I had worried. It's only natural. The lure of dereliction, its especial beauty, is its very isolation and tragic transience. By this token, the idea of turning the secret world of Manhattan's High Line into a linear, permanent public park could surely not succeed. But now I have walked the first... View full entry

Now, here's a model of biblical proportions. A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod's temple - and it is still not finished.Telegraph View full entry

This gorgeous modern house by NRJA rises from the ruins of an old stone barn in Saka Latvia. Rather than tear down the stone ruins of the barn, the family wanted to use the exterior wall of the barn as a protective barrier surrounding their new home, both for privacy as well as protection from... View full entry

We've recently published a couple new ShowCase features. Last week we featured the Vader House by previously the UpStart'ed Melbourne-based Andrew Maynard. And today we bring you Maison NW, a highly imaginative live/work loft conversion, by architect-resident Nathalie Wolberg, near Paris, France. View full entry

NPR posts a pictorial timeline of the Lincoln Center NPR Elizabeth Diller talks to NPR's Morning Edition. NPR View full entry

Georgio Armani describes his new concept store on 5th Avenue as "Guggenheim 2". NYT View full entry

A temple has been built by monks in northeast Thailand who used over a million recycled beer bottles to make the walls and roof. Telegraph View full entry

After more than ten years the Mumuth Music Theatre is completed and will officially open on March 1. UNStudio has designed this blob-to-box-building in Graz (Austria). Google-translated from the Dutch site Architectenweb View full entry

Curbed rounds up 10 recent news-worthy incidents of starchitecture gone wild. Go View full entry

Plans are advancing for the Cade Museum--a proposed three-story, 55,000-square-foot building near downtown Gainesville dedicated to the late University of Florida professor Robert Cade, the inventor of Gatorade. G-ville Sun View full entry

Our photo journalist friend in Dallas, Super Bjorn, just sent more pictures from the job site. This time the variegated aluminum grill like extrusions partially installed. flickr | before | model pics View full entry

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects , a New York firm known for its careful attention to context, creative use of materials and innovative modernist work, has been chosen to design Princeton University's new Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. Read more @ Princeton.edu View full entry

The company is considering / trying to lease-back or sell the new headquarters outright. NYT View full entry

Photos by Fuzheado in Flickr. via dezain.net View full entry

Plans to demolish a home designed by Robert Venturi on the Jersey shore have been put on hold as the architect, along with his son Jim, struck a deal with the city to purchase the house and move it to Long Island. Read View full entry