Daniel Libeskind's experiences and entry into the 'new' world of celebrity status architects. CBC View full entry
Rising star Kengo Kuma is profiled on Yomiuri as a humble architect interested in the possibility of quiet and disappearing spaces. | yomiuri View full entry
The Guardian's Andrew Saint writes a scorching, venomus obit to Philip Johnson. || related || viaPhilip Johnson Flamboyant postmodern architect whose career was marred by a flirtation with nazism Andrew Saint Saturday January 29, 2005 The Guardian Philip Johnson, who has died aged 98, was for... View full entry
Wright visited Iraq in 1956 when he was commissioned by King Faisal II to build an opera house and other structures in downtown Baghdad, the plans, never constructed were largely completed though. NY sun >> for registration bugmenot. more Wright: gorgeous photos of Falling Water via... View full entry
No tip-toeing around there: The Architect Who Flirted With Fascism View full entry
A transcript of PBS' Jeffrey Brown in conversation with architecture critic Paul Goldberger about the life and death of Philip Johnson. Read View full entry
Moshe Safdie will design a new 100 million dollar think tank facility for the U.S. Institute of Peace, which has advocated for nonmilitary approaches to Iraq and filed a lengthy report prior foreshadowing many of the issue plaguing planners today. | Washington Post Think Tank Is Moving Up In the... View full entry
Says Businessweek: "Celebs and business luminaries discuss social change at the World Economic Forum, which has a key theme of reaching poor consumers." Their heart is in the right place, trust me. One curious item: a seminar titled The Case of the Killer Cubicle, about office design, work... View full entry
Tadao Ando writes this article lamenting his return to Kobe's Nagata district after the big earthquake, only to find redevelopment there has severed all community ties. (asahi) View full entry
Chris Hume interviews Toronto's new poster boy, Daniel Libeskind. read | related: the Prophet of a New Toronto View full entry
Frank Gehry will be signing copies of his new book 'Gehry Draws' from 5-7p this Monday, Jan 24th at Hennessey + Ingalls in Santa Monica. View full entry
I.M. Pei, modernism's elder statesman looks back over 50 years with Robert Ivy. Record View full entry
Libeskind gets another deal in Toronto, transforming the 45-year-old arts complex – the troubled Hummingbird Centre - into a multi-use facility. (Toronto Star ) --- ROM's maestro tackles city arts centre MARTIN KNELMAN Daniel Libeskind has agreed to reinvent... View full entry
Snøhetta's Kjetil Thorsen is interviewed by Sarah Haun about winning the WTC Museum Complex commission and their collaborative process. l metropolis l previous l View full entry
Wired nominates candidates to 6th Annual Rave Awards. You will be sooo surprised to find Rem Koolhaas among them. Yawn. | www.raveawards.com View full entry