Check out this story about a team of 5th and 6th grade students at Tucscon's Imago Dei Middle School who have made their way to the finals in a national architecture competition to design "the school of the future". Imago Dei Middle School is a new private/tuition-free school that applies an... View full entry

KFC is trying to get into the urban infrastructure business. They've sent a proposal to mayors around the country offering to fill-in potholes with branded KFC patches. ChiTri View full entry

Yesterday, the Smithsonian Institution unveiled conceptual designs from six prominent architecture teams for what could be the last important building on the Mall. Bustler View full entry

Attention residents of New York, Los Angeles, San Jose (Costa Rica), Chicago, Charlottesville, Baltimore, Sydney (Australia), San Francisco, Houston, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Athens (Greece), Boston, & Weimar (Germany): You have something to do this week! Take the jump to see the full list of... View full entry

The team of The Freelon Group of Durham, N.C. and HOK of Atlanta was named Thursday as the architect for the Center for Civil & Human Rights. Bustler View full entry

Bernard Spitzer, NYC real estate developer and philanthropist, has donated $25M to The City College of New York's School of Architecture. Spitzer graduated from CCNY's school of engineering in 1943. Take the jump to read the full release...Bernard Spitzer, ’43, Gives $25 Million to CCNY... View full entry

Michael Kimmelman reviews the show "Le Corbusier — The Art of Architecture" currently showing at the Barbican Center in London. He believes that occasionally a cultural figure provides a little window into a nation’s shifting identity, and in Britain the self-regarding Swiss-born... View full entry

Architects Ken Maher (Hassell) and Kim Herforth Nielsen (3XN) have both been honored with the highest architectural awards of their respective home countries: Australian Maher with the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 Gold Medal for Architecture and Danish Nielsen with the C. F. Hansen... View full entry

The NYT reports on the surge of "Shanty Towns" --aka "Hoovervilles"--or "illegal encampments of homeless people that are reminiscent, on a far smaller scale, of Depression-era shanty towns". in my blog... View full entry

And you thought some cheap Autodesk software was bad... there's nothing wrong with doing consultations for a fee, but $0.05? Hmm. NPR View full entry

In the latest installment of his "Architecture School" series, Lebbeus Woods discusses fundamental shortcomings of the traditional design studio model, and proposes an alternative that nurtures individuality while operating on the basis of collaboration. Architecture School 301 | Make sure to... View full entry

AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trusts, a "deep-pocketed pension fund", may help finance the stalled Calatrava-designed Chicago Spire. AFL-CIO's interest is 5 years of 100% union jobs. ChiTrib View full entry

Ecohomes need not look like the fallout from a science-fiction writer's nightmare. Some architects are sticking to traditional values. Guardian View full entry

The NYT sings praise for houseplans.com. Daniel Gregory, the site's editor in chief, explains that all you need to realize your modern home is your local builder. First Boston.com's "ditch the architect" and now this? Has the newspaper industry waged war on architects? View full entry

Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos have shared with us 4 upcoming new projects in NYC, and one recently finished construction. Clinton Park, a stepped roof-terrace mixed-use project, is particularly interesting. Take the jump to view all five projects, with slideshows...(Shhh... they may still be... View full entry