The “schematic design” phase is now complete, and the building’s basic position and shape have been established... The new building will double the amount of gallery space at the Museum, which was designed by Louis I. Kahn and is considered to be a milestone of museum... View full entry
The University of Baltimore has named Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, in partnership with Baltimore’s Ayers/Saint/Gross, Inc., as the winner of the international competition to design the new John and Frances Angelos Law Center at UB. Bustler View full entry
Manhattan's iconic High Line carved a route through the 20th century at a height of three storeys. Now it is to be reborn as a green space. Article | Gallery View full entry
Witold Rybczynski takes a look at Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences building. Slideshow Essay @ Slate | Part I | prev. View full entry
Canada.com has a review of Toronto's Frank Gehry-designed Art Gallery of Ontario, while Torontoist shares some peeks of the interiors. View full entry
Some unauthorized images of the Kunsthaus extension in Zurich by David Chipperfield Architects have "leaked" and were published today. See them here | previous postMore images and plans are expected to be published in December. View full entry
David Chipperfield has been announced as the winner of the international competition to design an extension to the Kunsthaus (art museum) of Zurich, Switzerland. 214 architecture offices from 22 countries were taking part in this competition. As usually in Zurich only the architect has been... View full entry
It takes a certain level of nerve to announce that you are going to reinvent everyone's received notion of what a theatre is. And when it's your first building in Britain, there's a lot riding on it. But nobody ever accused architect Rafael Viñoly of lacking cojones. Thus we find an... View full entry
Herzog & de Meuron's Tenerife Arts Space has been inaugurated in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The cultural complex combines an institute of contemporary art named after local artist Óscar Domínguez, a photography centre and a public library. Pics and Story @ BD View full entry
Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic reviews the new interior of the Los Angeles Elections Operations Center, and says it is "a piece of architecture that finds some surprising and effective grandeur in -- of all things -- the mechanics of storage." He says it is nice inside too. LA Times |... View full entry
The municipality of Rødovre, an independent municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark, announced today MVRDV and co-architect ADEPT winner of the design competition of the Rødovre Skyscraper. The 116 meter tall tower accommodates apartments, a hotel, retail and offices. A public park and... View full entry
Bert de Muynck | MovingCities writes about the second built project of Beijing's MAD-office to date, the Mongolian Private Meadow Club. For a 500,000-m2 site surrounded by extensive grassland in the Ulanbutong district of Inner Mongolia, 400 km north of Beijing, MAD designed eight holiday houses... View full entry
Lehrer Architects, headed up by Michael Lehrer, has designed the inside of a new Los Angeles County Register-Recorder/County Clerk Elections Operations in Santa Fe Springs. Curbed View full entry
NYC-based Aranda\Lasch has been commissioned to design this year's temporary structure at Design Miami. Take the jump for photos and press release... ↑ Click image to enlarge ↑ Click image to enlargeFor the first time, Design Miami/, the pre-eminent international fair for limited... View full entry
Scotland's national centre of design and architecture, The Lighthouse, could close within three months if it cannot raise enough funds to plug a projected shortfall of £300,000. TimesOnline View full entry