Architect Gene Leedy has never been one to follow tradition and neither are his loyal fans, who decided to honor one of Winter Haven's most colorful characters while he was still around to enjoy the attention. Mr. Leedy says that developers are "architectural terrorists" The Ledger (with video) |... View full entry
The LA Times' Christopher Hawthorne touches on the recently deceased George Yu's legacy. Read | Previously View full entry
OMA offshoot REX decloaks with a nice new website. Is the age of flash architecture websites gone? We hope so. View full entry
Office dA announces the opening of the installation, Voromuro, for the Institute of Contemporary Art Exhibit: Art on the Harbor Islands . Voromuro forms part of the ICA’S public art project on display through October 8, 2007 at the Boston Harbor Islands. View full entry
Christian Unverzagt principal of M1/DTW, and designer of the (in)famous Architecture Sucks Tees is featured in a recent article in Model D. I agree, there is something about Detroit... View full entry
In 1976, Barry Benepe, an architect and planner, and father of Adrian Benepe, New York City parks and recreation commissioner, started a market on the city's East Side. It succeeded -- and begat many other markets. ABC News View full entry
As imposing as Philip Johnson's estate is as a historical landmark, it is as telling about his weaknesses as a designer as about his influence as an advocate for architecture. Its uneven collection of architectural follies is an expression of a man more notable for a restless imagination and... View full entry
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
