SANAA’s buildings are the architectural equivalent of a glass of water: clear and essential. Whether you describe them as minimalism without the dogma or functionalism with a heart, they are proving to be a popular alternative to the fanfare of the international icon mongers. ICON View full entry
Feb. 28 is Frank O. Gehry's birthday and he is biography of the day @ Britannica. Is he going to wish something? View full entry
Foster + Partners’ estimated price falls to £300m Zaha Hadid's profit rises 300% Building.co.uk View full entry
The Swiss architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron [...], are the recipients of one of architecture's most prestigious prizes, the Royal Gold Medal. They will be presented with the award [...] at a glittering ceremony tomorrow night [February 21] at the RIBA in London. RIBA | Swissinfo |... View full entry
Rem Koolhaas has been named SFAI's 2007 McBean Distinguished Lecturer. Rem will speak on Wednesday, 28 February at 7:30pm on the SFAI campus. ArtDaily View full entry
"Carmen Rogers found her new home almost by accident standing in the checkout line: the home that architect Barton Myers built for himself and his wife in 1998..." LATimes View full entry
Longtime colleague Alexander Pincus has recently re-launched his website showcasing most of his work and lots of extra goodies including MEL scripts and other techniques he has been developing for the past 4 years in academia and professional practice. Check it out here. View full entry
Mark Magazine issue #6 is out now, apparently (though I haven't even seen the final copy)... Check out a feature spread on Recetas Urbanas & Santi Cirugeda, Sevilla, with text by yours truly and some really hot images of the firm's work! View full entry
Yury Avvakumov became a leading figure in Russian architecture by building communities rather than buildings. In the mid-1980s, he collected drawings and designs from his peers' studios and curated exhibitions abroad. Will he now get his own chance at building? TMT View full entry
Kohn Shnier Architects , designers of the Umbra World Headquartes in Toronto, mold a pink plastic bonanza for Umbra's first retail store in the heart of Toronto's "Design Culture Corridor." |Daily Commercial News Canada View full entry
The great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto made warm, wonderful buildings that were inspired by the spirit of his homeland. So why do the results have such universal appeal? Guardian View full entry
50 years after Mies designed "his mature postwar buildings," Sean Keller writes in this month's ArtForum, "a wave of renovations is forcing us to reconsider what exactly he and his contemporaries found architecture to be and how to handle their discoveries." ArtForum. View full entry
An up close feature on architect, jazz musician, and sound installationist Christopher Janney, as the release of the first book about him was recently published. By Sideshow Media, check out "Architecture of the Air: The Sound and Light Environments of Christopher Janney." (previously). View full entry
Stanley Tigerman gets to pump more out of his slight efforts to advance capitalism's giving side with a nice interview with the nicest magazine around. Isn't that nice? ArchRecord View full entry
Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk create provocative architecture with a strangely expressive quality - buildings that occasionally teeter on the brink of kitsch. The exhibition 'Fifteen Buildings by Neutelings Riedijk Architects' is the third in a series of NAI travelling exhibitions highlighting... View full entry