Bob Berkebile, founder of Kansas City, Mo., architecture firm BNIM, has helped pioneer the sustainable design movement over the past 30 years. Berkebile spoke with Sustainable Industries about the pitfalls of technology and going “more beyond”. Sustainable Industries Journal View full entry
"Hear the name "Eames," and you probably picture bent plywood "potato chip" chairs, or midcentury tables resting on "paper clip" legs — iconic home furnishings that shaped the legacy of their designers. Less celebrated is Charles and Ray Eames' 1949 Pacific Palisades home, though it has... View full entry
The Architectural League of New York just launched a companion web site to its recent exhibition, New New York: Fast Forward. The site includes video interviews with thirty architects about the past, present and future of architecture and planning in New York. Interviewees include Richard Meier... View full entry
FROM interactive bubbles to a postmodern bungalow, multiple marvels of fine architecture will be on exhibit, highlighting the creativity that is the hallmark of the prestigious annual competition sponsored by the Los Angeles branch of the American Institute of Architects. LA Times | AIA/LA View full entry
A new Design Museum show pays tribute to Zaha Hadid's remarkable, if often impractical, vision. TimesOnline View full entry
Already making waves in Britain, David Adjaye looks set to crack the US and become an international name. He talks to Dominic Bradbury. View full entry
“…a structural engineer who became a hero to other structural engineers when he detected and repaired a potentially catastrophic flaw in the Citicorp building in Manhattan, died on June 14 in Casco, Maine… Mr. LeMessurier was first alerted to the problem by someone he regarded... View full entry
In three parts, Part 2 is specially interesting: In Part II, he discusses in depth two of his most interesting pending projects: Cor, an intensely green mixed-use building that will rise 400 feet above Miami’s Design District; and the envelope-pushing Cube, whose final design will... View full entry
Small slide show of the structural engineer Cecil Balmond and his London-based firm, Arup, which helps architects and artists execute their ideas. New Yorker View full entry
Sneak peek at the latest work at Commonwealth Espeis, featuring Joshua Davis for this round. View full entry
Morphosis leader Thom Mayne lectured at Princeton this past April 26, 2007--is now finally online. Listen as he waxes poetic on his trajectory through architecture and the transition of Morphosis from boutique design firm to global player. Related features: Transversing Michael Rotondi and Glen... View full entry
Great article this week (as usual) by Glancey on the great subdued "Modernist" from Switzerland. Zumthor! guardian View full entry
Zaha Hadid Blog isn't much of a blog really, but it is an allusion to the power of the web and the desire for mainstream museums and media to cultivate in new ways of engagement and access (as a "sneak preview") to the audience at large...with interviews with Patrik Schumacher and Woody Yao. Will... View full entry
The Father of the Skyscraper William Le Baron Jenney gets a fond reconsideration on the 100th anniversary of his death. Read all about it and see the pictures here:repeat View full entry
The "hippy" lord... How he feels about Tony Blair, John Prescott, the Olympics and what makes a great city. Long interview in El Pais, en español... | via View full entry