movingcities interviews Bethlehem-based architects Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal on their 'Decolonizing Architecture'-project and talk about art, architecture, occupation and urbanism in Palestine. A project developed for the LA Haudenschild Foundation, 'Decolonizing Architecture' attempts to... View full entry
Registration deadlines approaching... June 09 /.EventsDateModule ADC Young Guns ARTCITY & PEEPSHOW INT’L presents: “THAT’S IT” Greening Bays Competition June 10 /.EventsDateModule URBANTINE PROJECT Tent London June 12 /.EventsDateModule Competition for Arni Magnusson... View full entry
Somini Sengupta explores the rise of gated enclaves in India. Whether consisting of dense towers or suburban sprawl such domains of privilege are a new reality in modern India.NYT In factIndia has always had its upper classes, as well as legions of the world’s very poor. But today a... View full entry
The sixteen people who’ve died this year in the building of a new New York. NYMag | related View full entry
Hi all its me again, in for my third installment as archinect guest editor. this week was interesting...Obama was chosen to represent the Democratic party in the next Presidential election. And now for something completely different This time an architect did the suingArchitectural criticism... View full entry
The NYT Sunday Mag does its architecture issue. View full entry
From the New Yorker: "One day, he was walking by Lake Michigan, thinking about, in his words, 'Buckminster Fuller—life or death,' when he found himself suspended several feet above the ground, surrounded by sparkling light. Time seemed to stand still, and a voice spoke to him. 'You do not... View full entry
The Telegraph's architecture critic Ellis Woodman discusses why the mayor's new planning advisor must propose a vision of what London's future will look like. View full entry
In light of the criminal investigation following the second crane accident in as many months in NYC, the top crane inspector for the city's department of buildings was arrested today after incriminating documents were seized from his office:"The city’s chief crane inspector was arrested on... View full entry
said Rem Koolhaas to Ouroussoff, “the 20th-century city is over." nyt View full entry
A building frenzy is raging in Asia, Russia and on the Persian Gulf. And cities like London and New York don't have the money to compete. Will Western urban landscapes soon look outdated?Der Spiegel However. the author notes;There are other good reasons to criticize today's hectic global building... View full entry
The jury of the Concrete Architecture Award 2008 selected the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany as one of three award winners in this year’s competition. Bustler Over 110,000 tons of concrete were used to build the museum which was realized in 2006. View full entry
UC asked David Niland not to enter the architecture school unless invited. Mr. Niland, who taught there for forty years and retired in 2001, felt the emphasis had switched from training professional architects to a reliance on theory and was outspoken about it. "The university followed the... View full entry
Two men, one a practiced French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, the other a New Yorker who said he wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of malaria, scaled the 52-story New York Times Building in Times Square on Thursday just hours apart. Each was arrested when he stepped safely... View full entry
congratulations to this years's Deborah J. Norden Fund winners, who obviously wrote brilliant proposals to best holz's dope-ass submission. remy bertin, with his proposal "contextual modernism for the new khmer" angela starita and her proposal, "lina bo bardi's restoration plans for salvador... View full entry
