The Chicago Tribune highlights the Chicagoans of the Year—¢Blair Kamin gives the nod to Jeanne Gang/Studio Gang for architecture. View full entry

Icon interviews Austrian architect Hans Hollein. View full entry

John Gallagher, columnist for the Detroit Free Press, runs down his city's architectural highlights of 2004. Read View full entry

Sanaa: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa never create the same building twice. Newsweek saves a small corner of print space to applaud Sanaa. View full entry

Sorry if this article was posted before, we can't keep track anymore of the sweeping odes to Lord Foster. This time: the Herald | prev View full entry

Grimshaw has had a tough first week on the job at the RA. Sudjic follows up. | observer | prev View full entry

It's certainly true that Piano's work does little to threaten the status quo, at least as developers and planning officials see it. But at their best, Piano's designs are like persuasive essays that have gone through a dozen clarifying drafts. Christopher Hawthorne lauds the work of Renzo Piano... View full entry

Yet another British article about "the fabulous life of Norman Foster." OK...he has had a great year (the Stirling Prize, the bridge, the Hong Kong airport broke ground, Gateshead, etc.) but this: Foster is a singularity, a quark of creativity. He has become a self-perfected Achilles, a god... View full entry

William McDonough has a devil-may-care attitude about presidential elections. Forbes View full entry

Will Alsop, architect of Birmingham New Street Station, has been taken off the project, although the design will not be changed. (news link) The rail company lost confidence after Alsop's firm went into restructuring. View full entry

UM and Kent Kleinman produced an online archive of William A. Muschenheim works. View full entry

Cleveland architect Robert P. Madison ought to feel truly successful by now. At 81, he's regarded widely as one of the most distinguished black architects in the United States. A great-grandson of slaves, Madison worked with I.M. Pei to design the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and played... View full entry

Architect and structural engineer J. Edward Martin, whose firm oversaw the construction of nearly half of Downtown LA's office towers, including the city's first high-rise, died Nov. 22 of natural causes. He was 88. Read As managing partner of AC Martin Partners, Martin was the second generation... View full entry

Israeli architect Ilan Pivko offers `off-the-shelf' villas. From Haaretz View full entry

AIA Gold Medalist Frank Gehry, FAIA, is making a special guest appearance on the PBS KIDS series show Arthur, as the series attempts to get kids interested in architecture. In the episode titled "Castles in the Sky," premiering Monday, December 27 on PBS and encoring throughout the season (check... View full entry