The Chicago Tribune explains what it takes to get a job as a volunteer docent for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, "one of the most respected volunteer programs in the world". Read View full entry
The glass facade of OMA's CCTV headquarters in Beijing has been completed – just in time for the opening of the Olympic Games. BD View full entry
SCI-Arc Gallery presents Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific installation by San Francisco based architecture and design practice IwamotoScott in collaboration with Buro Happold. Opening reception: Friday, August 8, 7-9pm. Bustler Events View full entry
Robert Adam's design for Grafton Hall, which was recently approved by Chester City Council, will be built instead of Ushida Findlay's ultra-Modernist, competition-winning "starfish" scheme from 2001. Opening a debate about the meaning of "innovation".AJ View full entry
Given the astounding expectations piled upon the National Stadium, I’m surprised it hasn’t collapsed under the strain. More than 90,000 spectators will stream through its gates on Friday for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games; billions are expected to watch the fireworks on... View full entry
Studio 360 explores Beijing's new architecture. The People's Republic of Houston? View full entry
The theft of thousands of dollars worth of construction equipment is halting a Habitat for Humanity project to house 62 low-income families in the San Fernando Valley. MercuryNews View full entry
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed Singapore’s largest ever residential development. The seven 36-storey residential towers and 12 villas will be built on a 78,000sq m site at Farrer Road, a prominent site within the city. BD View full entry
Ai Weiwei, Artistic Consultant for design, collaborated with the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in designing the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest). The NYT Blogs interviews View full entry
Recent competition and award winners on Bustler:Kasian Projects Win City of Calgary AwardsKasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. were honored with the the City of Calgary Awards.10th Annual Vincent Scully Prize Awarded to Robert A.M. Stern The National Building Museum chose Robert... View full entry
Just Imagine...what life will be like in 2020? Home sweet... jellyfish! Architects share their vision of what homes of the future will look like. Fancy living in a home shaped like a mushroom or an edible tree house?CNN View full entry
TAGallery 021: City of Nodes is an online exhibit of new media projects that explore urban mapping. The collection of work from 2002-2008 examines the role of the archive, the body, surveillance and locative media in contemporary urban space. related blog post at Serial Consign View full entry
New(s)Oh Really?Back to the beginning? A return to the small scale.Can I drink it?Revolution and Modernization brought to you by the Art Market and Consumerism. School Blog(s)Starchitecture for Rent.Thesis's; Good or Bad? Discussion(s)At the intersection of Professional and Personal... View full entry
Reformist sheikhs have spent the past decade using their wealth to snap up financial institutions and retail and leisure brands in an effort to transform the city-states they rule from one-camel towns into global business and tourism hubs. Now they want to use it to acquire something that is... View full entry
The highest-priced new apartment building in the history of New York isn’t a sleek, one-of-a-kind glass tower. It’s architect Robert A. M. Stern’s 15 Central Park West, an ingenious homage to the classic Candela-designed apartment buildings on Park and Fifth Avenues. From the... View full entry
