Metropolis has published a feature on Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, a couple of OMA deflectors who have been working on developing their own identity for the last 4.5 years. On The Cusp View full entry
A funny little animated video starring your favorite Dutch architect. Watch him leap over tall buildings in a single bound!!!! (link) View full entry
The architects behind China's Olympic stadium describe what it is like to work on such an iconic building. CNN VIDEO | Previous | Discussion View full entry
See Treehuggers post which distills key "eco" points..... + Youtube links to two short videos: Pt 1 | Pt 2 View full entry
A new novel sheds light on Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress. Frank Lloyd Wright, the legendary American architect, had a long and remarkable life. He was 92 when he died in 1959. By then, he had stamped an original style on buildings, and had been lauded and vilified — often in equal amounts... View full entry
Matt Shlian is a graduate of the Cranbrook Architecture Program, a paper engineer, sculptor and teacher. His drawings and folding structures were highlights of the '06 Cranbrook Degree Show and he currently works with the Material Science Lab at the University of Michigan, co-teaching a course... View full entry
Frank Lloyd Wright, charismatic Chicago architect, leaves behind his growing practice and his family of seven, fleeing to Europe with a married mother of two. She's the wife of a client whose new home Wright had designed. SeattlePI View full entry
Architects, opined a companion over dinner, have designed themselves into a re-entrant corner, bricked themselves behind their arrogance and vanished up their vent pipe. SMH l Dear Architects l related project? l possibly related features 1l2 View full entry
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is known as the iconic architect of Gothic Architecture, but is there more to this creator of the mythic Romantic Britain? Telegraph l TimesOnline l pugin.com View full entry
Video podcasts of presentations from this year's NY Designs series at the Architectural League: hanrahan Meyers; studioMDA; Studio SUMO; Lynn Gaffney; and Matter. Archleague View full entry
IN THE SUMMER OF 1852 A 40-year-old man was in a secure room in Bethlem Hospital for the Insane; he recognised no one, not even his wife; his head had been shaved, and he had become what was described as “very dirty in his habits”. This was the man who, six months before, had designed... View full entry
“David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings,” an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, is the kind of measured, well-meaning endeavor that provokes reflection but yields few profound insights. NYT View full entry
Hernan Diaz Alonso's latest flash site is finally up and running. Albeit a somewhat quirky interface, the drawings and renderings remain an amazing signature of the house. Be sure to put aside at least 10 minutes of your precious time as there are more than 150 renderings plus another 100 or so... View full entry
Two buildings by David Chipperfield have made it on to this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist. The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany, and the America's Cup Building in Valencia, Spain, are both in the running. Building Design | previously 1 | 2 View full entry
designboom asks Jean Nouvel about his taste in music and the evolution of his architecture, among other things. I listen to the music my girlfriend prefers... View full entry