UK - In every one of the 66 statements of the questionnaire, small companies (of fewer than 250 employees) score better than their larger counterparts. 3 architectural practices made it to the list. Find out why their offer to staff is hard to resist: Assael Architecture (22), HLM Architects (62)... View full entry

I know you get a lot of unsolicited slingshots and all, but here, I like to say happy birthday to you from the architectural community, who love to diss you, but deep down influenced by your work, whether or not they admit to it. EB View full entry

Here are the Architectural League of NY's Emerging Voices 08: Work.ac | el dorado, inc | Onion Flats | Stoss Landscape Urbanism| Johnsen Schmaling Architects| Moorhead & Moorhead | Belzberg Architects | MOS || (Lectures begin March 5th at the New Museum!) View full entry

"Whether he's designing £100m flats or creating affordable housing for all, Richard Rogers has just one mission: to make everyone's life more enjoyable " - Glancey in The Guardian. View full entry

Scholarship was sacred to Colin St John Wilson, architect of the British Library. As a new exhibition commemorates his life and work, Fiona MacCarthy salutes the grand vision of his most personal project. Guardian View full entry

The G&M also serves up some Asymptote... View full entry

The Globe & Mail interviews Dutch-born/NYC-based Winka Dubbeldam. ReadAt the Interior Design Show in Toronto next weekend, she plans to speak about how industrial design can influence and shape architecture processes. View full entry

Want to know what matters? Especially what matters to Bob Somol... see the new director of UIC in this recent YouTube set of clips from Otis College. Also, there is a short bite of Somol from last years projective landscape conference on Google Video. View full entry

Peter Cook and Thom Mayne will join Dean Qingyun Ma tonight at USC for a panel discussion on the state of architectural education... Seeley G. Mudd Auditorium SGM 123 East of Watt Hall, USC School of Architecture along Bloom Walk 02 19 2008 6PM USC School of Architecture University of Southern... View full entry

Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky, whose project for a new National Library building in Prague prompted a stormy debate last year, might become an external architecture adviser to the city of Brno, under a preliminary agreement he struck with Brno's Mayor on Monday. Prague Daily Monitor |... View full entry

A conversation with architects Qingyun Ma and Thom Mayne - Sunday February 17th, 2008 at 9pm on 89.3 KPCC FM, Zócalo Radio Mayne says, people believe that L.A.’s residents are comfortable living in a “fake old new world,” rather than “exploring what it means to be... View full entry

Architecture is being feminised. Amanda Levete of Future Systems discusses soft swoops, flowing loops, and why hard-edged modernism is so over - TimesOnline View full entry

Icon examines the work of this Russian whose work to date consists mainly of installations, pavilions and other emphemeral architecture. Would it be wrong to say his work is very Russian? He is rooted in a sense of history and bemoans the loss of the old Russia, especially it's urban fabric, due... View full entry

Frontline explores how not knowing how people live caused the failure of a model green village by William McDonough and the Chinese Govt. Frontline View full entry

Many complain about the rash of museums trying for the "Bilbao Effect" when they decide to renovate or expand. In this article James Russell of Bloomberg News encourages boards to stop selecting Renzo Piano. His buildings are graceful and showcase the art. However, if you add up all his projects... View full entry