Interesting Critique of the New Zealand Pavillion. As published in NZ's most influential business magazine. Interesting Critique of the New Zealand Pavillion. As published in NZ's most influential business magazine. Idealog.co.nzA reliance on indigenous performers and clichéd images of... View full entry

Waiting for NY Times review to come out (will there be one?? As a critic, Nicholas has been awfully quiet on this one...) but in the meantime, chew on this... Waiting for NY Times review to come out (will there be one?? As a critic, Nicholas has been awfully quiet on this one...) but in the... View full entry

A fascinating little architectural dogfight is shaping up over the future of Chicago's "doggy in the window" building, architect Stanley Tigerman's Anti-Cruelty Society A fascinating little architectural dogfight is shaping up over the future of Chicago's "doggy in the window" building, architect... View full entry

Prague-based architecture firm, Chalupa Architekti, recently won a design competition for the new Czech Embassy in DC. (Previously featured on Bustler). The design for the new embassy is deeply rooted in the surrounding environment, is flooded with natural light and will feature a green roof... View full entry

A new installation by Doug and Mike Starn is being installed on the roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A new installation by Doug and Mike Starn is being installed on the roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read complete article in NYT. View full entry

This weekend the world's first double helix bridge will open, closing the loop on a 3.5 kilometer pedestrian path around the Marina Bay development in Singapore. Inspired by the helicoidal structure of DNA, the pedestrian bridge stretches 280 meters over the bay and includes a computer-controlled... View full entry

Looking at new firms... John King reports on some names that have surfaced for an RFQ. Looking at new firms... John King reports on some names that have surfaced for an RFQ. Looks like the old printing plant (actually, the very building where the UN Charter was printed) will be adaptively reused... View full entry

Danish architecture firm BIG, along with Fugère Architectes, proposed a sloping green roofed design for the expansion of the the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Unfortunately the stunning design was beat out by The Netherlands-based OMA. Danish architecture firm BIG... View full entry

Despite a non competitive entry in design competition NZ's largest practice, Jasmax, receives a handout from the government for Queens Wharf peculiarity. Despite a non competitive entry in design competition NZ's largest practice, Jasmax, receives a handout from the government for Queens Wharf... View full entry

In recent years, architects have been playing a prominent role at the Coachella music festival, with Ball Nogues building impressive pavilions the past two years. This year, a 150-foot crane made from futuristic materials and designed by LA architects Behn Samareh and Ando Pndlian has landed on... View full entry

rt @urbanophile Interesting article on the Daniel Burnham designed Pennsylvania RR depot in Richmond, IN - http://is.gd/bqbKh Roger Richert bought the dilapidated Depot believing it again could be a showplace + video and slideshows link via @urbanophile View full entry

Construction has just finished on the REX-designed Vakko Fashion Center & Power Media Center in Istanbul, Turkey. This project is particularly interesting in it's creative reuse of existing structure and plans from unrealized projects in both Turkey and the USA. REX utilized the remaining... View full entry

We've just received a report from Berlin that the fight against the planned changes to John Hejduk's Kreuzberg housing block is starting to affect the developer's plans...The building’s managers, BerlinHaus GmbH, have replaced images of the purple and white proposals with a written statement... View full entry

Filmmaker Kevin Pruitt has shared with us a short piece he created in his effort to sell his own home in Austin, Texas. The video does a nice job of capturing the architectural details and feel of this mid-century modern house. Filmmaker Kevin Pruitt has shared with us a short piece he created in... View full entry

"For decades Don Justo has been toiling on a field outside Madrid to build a cathedral with buckets, bricks and his bare hands." "For decades Don Justo has been toiling on a field outside Madrid to build a cathedral with buckets, bricks and his bare hands." TimesOnline View full entry