The Arts award in this inaugural edition of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards has gone to the U.S. architect Steven Holl. Bustler View full entry
Ryue Nishizawa (of SANAA) discussing various topics with comedians Bakusho Mondai...? Jean Snow (no clips as of yet) View full entry
"Architecture," says Siza, as if in explanation, "should never be an arrogant transformation of landscape or space. My wish has long been that the buildings I design have somehow always been there. I want them to be necessary, never forced." — The Guardian
Jonathan Glancey speaks with the Portuguese master prior to his trip to England to receive the 2009 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture.Read the rest View full entry
Deyan Sudjic and Steve Rose pen separate obituaries in honor of Jan Kaplický. previously Jan Kaplický, architect, born 18 April 1937; died 14 January 2009 View full entry
He recently won the London bus design competition. He's designed yachts. Isn't it only appropriate that the architect/pilot is now designing jets? The WSJ discusses his work with NetJets' new fleet of Falcon 7X jets. View full entry
He rose from humble origins to become one of the greatest architects ever. On the eve of a major show, Jonathan Glancey celebrates the life and legacy of Andrea Palladio. View full entry
Oliver Lincoln Lundquist was a truly multi-disciplinary designer. As an architect he worked with Eero Saarinen before starting his own firm Lundquist & Stonehill in New York. He worked directly under industrial design master Raymond Loewy, and also played the role of graphic artist as the... View full entry
BBC's guest editor, Zaha Hadid, invites Peter Cook to discuss the work of Archigram. Check it out View full entry
The German architect Stefan Behnisch pushes architectural form into new energy-efficient directions. Metropolis View full entry
Legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is to be immortalized in a new biopic. Filmmakers are planning a movie adaptation of Nancy Horan's novel Loving Frank, and have hired Reservation Road writer John Burnham Schwartz to pen a screenplay. The story will center around Wright's... View full entry
Interviewing celebrated architects can be like Dancing with the Stars. But no matter how big the name, it still takes two to tango. ArchRecord | related? View full entry
Besides the 2009 Gold Medal for Glenn Murcutt, the AIA today also honored Adèle Santos with the AIA Topaz Medallion and Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects with the AIA Architecture Firm Award. Congratulations! View full entry
what are you afraid of regarding the future? I think I we have to be very serious about the change in climate and the situation of nature. I think that it is a great opportunity for us to rethink about the modern age culture of controlling everything...Humans should adapt a bit more, rather than... View full entry
Flags on Sydney’s Harbor Bridge flew at half mast today as Australia mourned the death of Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House. Bloomberg | Previously View full entry
Ian Ritchie is an architect prepared to break with convention. He tells Amanda Baillieu how his involuntary departure from the Westfield development at Shepherd’s Bush hasn’t deterred him from standing up for what he believes in. BD | prev. View full entry
