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

Dwell features William Massie's prefab American House 08.For the first time in his career, Massie found himself free of demanding clients. “They are not good coconspirators,” this obsessive experimenter confesses. And experiment he did. Sometimes his search for different materials... View full entry

Speaking of FLW...The historic Frank Lloyd Wright building—troubled by crumbling ceilings, leaky walls and the prospect of a repair bill of more than $1 million— (has) just won a $200,000 federal grant. View full entry

OMA explores ordinary architecture in scheme for London's Commonwealth Institute. Evening Standard | previously 1 2 3 View full entry

As if Dubai needed to further justify its status as an out-of-this-world tourist destination, the emirate has decided to step things up by constructing a universe-themed chain of islands. Situated inshore of the Wold Islands, the Universe will comprise 3,000 hectares of land and will take 15 to... View full entry

Nicolai Ouroussoff follows up his previous article on I. M. Pei's latest project with thoughts on the architect's career: I CAN’T seem to get the Museum of Islamic Art out of my mind. There’s nothing revolutionary about the building. But its clean, chiseled forms have a tranquillity... View full entry

Designed by Vianese firm Querkraft, Museum Liaunig in Southern Austria has an architecture that protrudes out on two sides over a steep-sided landscape. The cut through the hill marks a punctual intervention in nature. Archinnovations View full entry

Bernard Tschumi presented his New Acropolis Museum at the RIBA last week, and took Greece’s bid to win back the Elgin Marbles to the next level. BD | prev. 1 | 2 | 3 View full entry

OMA’s proposed luxury new build [sic] and refurbishment scheme for the iconic Commonwealth Institute in Kensington has been unveiled. BD | WAN View full entry

Can restoring Paul Rudolph's signature building rescue the architect's reputation as well? Slate View full entry