ONE of the most cynical clichés in architecture is that poverty is good for preservation. The poor don’t bulldoze historic neighborhoods to make way for fancy new high-rises. Ouroussoff waxes romantic... NYT View full entry
Frank Gehry has often said that he likes to forge deep emotional bonds with his architecture projects. But the commission to renovate the Art Gallery of Ontario here must have been especially fraught for him. Mr. Gehry grew up on a windy, tree-lined street in a working-class neighborhood not far... View full entry
Skidmore Owings & Merrill has partnered with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to create CASE (Center for Architecture Science and Ecology).A new academic-industrial alliance is required to accelerate a more aggressively experimental process that leads to development of new systems that... View full entry
Wired explores the lairs of Bond villains. As essential as the curvaceous leading ladies and not-so-subtle sexual innuendo, every James Bond villain has an impressive lair. Some are exotic, others chic. View slideshow and related View full entry
Here's something you don't see every day: a town built in the middle of a lake. Not on an island, but actually below water level. It's the ancient city of Seuthopolis, in Bulgaria, which was discovered in 1948. Six years later, a dam was destroyed and it was covered in water, ending up at the... View full entry
Thursday November 13 /.EventsDateModule ‘Superficial Superglow: Channeling The Stars’, Presentation and Discussion , Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA Great Streets for Great Cities , San Francisco, CA Friday November 14 /.EventsDateModule UVa School of... View full entry
The AIA has just released survey results showing that 2008 recorded all-time high salaries for architects. Unfortunately these results were tallied prior to the "change" in the economy. Chicago Tribune | Related: Archinect Salary Poll, Checking the Pulse of the Architecture Industry View full entry
For the 3rd year in a row Archinect has co-sponsored the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob). Last week Orhan, and the rest of the jury, convened in Dallas to review the entries. View the winners now on Bustler | KRob View full entry
El Croquis is now offering it's magazine in digital format. Launch specials on downloads of the latest issues featuring Siza and SANAA are now available for €7-9. El Croquis View full entry
The old Art & Architecture building probably would have been demolished long ago if razing it were not cost-prohibitive. But that prospect was unthinkable on Saturday to the 600 people who gathered for the building’s official rechristening. Yale Daily View full entry
The Architectural League announces that the third in its nine-part series of pamphlets exploring the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture and urbanism is now available. A special double issue on the theme Situated Advocacy, featuring the essays: "Community Wireless Networks as... View full entry
Steve Rose explores the architecture of Bond films. From Venetian palazzos to fantastical submersible lairs, the buildings in Bond films dazzle - what a shame they get blown to smithereens. Read and Slideshow For example The Elrod House Or from the Quantum of Solace The "Residencia" at the... View full entry
The New York Times interviews Ada Louise Huxtable, "the dean of American architectural criticism." | NYT View full entry
Because of the financial crisis, plans for a controversial skyscraper that would have towered over St. Petersburg’s low-slung Baroque skyline have been delayed and — preservationists, architects and many residents fervently hope — may never be carried out.NYT View full entry
Plataforma Arq points out that Ábalos & Herreros have announced their split via the web. After 20 years of a collaboration that has helped define the post-Franco Spanish wave, two firms emerge: herreros | abalos-sentkiewicz View full entry
