Paris town council has given the green light to a controversial "Triangle" tower rising 590ft above Paris which critics say is an "attack on the beauty of the French capital". — telegraph.co.uk
Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War documents the extensive contribution of architecture to the war between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945, and considers how this questioned architectural methods and construction technologies, and lead to the supremacy of modernism. — CCA
'Innovation' has become a content genre, a weird form of reality television, and one that is equally divorced from reality. For me, the way back to reality is an end-run. Always an end-run.
'Innovation' has become a content genre, a weird form of reality television, and one that is equally divorced from reality. For me, the way back to reality is an end-run. Always an end-run.
— Guardian
Peter Zumthor has unveiled his plans for a secret garden for this years Serpentine Pavilion. — Guardian
In collaboration with the Dutch designer Piet Oudolf, Zumthor will create a contemplative garden courtyard enclosed by lightweight black-clad structure. View full entry
But one of the firm’s smaller clients, the city of Elk Grove, population 153,000, recently conjured far different kinds of aquatic life when members of the City Council and the public chose words like “squid,” “octopus” and “starfish” to describe the latest renderings for a proposed civic center. — nytimes.com
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's entry 'Open Parliament of Albania' in Tirana has won the First Prize. The concept incorporates fundamental democratic values such as openness, transparency and public co-determination. The building, located on a site area with approximately 28,000 m², is going to be the first project in Albania for the Viennese headquartered studio. — bustler.net
Holl’s relationship with Mackintosh is about to get more intense. Last week, Glasgow City Council granted planning permission for the £50 million GSA building Holl designed to be built across Renfrew Street from the Mackintosh Building. — heraldscotland.com
Amanda Levete Architects has won the V&A’s Exhibition Road competition and will go on to develop their team’s concept design as part of the FuturePlan strategy for the museum. The ALA scheme will transform the remaining undeveloped quadrant of the V&A’s London headquarters and create an exciting new relationship with Exhibition Road and the surrounding South Kensington area. — bustler.net
Eduardo Souto de Moura from Porto, Portugal is the 2011 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the professions highest honor. As a young architect, from 1974 to 1979, the now 58-year-old, worked in Alvaro Siza's office -- Siza having been the Pritzker Prize winner himself in 1992. This makes Moura the second Pritzker laureate to be chosen from Portugal. — bustler.net
As leaked in Archinect's forum over the weekend, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has taken this year's Pritzker Prize. BustlerAs leaked in Archinect's forum over the weekend, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has taken this year's Pritzker Prize. Bustler View full entry
Oh my God, it's an icon. How very last decade. Did the city of Seville not get the memo? Big, flashy buildings are out; hair shirts are in. — guardian.co.uk
The Guardian's Rowan Moore critiques Mr. H's new public structure in Spain. View full entry
Lovedog bites the Pragmatic Utopia: "AMBIGUITY" and"HEDONISTIC SUSTAINABILITY" with white on black slogan slides as presented. Superficial review of Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels lectures in Los Angeles. "AMBIGUITY" by Steven HollDate and place:3/2/2011, SCI Arc, Los AngelesMain Material:Lecture... View full entry
Architect Thomas Heatherwick is best known for projects such as the "Seed Cathedral" designed for the Shanghai Expo, the Littlehampton East Beach Cafe, and London's rolling bridge, among others. Heatherwick was one of the speakers featured at the 2011 TED conference and HuffPostTech editor Bianca... View full entry
Bernard Cywinski, founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, passed away on March 2 from cancer.Because he never got the hang of drawing on a computer, he would sit with young designers and "essentially do backseat driving," recalled Kelly Vresilovic, who sat next to him at BCJ's South Broad... View full entry
The first BIArch Open Lecture of the Spring 2011 cycle was delivered by David Adjaye, on February 21, 2011 in the Auditorium of La Pedrera. The first BIArch Open Lecture of the Spring 2011 cycle was delivered by David Adjaye, on February 21, 2011 in the Auditorium of La Pedrera. Adjaye reviewed... View full entry