Starchitect condos? Old news. Now real estate companies are tapping high-profile architects to design rental apartment buildings. In Lower Manhattan, Forest City Ratner Companies and Frank Gehry, FAIA—the team behind the controversial and recently downsized Atlantic Yards development in... View full entry

My man Andrew in Beijing sends us a fascinating video of CCTV being used as a projection billboard for Nike to "jump-start the Olympic Spirit by bringing together the Best Chinese athletes and Beijing's most iconic landmark..." NikeGold View full entry

Are architectural landmarks a good real estate investment? - asks Slate's Daniel Gross View full entry

The modern, L-shaped, trilevel, 2,400 sq. ft. home is unusual because it was built as a spec house for a developer, Clifton Fitzpatrick. Current owner Russ Leland, who donated the house said, "I got tired of being introduced as the one who owned the Schindler Fitzpatrick House." LAT View full entry

You think you like architecture? Think again.... via Telegraph UK View full entry

Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano will all appear on a full hour of Charlie Rose on Thursday June 5th. The video will be available from Charlie's website 1-3 days after the broadcast airs. Charlie Rose View full entry

President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ronald Daniels are pleased to announce that they have selected Marilyn Jordan Taylor to be the next Dean of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, effective October 1, 2008... Marilyn Taylor, Partner in Charge of the Urban Design and Planning... View full entry

LA Times' Christopher Hawthorne tours of the homes of Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier. Read View full entry

Yves Saint Laurent passed away from a brain tumor yesterday in his Paris home. News View full entry

Gehry is designing a tower of shimmering beauty near Brooklyn Bridge. Nicolai is enthusiastic.NYTYet what makes the tower so intoxicating is the exterior skin. Before dreaming up the design, Mr. Gehry checked into a room at the Four Seasons Hotel and spent days gazing out at the skyline. He... View full entry

8 Job Opportunities, partnerships with UNICEF and news on the upcoming Frontline Special . Stay tuned for the announcement of the winners of the AMD Open Architecture Challenge (June 3 from Cape Town). View full entry

Iain Borden explores some of the newest university buildings from across the UK for the Guardian. How wisely have they spent and will their shiny new buildings stand the test of time? Slideshow View full entry

This morning at around 8 am, a crane collapsed in Manhattan's upper east side neighborhood, leaving at least two dead and others critically injured. This as the city is still recovering from a collapse in March that killed 7 and led to the resignation of the the head of the department of... View full entry

BD Exclusive: The London 2012 Olympic stadium, designed by HOK Sport and Peter Cook, could be wrapped in a material made from the cannabis family of plants, it has emerged. For the first time, details of the stadium's layout, scale, appearance and the external materials to be used - which could... View full entry

A new book by photographer Richard Ross, Architecture of Authority, examines the way institutional buildings exert power over people.Wired View full entry