The sources say the agency's new vision for the site calls for scrapping one tower that would have been taller than the Empire State Building and nixing two others that would have dwarfed the nearby Woolworth Building. Gothomist View full entry
What do you do when a hulking, 107-unit "luxury" condo project stalls out midway through construction in your quiet Brooklyn neighborhood? If you're the community group Stable Brooklyn, you lead the charge to transform it into affordable housing, while in the process creating what could become... View full entry
One of Istanbul's newest mosques, a first ever designed by a woman, Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu, opens. Pictures via Radikal View full entry
Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson, coauthors of The Scavengers' Manifesto, recently took a tour of Berkeley's David Brower Center and documented the trip on their blog. A whopping 53 percent of its construction involves recycled materials, which makes this complex of offices, conference rooms... View full entry
The Rohm and Haas Co. headquarters in Center City Philadelphia, designed by Pietro Belluschi, is being sold by owner Dow Chemical Co. Read View full entry
This recycled building by 2012 Architecthen and Jeanneworks tosses the "everything but the kitchen sink" cliché out the window. Rising up like a culinary castle over the cities of Utrecht, Vlaardingen, and Amsterdam, the Sustainable Sky Box is composed entirely of reclaimed kitchen sinks... View full entry
The proposal of MVRDV on HD video. View full entry
The reaction to the announcement that the team of Freelon Adjaye Bond SmithGroup has been selected to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture should be a round of applause. NYT | Slideshow | prev. View full entry
This week we ShowCase a commercial project by the previously UpStarted Dutch firm Sputnik. The Westland project is a great example of a modern, clean, and functional commercial building constructed under the pressure of very tight budget constraints. Go View full entry
Britain's largest example of brutalist architecture is undergoing a multimillion-pound 'regeneration', and is in danger of losing what makes it special. Guardian View full entry
Battle lines have been drawn over the future of London’s Commonwealth Institute after plans for a radical redevelopment of the grade II* listed building were submitted by Rem Koolhaas and fellow Dutch architect West 8. BD View full entry
Wimbledon's Centre Court recently received a new retractable roof that stands to eliminate rain delays, ensure greater security for the grass courts, and provide more comfortable viewing for fans. The new roof is constructed out of translucent fully recyclable architectural fabric, which... View full entry
The WSJ's Evan Ramstad visits the Prada Transformer structure in Seoul. Part 1 / 2 View full entry
The city of St. Louis is trying to decide what will become of many of its historic school buildings and the neighborhoods that they anchor. npr View full entry
This unusual restaurant started life as an ad campaign for Yellow, a New Zealand company similar to the Yellow Pages. The idea was to build a restaurant in a tree using only resources listed in the company's directories. via LA Times | SpaceInvading View full entry