One of the well known and colorfully respected figures of Los Angeles architecture scene passed away on Thursday, June 4th. Bernard Zimmerman, FAIA served as the chair of Cal Poly, Pomona and has been many architects' close friend and go to guy over the years including Frank Gehry, Ray Kappe, Glen... View full entry

Asked do you read design / architecture magazines? He answers,I don't read it I just look over it. I think its not so important to follow the architectural news. Asked do you read design / architecture magazines? He answers,I don't read it I just look over it. I think its not so important to... View full entry

Vito Acconci discusses why he's closing his studio, his future plans, and how he wound up shifting from art to design in the first place. (Hint: It was because of a recession.) Vito Acconci discusses why he's closing his studio, his future plans, and how he wound up shifting from art to design in... View full entry

German architect Moritz Kock is among the presumed dead in recent disappearance of France Flight 447. Kock was returning from meeting with Oscar Niemeyer's office in Rio de Janeiro. LA Times View full entry

Chat interview with the Colombian architect Alejandro Piñol, one of the authors of Villanueva Public Library. About Camper shoes, architectural competitions and the homes of narcobosses. View full entry

David Dillard of CSD Architects is requiring that all architects in his firm, working on senior-living projects, spend 24hrs in a nursing home to develop a greater understanding of the needs of the residents. Dallas News View full entry

Vancouver-based modernist architect Arthur Erickson has died at the age of 84 from Alzheimers. Vancouver Sun | Discuss Some previous news articles about Arthur Erickson...Famed architect runs afoul of regulatorArthur Erickson, the BrandControversy Looms over Robson SquareStamp Honours... View full entry

Celebrating fifty years of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim - a review by Paul Goldberger for The New Yorker | See also Endless Spiral by Justin Davidson for NYMag | previouslyThe museum, which opened in the fall of 1959, six months after Wright’s death, represents the culmination of... View full entry

Now, architects, I know you’re going through tough times. If even Lord “Moneybags” Foster is ditching a quarter of his workforce, things must be bad. I know the public don’t appreciate you. I know your job is thankless: anyone watching Grand Designs can see that only a... View full entry

Living for a century has given him a lot of perspective, as in, “architecture-can’t-give-meaning-to-your-life” perspective. And when a guy who built an entire city from scratch tells you that nobody in this life is important, you start to fear that nothing, not a single... View full entry

The extraordinary scope of his genius, which touched on every aspect of American life, makes him one of the most daunting figures of the 20th century. But to many he is still the vain, megalomaniacal architect, someone who trampled over his clients’ wishes, drained their bank accounts and... View full entry

Norman Foster and Richard Rogers are the first to suffer as redevelopment of Ground Zero hits hard times. Hardly surprising - they're Limeys - Jonathan Glancey/Guardian View full entry

Japan's The Daily Yomiuri talks to British expats Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, of Klein Dytham, as they celebrate their 20th anniversary in Tokyo. View full entry

The WSJ profiles Big Sur, CA architect Mickey Muennig. He’s lived here since 1971, when he came for a visit and fell in love with the area’s wild beauty and the independent spirit of the bohemian residents—and became the first master of eco-minded architecture, perfecting... View full entry

70-yr old NYC architect Ekkehart Schwarz has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and threatening to kill his landlord, along with two other accomplices. AP View full entry