Steven Holl may be known for his innovative use of materials, but his award-winning designs have deliberately avoided a signature style. BusinessWeek | related | Architecture Spoken View full entry

Britain's first major retrospective of Alvar Aalto's work aims to bring his contributions to social architecture to light. NY Times View full entry

Richard Rogers, who just won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, talks about making cities livable, building on Ground Zero and his wife’s famous restaurant. Newsweek | see also Time magazine's article on Rogers and coverage by the Scotsman of his recent attack on British building design. View full entry

In a telephone interview from London, Mr. Rogers, 73, said he did not see the award as overdue. “It’s not when it comes, it’s the gift that matters,” he said. NYT | Newsday | Chicago Tribune | previously View full entry

In the heart of Tehran, near City Theater, a heritage building with about 100 years old age, is the host of Dr. Ali Akbar Saremi and his fellows (colleagues). Talking about architecture, especially Persian architecture, with two masters of art perhaps is a wish for every author in architecture... View full entry

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown take on Sin City architecture three decades later. Melissa Urcan interviews remaining authors of the classic book that never comes down from the charts.TENbyTEN View full entry

Daniel Libeskind is coming to Cincinnati on April 11 to discuss the city's ever-evolving skyline (the buildings, not the chili). His host? The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, oddly enough. Chamber event page View full entry

Take a 3 day Paul Rudolph road trip. NYTimes View full entry

Frank Gehry in New York. The architect’s first New York building suggests the casual confidence of an aging virtuoso. NY Times View full entry

"Michel Rojkind is not yet 40, and he’s only been designing buildings for a dozen years. (He was a rock ‘n’ roll drummer for a decade before — not your typical architecture career path). But he’s fast gaining an international reputation that places him in very heady... View full entry

Jim Schellinger, an architect, today became the second Democrat to to enter the race for governor of Indiana. indystar l related View full entry

Alvar Aalto was the kinder, gentler face of modernism - the man who put Finland on the architectural map, and made saunas his speciality. Fiona MacCarthy recalls a shared lunch of smoked reindeer and schnapps in his elegant Helsinki restaurant. Guardian | prev | and here View full entry

Forbes picks 10 tastemakers in the field. They claim to have gone off the beaten path, but I see no surprises. Forbes/Slideshow View full entry

The artist-architect from Berlin, mostly known by his Weather Project in the Tate Modern in London, last week gave a sold-out lecture in Rotterdam. For those who weren't there, Eikongraphia recalls his plee for a critical architecture that is way beyond the current practice of architecture. View full entry

For all you starchitect groupies out there that don't know what to do with your fat bonus checks, there's an interesting "classic" Winka Dubbeldam loft for sale. Call your real estate agent for a viewing! via Corcoran ***Architectonics website here View full entry