full entry
Which one would you rather live in? This or that. Would she be segregated in her own building? Stable(izing) Brooklyn. Informal architecture(s) of post-colonial Miami.. From heaven or hell? Utako is unhappy with his box. Halifax isn't pretentious... View full entry
The A/N blog reports. Abbs.com.cn (Chinese language) | Translated | A/N View full entry
New York Times rips apart Santiago Calatrava's tamed t-hub at the WTC and calls it 'hollow at its core.' NYT View full entry
GSD employs robotic contractor to build double wall: On the Bri(n)ck View full entry
"Tata, the Indian company that made worldwide headlines with its $2,000 Nano car, now plans to build 1,000 tiny apartments outside Mumbai that will sell for $7,800 to $13,400 each. The company plans to roll out low-cost projects outside other major cities." Businessweek View full entry
"...the new concrete composite can bend into a U-shape without breaking. When strained, the material forms hairline cracks, which auto-seal after a few days of light rain." NatGeo View full entry
