Yes, says Keith Bradley one of the Stirling-Prize-winning development’s architects; but Alan Cherry, of the scheme’s developer Countryside Properties, disagrees. BD | prev. View full entry

Saw-toothed glass dances in a conga line above leaping arcs of metal roof at the Peter B. Lewis Science Library at Princeton University. The signature hand of Frank Gehry is unmistakable. But where are the books? Bloomberg View full entry

LAtimes makes the case for replacing the intransigent LA Unified School Board for their complacency in razing the place where Bobby Kennedy was shot. So why do the powers that be in LA like destroying history so much? View full entry

The Stirling Prize winners talk to the The Architects' Journal | Jonathan Glancey (FT) and Edwin Heathcote (Guardian) both applaud the fact that for the first time in [the] 13-year history of the Stirling Prize, a housing scheme is recognized. | prev. View full entry

Buildings acquire personality not only through their architecture, but through the events that they witness. In the case of Eero Saarinen's American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, the two are inextricably intertwined. From the anti-Vietnam-War protests of the 1960s, through the... View full entry

Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus said a majority of the construction documents are complete and he remains committed to the project and he talks with Museum Plaza's developers about once a week. courier-journal | 7 months ago View full entry

Accordia in Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington has won the 2008 Stirling Prize. BD View full entry

The Westside shopping center in Brünnen, a part of the city of Berne (the capital of Switzerland) , opened it's gates this weekend. The project was started 2000, when Daniel Libeskind won an international competition to design the shopping center. Construction did not start until 2006. The... View full entry

This week, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Santiago Calatrava released renderings of the scaled back World Trade Center Transportation Hub. A/N Blog | NYT CityRoom View full entry

The US Overseas Building Operation is to launch an international competition to design the new premises for the US Embassy in London in the Nine Elms regeneration area in Battersea, South London. BD> View full entry

One of the world’s great architecture patrons has hired two distinguished architects—the Indian Modernist Charles Correa and Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki—to design a $200-million cultural and religious complex in Toronto. ArchRecord | Slideshow View full entry

The Farnsworth House, damaged by flood on September 14th, now has a blog to communicate the clean-up. They have also announced special tours of the damage to help finance the effort. View full entry

The Museum of Art and Design held its reception for architects and designers last Friday, and while the tchotke-lined galleries were packed with fancypants and fancy glasses, AN did not spot too many boldfaces–perhaps everyone was home warming up their popcorn for the debate. We did see... View full entry

Under fire from heritage advocates, a Halifax developer has asked council to give him three extra weeks to modify his controversial six-storey office building proposal. cbc.ca View full entry

Robert Cambell for The Boston Globe | Blair Kamin for The Chicago Tribune | Philip Kennicott for The Washington Post | And finally, Christopher Hawthorne annotates Ada Louise Huxtable's infamous 'lollipop' review (from 1964), for the Los Angeles Times | prev. View full entry