To him, architecture has a role in resolving the complexities of culture, not necessarily dramatizing them. To him, architecture has a role in resolving the complexities of culture, not necessarily dramatizing them. LATimes View full entry
An oscillation between the virtual and real is characteristic of Morimoto’s total design, and appears, on the surface at least, to be opposed to the tranquility and solemnity conventionally associated with Ando’s architecture. http://djhuppatz.blogspot.com/ View full entry
The Prince of Wales’s stinging attack on modern buildings in 1984, when he called a planned museum annex a "monstrous carbuncle," still rankles many British architects. Not David Chipperfield. The Prince of Wales’s stinging attack on modern buildings in 1984, when he called a planned... View full entry
British architecture gives its top award to Richard Rogers in the year of his bruising public row with Prince Charles. British architecture gives its top award to Richard Rogers in the year of his bruising public row with Prince Charles. The cancer support centre in west London was commissioned... View full entry
The NYT takes a look at the tough life of Rafael Moneo. The NYT takes a look at the tough life of Rafael Moneo:"...It’s not just that this project involves inserting contemporary glass-and-aluminum architecture into a corner of Columbia’s main Morningside Heights campus, a landscape... View full entry
Peter Zumthor is interviewed by independent journalist and presenter Jennifer Davies on her radio show Swiss By Design. Zumthor explains how he started in his career and describes his uncompromising philosophy of architecture. Listen here to the Peter Zumthor interview and podcast: Swiss By... View full entry
“Wendy Evans Joseph Pop Up Architecture” (Melcher Media, $75) may be one of the very few architectural monographs in the form of a pop-up book. Via the NYT: “Wendy Evans Joseph Pop Up Architecture” (Melcher Media, $75) may be one of the very few architectural monographs in... View full entry
It's tough being Michael Arad, designer of the 9/11 memorial in NYC:Every step of the design process has been conducted in public: from figuring out how to list the names of the victims to choosing the trees for the plaza. To get away, Arad slips out every so often to an obscure corner of the... View full entry
Documentary on the BEST stores designed by SITE... View full entry
Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei has been named today as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal. Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by the Queen of England and is given... View full entry
It's hard to pay much attention to an article that starts off by describing the Bilboa Guggenheim as "a structure built entirely out of enormous funhouse mirrors", but there's some good quotes from Frank Gehry that makes this Harvard Crimson article worth reading.It's hard to pay much attention to... View full entry
In addition to its headquarters in Rotterdam and offices in Beijing and New York, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture opens a new office in Hong Kong this week to direct a growing number of projects in the region. In addition to its headquarters in Rotterdam and offices in Beijing and New... View full entry
Sam Jacob, founding director at FAT, author of Strange Harvest, and special guest juror for Archinect's Michael Jackson monument competition, recently lectured at University of Kentucky's College of Design. UK/CoD has just posted the video of the lecture on their website - take a look. View full entry
(sharing koolhaas' brain that is) (sharing koolhaas' brain that is) View full entry
Following up on the latest buzz about Will Alsop: we received an official statement from Alsop's new employer RMJM about future collaborations under the branded design studio "Will Alsop at RMJM". More after the break.Internationally acclaimed architect Alsop turns focus to NYC(NEW YORK) —... View full entry
