In the first edition in a series of essays on prominent contemporary architects, Hal Foster analyizes the Suprematist roots and digital pragmatism of Zaha Hadid. Art Forum View full entry
Ehrlich spent six years living and working in Africa, serving for two years with the Peace Corps as the first architect in Marrakech, Morocco. The lessons of indigenous building were instrumental in forming Ehrlich's approach to design and continue to influence the firm's work today. Architecture... View full entry
Two artists. One studio. The architect David Adjaye divides and conquers. NY Times View full entry
The Graham Foundation et al is celebrating Louis Sullivan at 150 years with a slew of events around Chicago. View full entry
The Dutch maritime architect discusses floating foundations, flood-resistant architecture, and future possibilities for dealing with global warming in sensitive lowland areas. Read here > View full entry
More than a biography of America's greatest architect, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S BUFFALO is a story of family, friendship, and the meaning of home in American life. The high-definition film, airing on Monday, September 4 at 10 pm, explores how a friendship spanning decades affected the structural... View full entry
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed protester/architect Lorenzo San Pablo Cervantes dead in Oaxaca, Mexico this past Tuesday. BBC l DemocracyNow View full entry
Goldberger charts Libeskind's post-"masterplanning" trajectory and his soon to open first US project, the Denver Art Museum. | nuyrkr View full entry
Patrick Tighe loves contrasts. A technophile with a green streak and a social conscience, this award-winning architect is busy turning his vision of the new urban environment into technology-happy live/work spaces as functional as they are playful. Apple View full entry
The Architectural League of New York has conducted a series of podcasts on their Emerging Voices and Young Architects programs. Search iTunes for more... View full entry
Anglo(?) (who goes by various pseudonyms) speaking fluent(?) Mandarin(?), wearing a yellow hard-hat and talking into puffy mic interviews Chinese starchitect Ma Yansong, the leader of MAD and the winner, appropriately, of the condo craaazy. na blog | surf also the channel archinect. View full entry
A new design challenge for Michael Graves: medical-ware. Jimmy at LW/OBldgs comments: "It's a pretty good interview and strangely encouraging to see an aging starchitect dealing with old age and disability the only way he knows how - by redesigning it." View full entry
Let me point your attention to a quite humorous diatribe at Michealangelo, the iconography blog that we are quite familiar with, regarding Sylvia Lavin, her dildo collecting, pet rocks and, what else?, capitalism. Why Sylvia Sucks | via progressivereactionary View full entry
They already had one (equally loved & hated by many) but it seems that sooner than later they will launch a new website. Here's a preview - not too much revealed yet but you get to see their office -in an old building in BCN's Old City- from the inside in a virtual-photo collage tour .. and... View full entry
Over the last five years Ben Wood has transformed himself from a successful Boston architect into a Shanghai power broker whose designs translate into billions of dollars in development. NY Times View full entry
