Paul Goldberger takes you on a tour of the not-quite-finished Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts by DS+R. View full entry
Architect Piers Taylor had a vision: to transform a poky woodland house into a home for his growing family. So he gave up the day job and rolled up his sleeves. Guardian View full entry
"AN has learned from a source that the shortlist for an invited competition to design [Eli Broad's Beverly Hills] museum includes Thom Mayne, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Rafael Viñoly, and Christian de Portzamparc. The architects will present schemes in mid-February." The Architect's... View full entry
At least £2m in donations are required to save the London home of a Kenyan poet which features intricate wooden carvings. Khadambi Asalache had studied architecture in Nairobi before emigrating to London in 1960. BBC View full entry
It’s usually considered an insult to say that an architect designs pretty packages, let alone that he borrows ideas from a dead genius. But Jean Nouvel should be forgiven for resurrecting old ghosts. Nicolai Ouroussoff NYT View full entry
Three of the four lectures of this series are online. Paul Monaghan, AHMM, presents Westminster Academy Reinier de Graaf, OMA, presents City in the Desert Kjetil Thorsen and Tarald Lundevall, Snøhetta, present Oslo Opera House William Baker, SOM, presents Burj Dubai Well recommended. View full entry
Sitting on one the oldest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, right in the middle of the city. A small workshop for a textile designer. Arqa > in Spanish. View full entry
Herzog & de Meuron is working with the developer behind the Shard, Sellar Property Group, on credit crunch-defying designs for the tallest residential development in the country. BD | Why Towers Must Aim High View full entry
Named after the wind that rolls in over the Bardenas desert, the hotel is a cluster of eight pale boxes around a main hall. Architects: Monica Rivera & Emiliano Lopez - Hotel Photo Gallery - press Wallpaper.com > View full entry
Fortunately for us, the new city park is located directly across the street from Archinect's HQ on Spring St in Downtown LA. The 36,518 sf lot, previously intended for the now-shelved condo/hotel project by Johnson Fain, was purchased by the city for $5,600,000, or $157 a foot. Sounds like a good... View full entry
As part of its digital archive series, Revisiting Postmodernism, the Architectural League has just posted a podcast of the 1982 lecture in which Michael Graves presented the Portland Building for the first time, just after its completion. Archleague View full entry
This beautiful, 1-bedroom lake cabin, designed by MOS, rests on a platform of steel pontoons that allows the house to ride with the fluctuations of the lake. The house itself is a handsome structure with simple and clean lines, but it is the location and surroundings that really make it such a... View full entry
A domineering monster of a fortress has opened in Baghdad - how could the US get its new embassy so wrong, asks Jonathan Glancey. View full entry
The transformation of St Martin's in the Fields is one of central London's most impressive developments in decades. Telegraph View full entry
When it is gone, one of the world’s most extreme national makeovers will be complete. NYT View full entry