Metropolis discusses the Richard Meier Model Museum scheduled to open in two weeks in Long Island City. View full entry

An Austrian tourist and his son had to delete the pictures of modern London architecture and transportation from their cameras before leaving the UK. Prevention of terrorism was cited. The Father and son say they won't be returning to London. guardian View full entry

Bustler's international event calendar has architecture and design events listed this upcoming week in New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Mexico City, Vancouver, Providence, San Francisco, Germany, Milan, Abu Dhabi, Chicago & Tokyo. Take the jump to view them all...Thursday April 16 Greater... View full entry

Witold Rybczynski's latest slideshow essay: A new vogue for tottering towers. Slate View full entry

Archinect extends a warm thanks to the advertisers that help make this site possible! Georgia-Pacific GypsumUCLA Architecture and Urban Design Jumpstart '09SCI-Arc Making + Meaningsituate - International Sculpture CompetitionLow2No-A Sustainable Development Design Competition Boston Society of... View full entry

The Santa Monica library is now letting the public check out real people if a book isn't exciting enough. LATOn Saturday, the Santa Monica Public Library's Living Library Project will feature "a Mormon, an animal rights activist, a police detective, a fat activist, a feminist, a married Jewish... View full entry

Only nine months later and almost forgotten abroad, famed olympic stadium serves as a $7 domestic tourist attraction. bbc + recently View full entry

The Collection of Michael Jacksonwill be auctioned from the 22nd-25th of this month, but the show can be previewed, starting today, in Beverly Hills. UCLA blogger Scott reports, and will hopefully be following up with more from his studio visit to the Jackson Collection.UPDATE: Michael Jackson... View full entry

Vladimir Belogolovsky talks with Kengo Kuma. Among other things Kuma discusses his desire to create "weak" buildings. ArchNewsNow View full entry

Archiprix International 2009 recently announced the winners of the world’s best architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture graduation projects. Bustler View full entry

Christopher Hawthorne on Zumthor being awarded the Pritzker Prize: [T]he Pritzker jury's decision to honor him this year represents an endorsement of architecture's most timeless, as opposed to timely, qualities. It is a boost for the idea that architecture is fundamentally an aesthetic rather... View full entry

Well, to be more precise, Miguel Rosales, designer of Boston's Zakim Bridge, has contributed $15k of his own money to keep the lights lit on the bridge for 3 months. Boston.com View full entry

News First, the elephant in the room. Pretty pics here Symmetry between Orhan and I. Don't be a render " monkey"? Continued after jump...Discussions As 765 said, is this really news? Yeah, Organic! Never seen it. Also I discovered "The Concept of Ma", while reading Recombinant Urbanism.Late to... View full entry

Wired magazine summarizes the evolution of the office layout, from the beginning of the 20th century to present. Wired | Via View full entry

I uploaded some images I took over the course of the last two years of three of his projects:Kunsthaus BregenzBruder Klaus chapelKolumba Mostly high quality interior and exterior shots. Enjoy. View full entry