Zaha Hadid: Thirty Years in Architecture , her first major retrospective in the United States, gives New Yorkers a chance to see what they've been missing. The show, which opens tomorrow in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's rotunda, spirals through Ms. Hadid's career, from her early enchantment... View full entry
Richard Murphy founded his practice in 1991. Its early reputation was built on highly crafted and innovative domestic work in the Edinburgh Area. A considerable number of awards and publicity has lead to larger projects, often arts related, and the practice now has projects in England, Ireland... View full entry
Paul Goldberger gets all maestro with the new projects by former "bad boy" architect Renzo Piano. New Yorker l previous View full entry
Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund's life (1885-1940) spans the period between neoclassicism, proto-modern eclecticism, and the first stirrings of the modern movement. His first project for the Gothenburg Law Courts (1913), the Enskede Cemetery (begun 1915), the 1920 Woodland Chapel, and the... View full entry
Lee Siegel with an a sophisticated but double-barreled critique of Piano's addition to the Morgan library. It's true that Renzo has way too many American projects right now to do good jobs on all of them, and probably isn't hitting all the keys. TNR View full entry
Sam Jacobs of Fat tells Bob and Denise to "Keep up the bad work," with nods to Kraftwerk, Ed Ruscha, and Independent Group. | strangeharvest View full entry
Jean Nouvel's architectural pallus obession changes gears with a winning competition entry for a new multipurpose building in Vienna for UNIQA. And if that isn't enough architectural power, Nouvel was also honored this past week with the International High-Rise Prize 2006. Floornature l EC View full entry
Architecture for Humanity wins this year's Wired Magazine Rave Award for Architecture: Wired. Other winners, in other categories: complete list. Earlier. View full entry
New Urbanist white knight Andrés Duany enters the fray in New Orleans. Will he be the savior of the city or part of its demise. NYT View full entry
LATimes Chris Hawhtorne reviews the Siza exhibit at Santa Monica Museum of Art. Previously View full entry
Christopher Alexander has been branded the most dangerous living architect. Can he live up to that? His The Nature of Order is reviewed in the voice literary supplement. View full entry
Zaha Hadid received an honorary degree at Yale's commencement, which will hang nicely next next to the one from Columbia last year. Yale Daily View full entry
Deborah Solomon raps with Richard Rogers in this interview, which mentions how his firm is known for declining any military contracts. Not taking money, I understand, but have we forgotten already? View full entry
Mr. Cameron Sinclair hits the headlines again this week, as he and Kate Stohr, co-founders of Architecture for Humanity, win this year's Rave Award from Wired Magazine in the category of architecture. Last year's winner? Rem Koolhaas. View full entry
A furious architect, opportunistic politicians, betrayed loyalites, and a price reaching a billion dollars. How a soaring vision went disastrously wrong. NY Metro View full entry