"With celebrity clients, a collaboration with Chris Ofili and a run-in with Janet Street-Porter, no wonder David Adjaye has such a high profile, and so many critics, says Deyan Sudjic. So what will they say about his latest project - a public library?" - Observer | plus some news on the Nobel... View full entry
How Shigeru Ban scored the best rental in Paris and other material properties. Guardian View full entry
Former RIBA president David Rock commented that architects were probably unaware of their animal magnetism: “Architects were probably the only group on the list whose self-image is lower than their public image”. Comment for yourself, Mr. Rock. Frm Archidose: (Male) Architects... View full entry
Robert Paschal Burns, one of North Carolina's most influential architects and a professor emeritus at N.C. State University, has died in a car accident. He was 71. Burns was killed when his vehicle pulled in front of another car Friday afternoon on Old U.S. 421 in Chatham County, near his farm in... View full entry
When did Marmol Radziner + Associates start planning a prefab product line? fabprefab | more pics and info | marmolradzinerprefab View full entry
More bashing on the Calatrava show at the Met, this time by Justin Davidson. Previously... View full entry
Jerzy Soltan, an esteemed architect and the Robinson, Jr., professor of architecture and urban design, emeritus, at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), died on Sept. 16 at his Cambridge home. He was 92. crimson View full entry
Cameron Diaz/William MacDonough?!?! Double Agent View full entry
Word has it that Larry Scarpa will be joining Leonardo DiCaprio on today's Oprah to discuss environmental issues. View full entry
Is Calatrava OVerrated? Slate View full entry
Daniel Libeskind talks to Forbes. via View full entry
Nicolai Ouroussoff asks if the Caltrava Met show succeeds in either explaining the architect's supposed artistic or structural merits. Is the Met just trying to ride an architecture/real estate heat wave? NYTimes | previously View full entry
Santiago Calatrava redefines the apartment tower by Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker View full entry
Jonathan Glancey meets Norman Foster at his self-designed office in Battersea, where they discuss Beijing, Thamesmead, Foster's past - and Foster's future. "Where," Glancey asks, "does Foster go now? And what does he see as his legacy?" The Guardian. View full entry
With vision and a sense of play, the duo of Durbach Block make their business an adventure, writes Elizabeth Farrelly. View full entry
