"It's a tricky step for any architect to move from the small to the large scale. Tony Fretton is making the leap with three high-end residential schemes in Amsterdam. Ellis Woodman discovers whether he has managed the transition." Building Design. View full entry
"After 40 years of being stored in garden sheds, under beds and in cupboards, the archive of the 1960s collective Archigram is finally being made available to the public. The archive of approximately 4,000 drawings, models and audio tapes produced during the group's creative peak will be... View full entry
The Courier-Journal's Steve Wiser reviews Jayne Merkel's recently Phaidon-published biography on Eero Saarinen. Read View full entry
A lil excerpt from an interview with Dirk Lohan, grandson of Mies -- mostly on Chi-town. (He likes it.) Stop Smiling. View full entry
Contemporary architecture has failed to tackle the problem of how to create public buildings for the modern age, according to David Adjaye. | observer View full entry
Peter Eisenman's critical beatdown of Calatrava during the Jencks/Eisenman debate, seems to have set off a deluge of critical fury. Most recently, the New Republic's Sarah Williams Goldhagen has gone in for the flying elbow. l Previous l Related l View full entry
Vincent Scully to be on "If These Walls Could Talk" broadcasting on the VoiceAmerica Channel Thursday, January 19 at 3PM Pacific (6PM Eastern). This is available worldwide via the internet.| read View full entry
For those of you who check Archinect via RSS and don't get our weekly newsletter, we have just published an interview with Renzo Piano, by Liz Martin, during the opening ceremonies of the new High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. View View full entry
The New York Review of Booksanalyses the work of Santiago Calatrava in a stinging critique by Martin Filler.l Via l Related l View full entry
Well, to promote his latest project in Sacto, developer Craig Nassi has erected two large billboards around the site of his planned Aura condo tower, featuring the face of, who else, the building's designer: Daniel Libeskind. Check it out. View full entry
Ouroussoff foreshadows a new endeavor, looking for flowering talents of architecture all over the global. First on the get globalized list, Senan Abdelkader Arab Israeli in East Jerusalem. NYT View full entry
Vid streams with the H and d M from Berkeley. thanks to reg for the tag| offcenter View full entry
Read here. Includes pics of the Lotus house. More in our Gallery. View full entry
The AP's John O'Donnell discusses Albert Speer's son and his decision to pursue architecture under his father's name. Reuters View full entry
"James G. Pulliam, a civic-minded architect whose understated geometric style helped shape mid-century modernism in Southern California, died last Tuesday. He was 80." LA Times View full entry