In a wide-ranging interview on the occasion of his birthday, Frank Gehry discusses his frustration with friends and the demise of favored projects, like Atlantic Yards. That's right. Frank Gehry said Atlantic Yards is over. The Architect's Newspaper View full entry
Robert Stern believes that the responsibilities of motherhood is the primary reason equally talented women are not as active in the industry as men. BigThink.com View full entry
As previously reported, Toshiko Mori's Darwin Martin House Visitor Center opened on March 18th in Buffalo, NY. Two years ago Javier interviewed Mori for the Spanish-language journal Entorno #03, addressing this project and more, and has now shared the piece on his blog. View full entry
WhATA , based out of Bulgaria, shares their web chat with BIG's Bjarke Ingels about the Yes is More exhibition, his favorite comic books, Darwin and the evolution of recession architecture. Read View full entry
Botta is the 10th architect to design a poster for Cersaie's exhibition of ceramic tile and furnishings taking place this fall in Bologna. Take the jump to view this and all previous posters... Mario Botta - Cersaie 2009 Thom Mayne - Cersaie 2008 Toyo Ito - Cersaie 2007 Antonio Citterio - Cersaie... View full entry
The NYtimes discusses the war for talent with venture capitalists, the McArthur Foundation, big pharma, A&R folks, and.... Gensler... AT Gensler, the architectural firm, getting the right people is less about wowing audiences and more about understanding the firm’s future needs. Right... View full entry
Jargon, etc. reviews Swiss architect Philippe Rahm's latest lecture at the Architecture Forum in Zurich, "Meteorological Architecture." Expect hot flashes, undress, and subversion of Hegelian logic. Read it at jargon, etc. View full entry
YRM has been confirmed as the first architect to be commissioned to design one of Britain's new generation of nuclear power stations. "This is an opportunity to re-define industrial architecture," said YRM director Iain Macdonald. Building Design | related but much scarier View full entry
It was that blistering 40 degrees plus European summer of 2003 when - since we were on holiday in Alsace - I bundled a puzzled family into the car and headed off through the Vosges mountains of eastern France to look at a small church on a hill in a semi-industrial landscape. I had wanted to see... View full entry
In an interview with Jargon Etc., the four partners of Philadelphia based design-build firm Onion Flats share detailed thoughts on their hometown, sustainability, the economy, and other interesting topics. Read the full transcript of the conversation here. View full entry
When Bruce Ratner hired Frank Gehry in 2004 to design a wrinkled-looking 76-story residential skyscraper in Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge, the market for eye-popping luxury condominiums was booming, and the world-class architect’s multimillion-dollar fees probably seemed relatively... View full entry
To critics he carries the blame for every urban problem from sink estates to gridlock; to admirers Le Corbusier was a unique architectural visionary. TimesOnline View full entry
The work of German architect J. Mayer H., as previously featured on Archinect, is now on display at SFMOMA in a new exhibition entitled Patterns of Speculation: J MAYER H.. View full entry
John Peterson and John Cary of Public Architecture, a nonprofit which mobilizes architects and designers to address larger social issues through design, were jointly honored as 2009 Designers of the Year by Contract magazine. Congrats guys! Bustler View full entry
"Building a house is like giving birth to a baby. The client is the mother, and I am the father." - Paul László, 6 February 1900 – 27 March 1993. elseplace View full entry
