Angela Mitropoulos and Archinect's own Bryan Finoki explore contemporary borderlands within the context of seven technologies or conditions of control and exclusion. They are; Superfluidity, Extraterritory, Thresh/hold, Recognition, Preemption, Futurecloser, Underneath. For more see, Mute Magazine View full entry

A federal agency has joined some of the nation’s biggest landlords in trying to repeal stronger safety requirements for new skyscrapers that were added to the country’s most widely used building code last year, arguing that they would be too expensive to meet. NYT View full entry

Across the United States, school districts large and small are realizing the benefits of building with LEED for Schools. Students, parents, teachers and community members are making the difference, by letting elected officials know they want their schools built green. Take Action View full entry

Some of us are overfond of complaining about the big money that drives new architecture today. The theoretical designs that once served as a critical commentary on the professional mainstream have all but dried up. Architects who once flaunted their radical credentials now work almost exclusively... View full entry

Top billing may go to Richard Meier, Renzo Piano or Jean Nouvel, but neither the starchitects, nor their firms, are likely tasked with the majority of the architectural work on most of the buildings they design. TRD View full entry

As this last great building boom winds down, our architecture critic asks: Does the new see-through city look better or worse than the one it replaced? A building-by-building survey @ NYMag View full entry

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A short story of driving around with BAM, who says, “If my architecture can put a smile in somebody’s face, I feel I have done a good job.” elseplace View full entry

Could the choice of a traditional architect to build Yale’s two new residential colleges actually betray the University’s tradition? That’s what some are arguing one day after University President Richard Levin announced that he had tapped Robert A.M. Stern to design colleges... View full entry

The uniform teaching programme of many schools will create “tasteless chickens”, says Tim Ronalds; while Richard Hayward argues that schools remain almost entirely free-range. BD View full entry

Thursday September 04 /.EventsDateModule Under A Sustainable Flag, with Ray Anderson , Sydney Australia - Foundation Hall, MCA ADC YOUNG GUNS 6: THE FINAL FIFTY , New York City Friday September 05 /.EventsDateModule Latz + Partner: Bad Places and Oases , Berlin, Germany PictoplasmaNYC , New York... View full entry

The city of Tirana and an international jury announced MVRDV winner of the competition for the urban masterplan creating a new dense urban neighborhood with a park and public facilities at the shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital. Bustler + discuss View full entry

Tomek Bartczak, a grad student at the University of Toronto, has served up an awesome new feature interview for us with master architectural-model-maker Vincent de Rijk. De Rijk, an industrial design graduate from Holland, describes his unique style of modeling, with materials such as cast... View full entry

The winning proposal for the renovation of Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium by sir Normal Foster will have to overcome several factors before it can be materialized (budget, neighbors, local government, fans, etc), without forgetting the fact that the renewal will cost as much as building a new... View full entry

Five finalists were selected from 182 entrants proposing a sustainable, affordable house that addresses the needs of a low-income family in the Gulf Coast region. The final winner is a team from Seattle, WA. Bustler View full entry