Glenn Murcutt took an opportunity to speak out against Australia's "number crunching" planning officials during a private viewing of his show Glenn Murcutt: Architecture for Place in Sydney.Glenn Murcutt took an opportunity to speak out against Australia's "number crunching" planning officials... View full entry

Edward Durell Stone Jr, Landscape Architect and son of architect Edward Durell Stone, has passed away at the age of 76. Stone Jr's Fort Lauderdale-based firm that he founded in 1960 currently employs 250 worldwide.Edward Durell Stone Jr, Landscape Architect and son of architect Edward Durell... View full entry

At first, I think the taxi driver has taken a wrong turning. I'm in Oslo, and he's meant to be going to the studio of Norway's most internationally successful architects. But he seems to be getting lost somewhere down in a dockside industrial zone. Finally we fetch up at an unpromising... View full entry

AFTER nearly four decades of work Toyo Ito has earned a cult following among architects around the world, although he is little known outside his home country, Japan. Through his strange and ethereal buildings, which range from modest houses for the urban recluse to a library whose arched forms... View full entry

Casey Jones of jones|kroloff is expected to take over the GSA's Design Excellence Program. A major design advocate, Jones is expected to return the program to its former glory--when Ed Feiner transformed much of federal architecture for the better--after some moribund years under the Bush... View full entry

Vintage 1983... Based on real and virtual quotes, the debate is fictitiously edited by KATARXIS. Peter Eisenman: "Leon, come on, you cannot build this way anymore today!" Leon Krier: " You can't, but I can! "elseplace View full entry

Vietnamese-Dutch architect Khoi Tran has been selected to participate in the NY 400 Job Swap. The program is described as "an unique experiment in transatlantic cooperation. Citizens of New York and Amsterdam of every background and means of employment are invited to participate in trading places... View full entry

What happens when you marry an architect. Guardian What happens when you marry an architect. Guardian View full entry

Here's a short interview with Bjarke Ingels from BIG on DW. Here's a short interview with Bjarke Ingels from BIG on DW. View full entry

Jimenez Lai, first introduced to the public in Archinect's Student Works feature back in '06, now has his own web presence at BUREAU SPECTACULAR. View full entry

Wherein we discover more about his architectural approach and influences.Image credit: Tehranlive.orgA close relative relates that his chief influences include the Italian architect Renzo Piano. He goes on to explain that Mousavi takes some elements of modern Japanese architecture, and American... View full entry

Unseen drawings by Christopher Wren of St Paul’s Cathedral are among the fascinating material at a major new exhibition at Oxford University’s Museum of the History of Science. Unseen drawings by Christopher Wren of St Paul’s Cathedral are among the fascinating material at a... View full entry

Society set up to offer support to designers whose work has been demolished. The Independent Society set up to offer support to designers whose work has been demolished. The Independent View full entry

One of the well known and colorfully respected figures of Los Angeles architecture scene passed away on Thursday, June 4th. Bernard Zimmerman, FAIA served as the chair of Cal Poly, Pomona and has been many architects' close friend and go to guy over the years including Frank Gehry, Ray Kappe, Glen... View full entry

Asked do you read design / architecture magazines? He answers,I don't read it I just look over it. I think its not so important to follow the architectural news. Asked do you read design / architecture magazines? He answers,I don't read it I just look over it. I think its not so important to... View full entry