Last week we read that the Chrysler Building was getting eyeballed by Abu Dhabi investors and now the Tribune Tower and the LA Times Mirror Square (just down the street from the Archinect HQ) are facing possible sales. NBC | LA Times View full entry
The excitement about the new Opera House has just started to wear off before Oslo is planning a new project. On June 13, the winner of the competition for designing the new central station was announced. There were four strong competitors, but finally it was the Norwegian architect firm, Space... View full entry
The New Yorker's Paul Goldberger discusses Beijing's new architecture. View full entry
Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy. These new materials, known as solar textiles, work like the now-familiar... View full entry
Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel will be designing pavilions in Chicago's Millennium Park as part of next year's 100th anniversary celebration of Daniel Burnham's Chicago Plan. CHICAGO, June 23 -- Two of the world's leading architects will design temporary pavilions in Millennium Park as focal... View full entry
You would have to look pretty hard to find a structure that expresses New York City’s recent residential real estate market better than HL23, the luxury condo development now rising on 23rd Street beside the High Line. Designed by Neil M. Denari Architects, the building’s narrow... View full entry
After two years of flux, the Dia Art Foundation said on Monday that it had hired a prominent contemporary-art curator, Philippe Vergne, deputy director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, as its director. NYT View full entry
Registration deadlines approaching... June 24 /.EventsDateModule June Callwood Park Design Competition Ecohouse Student Design Competition 2008 Live the BOX River Douglas Bridge International Design Competition June 27 /.EventsDateModule Situated Technologies Emirates Glass LEAF Awards The 8th... View full entry
London is to get a dose of Vancouverism as an exhibition dedicated to the B.C. city's unique architecture opens at the Festival of Architecture on Tuesday. cbc.ca | Bustler View full entry
London. Now is time for Rafael Vinoly backed by owner and developer Real Estate Opportunities (REO) to unveil a new proposal for this very difficult site. Property Week, describes it as "breathtaking". A former RIBA President says that Vinoly is a menace more in zerochampion > View full entry
This was a Rush job. Just got the notice from Orhan. Sorry if it is short or sloppy...Orhan and PeterCalling for CollaborationRamps, Yes or No?Wood over SteelMy Rudolph for a Parking LotSHoP to the RescueVancouver as a VerbWill It last? View full entry
Metropolis Magazine: “The need for shade and cozy places to huddle and speak to new friends is what I look for in these installations in the garden. Much of the overhead area is left open and bare, seemingly unaddressed. It feels like a pulled-back version of what could have been.&rdquo... View full entry
In a long winding article, writer ROBIN POGREBIN wrestles the issue nearly all starchitects deal with: the Autocrat clientele. Among many statements for the article, Rem Koolhaas declines to comment. Bill Menkins, the editor of Architect's Newspaper is quoted saying, “to suggest that... View full entry
On Iwan.com, photo Galleries of the Orquidearum, Botanical Garden and the Biblioteca Espana two remarkable and very different structures built on the periphery of Archinect's architecture world. View full entry
After all the outrage, praise, disgust, wonder and mixed emotions that the architectural model of the serpentine pavilion 2008 created, I am glad to announce that the building's construction photo gallery is up and running. Go on and express yourselves some more. View full entry
