Eduardo Souto de Moura from Porto, Portugal is the 2011 laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the professions highest honor. As a young architect, from 1974 to 1979, the now 58-year-old, worked in Alvaro Siza's office -- Siza having been the Pritzker Prize winner himself in 1992. This makes Moura the second Pritzker laureate to be chosen from Portugal. — bustler.net
As leaked in Archinect's forum over the weekend, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has taken this year's Pritzker Prize. BustlerAs leaked in Archinect's forum over the weekend, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has taken this year's Pritzker Prize. Bustler View full entry
Oh my God, it's an icon. How very last decade. Did the city of Seville not get the memo? Big, flashy buildings are out; hair shirts are in. — guardian.co.uk
The Guardian's Rowan Moore critiques Mr. H's new public structure in Spain. View full entry
Lovedog bites the Pragmatic Utopia: "AMBIGUITY" and"HEDONISTIC SUSTAINABILITY" with white on black slogan slides as presented. Superficial review of Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels lectures in Los Angeles. "AMBIGUITY" by Steven HollDate and place:3/2/2011, SCI Arc, Los AngelesMain Material:Lecture... View full entry
Architect Thomas Heatherwick is best known for projects such as the "Seed Cathedral" designed for the Shanghai Expo, the Littlehampton East Beach Cafe, and London's rolling bridge, among others. Heatherwick was one of the speakers featured at the 2011 TED conference and HuffPostTech editor Bianca... View full entry
Bernard Cywinski, founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, passed away on March 2 from cancer.Because he never got the hang of drawing on a computer, he would sit with young designers and "essentially do backseat driving," recalled Kelly Vresilovic, who sat next to him at BCJ's South Broad... View full entry
The first BIArch Open Lecture of the Spring 2011 cycle was delivered by David Adjaye, on February 21, 2011 in the Auditorium of La Pedrera. The first BIArch Open Lecture of the Spring 2011 cycle was delivered by David Adjaye, on February 21, 2011 in the Auditorium of La Pedrera. Adjaye reviewed... View full entry
Homeboy on TuppervillePhotographs: Michael RotondiStory: Orhan Ayyüce View full entry
Many architects dream of starting their own firm. Many will try. Many will fail. However, many will have failures, but keep working to achieve success and establish their own practice. Many architects dream of starting their own firm. Many will try. Many will fail. However, many will have... View full entry
Earth artist Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011) has passed into the great sculpture park in the sky. One of the icons of the 1970s NY art world, his oeuvre included body art, conceptual art, ‘machine peices’, drawings, pop art, and most recently, public art.Earth artist Dennis Oppenheim... View full entry
The Mies van der Rohe Society's new website will knock your socks off. Guaranteed. The Mies van der Rohe Society's new website will knock your socks off. Guaranteed. View full entry
Charles W. Moore is indeed one of the pivotal architect and the author of the now notorious and often inadequately understood (and naively dismissed on formal grounds) Po Mo period of 70's and 80's. In early eighties, Moore's collaborative, still known and functioning to date as Moore Ruble... View full entry
A major collective of design offices in Brooklyn that includes; Terreform ONE, Interboro, Patten Studio, EcoSystems and more are featured in the New York Times. A major collective of design offices in Brooklyn that includes; Terreform ONE, Interboro, Patten Studio, EcoSystems and more are featured... View full entry
Rowan Moore goes in search of the country's most exciting young architects, and finds them keen to get back to the basics of building Rowan Moore goes in search of the country's most exciting young architects, and finds them keen to get back to the basics of building - GuardianMy mission is to... View full entry
"I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It’s demeaning. It’s derisive, and once it’s said, it sticks. I get introduced all the time, “Here’s starchitect Frank Gehry.…” My reaction: “What the... View full entry