The way I see it, Arquitectonica has owed New York a decent building. That firm built its reputation with a series of projects in its hometown, Miami, that mixed bold forms and alluring surfaces at bargain prices. But in New York it has produced only clunkers. NYT View full entry

The new website features much more extensive documentation and the current work of her firm... this time in technicolor! | link View full entry

Chicago SOM frontman Adrian Smith leaves his post to open his own architectural practice. TRIB l SunTimes View full entry

After the recent New York Times article "The Incredible Shrinking Daniel Libeskind: How Ground Zero's Visionary Architect Went from Master Planner to Minor Player", Libeskind is once again on the hot seat... and his answer to that: "We are on schedule" and democratically compromised... link View full entry

In losing one competiton for a train station in Naples, Peter Eisenman won a bid in Italy, the Pompeii train stations. A l P View full entry

Paulo Mendes da Rocha, the 2006 Pritzker Prize Laureate will speak at the Art Institute in Chicago on October 20th. Get your tickets now. View full entry

In Paris, at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, LVMH's Bernard Arnault, unveils a "dream"; weaved by FOG, a glass facetted quasi-blob, yet to be softened into "a cloud made of glass". "I want everything to look like my drawings," Gehry went on, waving toward large reproductions of seemingly chaotic pen... View full entry

Many people have said that Frank Lloyd Wright's positions in architecture were way ahead of his time. Well it seems the old coot was even more "progressive" than anyone had ever known. HChronicle View full entry

Kenneth Frampton looks at two recent architectural works by Steven Holl for Domus Magazine. I get it or not. Prometehous, Picasso's Guitar, Holleanism, A Perret and L Barragan, all in there with cameo appearances. ~~~Prometheus Bound and Unbound Kenneth Frampton With the refurbishing, expansion... View full entry

"Foster & Partners' bid for global domination in architecture has gathered pace with the opening of a new office in Turkey." Building Design. The Istanbul office, which will be led by associate partner Peter Ridley, becomes the practice's local base for existing and future projects in eastern... View full entry

Team 10: A Utopia of the Present , a small but provocative show at the Yale School of Architecture, weaves a portrait of the Modern movement that suggests it was wider-ranging in its ideals than most people think. NYT View full entry

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill celebrates its 70th anniversary this year and Sun Times architectural critic Kevin Nance shills for them to better reckonized in the annals of architecture history. CST View full entry

AR: A number of Japan's most influential architects, such as Toyo Ito, Itsuko Hasegawa and Kazunari Sakamoto, studied closely with Shinohara during his 33-year academic tenure. Tokyo architect Kazuo Shinohara passed away on July 15 at a Kawasaki City hospital. View full entry

Remaining OMA wonder twin Ole Scheeren comes to Columbia this week to take a bite out of the Big Apple and lecture on OMA's projects in China--Made in China Friday, September 22, 2006 at 12:30... View full entry

The master illustrator known for intricate explications in sectional, worm and bird's eye views of subways, undergrounds, skyscrapers, mosques, Rome and machines (among others...) awarded MacArthur 'genius' grant this year. More winners... View full entry