Justin Davidson explores the twin pleasures of the High Line: a petite new park, and a district of lively architecture. Justin Davidson explores the twin pleasures of the High Line: a petite new park, and a district of lively architecture. NYMagazine View full entry
Rockwellgroup LAB creates “Digital Confetti” an interactive event installation with a weather balloon, projection, and maracas to transform the mid-century modern interior of the Four Seasons Pool Room. Rockwellgroup LAB creates “Digital Confetti” an interactive event... View full entry
Well, I'm surprised. When I asked you to vote online for the best British-designed building of the past 175 years, I imagined you might go for something ultra-modern and popular like the Gherkin or the Eden Project in Cornwall. Or - given that traditionalism is getting a lot of press right now... View full entry
An architect's portfolio has purportedly revealed a very different design Apple's second retail store for China's capital city -- one that would embrace ancient traditions while thriving on the Mac maker's signature glass and metal. AppleInsider An architect's portfolio has purportedly revealed a... View full entry
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada just announced the recipients of the 2009 RAIC Awards of Excellence. Bustler View full entry
In his winding informative review, architecture critic of L.A. Times semi diplomatically trashes Central Los Angeles Area High School #9, designed by Coop Himmelblau, imagines another school designed by his local friends, etc... Nice slides of a very photogenic campus. latimes + a previous and... View full entry
RMJM has just reached the halfway mark on construction of the Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi, becoming "the most leaning building on Earth". Take the jump for images and press release... WORLD’S MOST LEANING TOWER REACHES HALFWAY POINT (NEW YORK) — As the world’s eyes follow... View full entry
Chesapeake Energy is backing construction of a $5 million finish line tower as part of a push to turn the Oklahoma River into one of the country’s top rowing venues. Design by Rand Elliott. Check out the animation @ NewsOK View full entry
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards. Take a look at some of the winning projects on Bustler View full entry
The winners of this year’s RIBA awards are a bold mix of home comforts and edgy architecture. TimesOnline View full entry
If Steven Holl’s translucent 2007 addition to Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art didn’t give him Gehry status among architourists, then his four projects this year certainly will. NYT Travel Summer 2009 View full entry
The glass-panel-blanketed Asymptote-designed Yas Hotel / Formula 1 raceway circuit in Abu Dhabi is nearing completion. Check Bustler for details and photos. View full entry
Architect Richard Meier fullfills a lifetime dream by designing a condo tower in Tel Aviv, Israel. "It's a work of art, it's a work of architecture, it shows architecture as art and architecture is art about making space... We can appreciate all the colors around us because of the whiteness of... View full entry
Berlin-based J. MAYER H. Architects just finished a stylish center for dentistry in Hamburg. Mostly pain-free photos and description after the break. Description from JMH:The center for dentistry is situated in a medical center in Hamburg St. Georg, close to Hamburg's lively downtown. Free... View full entry
The new $294 million Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, which opens on Saturday, is the closest Mr. Piano has come in at least a decade to achieving this near-classical ideal. NYT View full entry