There was a decidedly self-effacing attitude in the air when Gehry sat down with Kelvin Shawn Sealey, founder of the Film and Education Research Academy at Columbia University's Low Library to discuss "Architecture in the Public Imagination." Mark Wigley, dean of Columbia's Graduate School of... View full entry
Yes, he's still alive. At 97, Mr. Niemeyer is still angering critics as he attempts to finish, what is assumed to be, his final project in the Brazilian capital. Hey Oscar, it's been 45 years, don't you think it's about time to wrap it up? From Bloomberg View full entry
It appears that Japanese architect Hidetsugu Aneha, falsified strength analysis documents on twenty-one of his recent, large scale, projects. At least two of them are liable to collapse in a strong (level 5+) earthquake. To quote the architect, “I had many complicated jobs. I wanted to make... View full entry
Informative interview with Oliver Thill of Kempe Thill, recent recipient of the Dutch Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2005 is at ArchiNed. View full entry
Andrey Slivka, chief at Kyiv Post, sends a love letter to Frank Gehry, and banishes local architects. Frank, if you are listening, he even has a few suggestions - some tycoon's house in Koncha Zaspa, or a Crimean beach house, or a town house up near Zoloty Vorota would be appropriate for now. |... View full entry
Five Architects, an exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, documents the breaking up of the old-boys' club and raises questions of power, perspective and gender. Read it here View full entry
German architect Hervé Biele's first built project takes advantage of the country's housing surplus in old plattenbauen, or "slab houses", by breaking down the towers into smaller units, and recycling the prefabricated concrete panels into rehumanized modular housing. This approach to... View full entry
They've been getting solid press for a few years now. That's why it was no surprise to see the award winning Hill House project by Los Angeles firm Johnston Marklee in this months ICON magazine. It's nice when they recognize something west of New York and east of Tokyo . View full entry
A New Braunfels architect was killed yesterday in a crash of an experimental aircraft (rotorhead) he designed himself. Authorities say Ken Rehler died when the aircraft flipped over as he tried to land at New Braunfels Municipal Airport. Airport Manager Andy Spinks says Rehler flew the autogyro... View full entry
Giles Worsley on the complicated transition of Zaha Hadid from "unbuildable" architect to ubiquitous global presence. New Statesman View full entry
An exhibition at Evanston's Block Museum brings the work and career of Marion Mahony, the first woman to be licensed as an architect, out of the shadow of her collaborators Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin. Read it here: View full entry
How do you build the ideal bunker on a rocky snow-capped mountain top in Whistler for a famed pro-snow boarder always seeking that next unreachable pinnacle? You hire Studio (n-1). Check 'em in the NYT. View full entry
"With celebrity clients, a collaboration with Chris Ofili and a run-in with Janet Street-Porter, no wonder David Adjaye has such a high profile, and so many critics, says Deyan Sudjic. So what will they say about his latest project - a public library?" - Observer | plus some news on the Nobel... View full entry
How Shigeru Ban scored the best rental in Paris and other material properties. Guardian View full entry
Former RIBA president David Rock commented that architects were probably unaware of their animal magnetism: “Architects were probably the only group on the list whose self-image is lower than their public image”. Comment for yourself, Mr. Rock. Frm Archidose: (Male) Architects... View full entry
