The award-winning architect Richard Rogers yesterday threatened to boycott the London 2012 Olympics in protest at how building contracts are being awarded. guardian l related View full entry
Although his free-spirit personality and creative attitude may appear to be fairly typical of the persona of a professional artist, that Ai Weiwei was raised in the People's Republic of China, where communism has defined both the civil society and governmental structure for decades, sheds a new... View full entry
At 37 years old, Japanese architect Kumiko Inui is making traction into the pantheon of Japan's best architects. DYO l flickr l china visual l related View full entry
Williams and Tsien have won a competition to transform the Harmony Atrium into a refuge for Lincoln Center audiences. NYT View full entry
As the embers of the Dexter building smoldered through the week, preservationists wondered if the great prophet of modern architecture doesn't deserve better protection in the city that he made an architectural mecca. TRIB l previous l forum l ironically related View full entry
The line between cutting-edge architecture and performance or installation art is not always clear. To what category does a building constructed out of empty wine bottles ”” stacked by a robot over a period of 10 years ”” belong? Or a tent-house, erected with energy... View full entry
After fracturing his hip on October 8th and 2 weeks away from celebrating his 99th birthday, Oscar Niemeyer is back in the saddle. He is at work on a complex in Niteroi, and a national library and museum in Brasilia. | popmatt View full entry
Less than a month from his 99th birthday, Oscar Niemeyer continues on living the moderist ethos... STATE View full entry
WELCOME to "Thank you, Steven Holl..."-a blog intended to raise awareness [and pulses] about the now defunct Denver Justice Center Courthouse that was proposed by the formerly designated architect, Steven Holl... The folks over at http://deproduction.org/about.htm have volunteered to screen the... View full entry
The latest print publication from MVRDV, KM3 is broken down on ArchiNed. View full entry
The ICA in London presents a wide variety of events to immerse the public into the world of Archigram. ICA l KFN View full entry
Architecture isn't about styles or dogma or polemical points of views. It requires a thoughtful grasp of what can make a place and project shine -- and a design that makes this happen in fresh, imaginative ways. SFGATE View full entry
J Glancey and Z Hadid: I dont do nice. View full entry
Zaha Hadid has created spectacular buildings all over the world - but never in Britain. As her first UK work is unveiled, she talks to Jonathan Glancey about the trials of being a woman architect, and why her new designs are inspired by the swamplands of southern Iraq. Guardian View full entry
The Gleaming Towers of Gehry is the title and the url address mentions buzz-of-bizarre-buildings. Not a bad source for mainstream Gehry awareness. I'd like to see more public comments. View full entry
