Bloomberg reports that: "Architecture's Pritzker Prize Goes to a Slab-Loving Brazilian." In the LATimes, Mayne and Moss express pleasure in the Pritzker jury's choice of an unexpected, non-celebrity. Moss correctly states that his choice ... stretches the world's frame of reference. Further... View full entry

If some architects feel a twinge of envy at the mention of Renzo Piano, who can blame them? In the United States alone, the Italian architect is working on or has just finished major museum projects in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. And two decades after its... View full entry

Lord Norman Foster "has drawn up plans for a massive overhaul of the Folkestone seafront for local businessman and philanthropist Roger de Haan. De Haan hopes the proposals will be adopted by Shepway council as part of its local plan, and will put a stop to a seafront housing scheme by Aukett... View full entry

Tezuka Architects are the subject of an exhibition at Gallery Ma and have a soft spot for the roof. | yomiuri View full entry

Rem Koolhaas plans to enter politics! View full entry

"I got a letter from the Swiss ambassador to Cuba, who lives in a Neutra house in Havana" says Dion Neutra, 79, head of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design and son of the pioneering Modernist. via and updated neutra.org. View full entry

"Peter Salter had all but retired from practice in the nineties, devoting his time to teaching until former student Crispin Kelly, now in the fast-paced world of developing, sought him out to create four bespoke houses in Notting Hill. His unusual plans have not disappointed." Building Design... View full entry

Much praise is often heaped upon the high number of international architecture firms working on developments in Thailand for infusing fresh blood into the country's design veins. But that doesn't mean Thailand's ”˜home grown' firms are lagging behind.Read View full entry

MoCo Loco interviews John Brown, an architect with the Calgary-based firm Housebrand, who "makes good design accessible to the public." View full entry

Filmmaker David Fenster recently completed an eight minute short film about Greg Lynn's design studio at the University of Applied Arts Vienna: View Movie (.mov format) View full entry

An interview with Archinect's own Cameron Sinclair - on getting down and dirty and designing like you give a damn - appears in nothing less than New Scientist. What would you do with $100,000? Buy a top-of-the-range Porsche? A yacht with all the trimmings? Not interested, says the man who has won... View full entry

Research-orientated architect, Jacques Ferrier and world leader in building materials, Lafarge Group, have joined forces in a project to demonstrate that sustainable construction methods - methods that better respect the environment and quality of life - are possible now and not just a dream for... View full entry

"It's tempting to call any young company that works on a small scale the "garage band" of its genre ”” but in the case of one Echo Park architecture firm, it's almost literally the case. Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues ”” both scruffy, intellectually driven young designers... View full entry

Recently deceased Australian modernist architect Harry Seidler gives one last bold move in death to his famed architectural career. Chaser (satire) l related View full entry

Yesterday's LA Times profiles cha:col, a young couple/practice, and graduates of SCI-Arc and UCLA, who have just completed renovations of their own West Adams (LA) bungalow. Read View full entry