The Bodleian Library has recently been awarded a grant of over £500,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to ensure the preservation and accessibility of digital personal papers – the contemporary versions of manuscripts created by politicians, writers, scientists and intellectuals... View full entry

P.S. 1, in Long Island City, Queens, has been hosting its weekly summer dance-party series, Warm Up Saturdays, for 10 years. This year, instead of the usual urban beach-themed décor, the courtyard has been transformed into an urban farm: 260 cardboard cylinders, from waist-height to... View full entry

Paul Goldberger's review of the overhall at 2 Columbus Circle."Ultimately, Cloepfil has been trapped between paying homage to a legendary building and making something of his own. As a result... the building’s proportions and composition seem just as odd and awkward as they ever did." View full entry

Northumberland's glorious new timber observatory fits beautifully into its forest surroundings. Jonathan Glancey took along his telescope. View full entry

With his design for the Serpentine Pavilion, Frank Gehry goes for broke. NYT View full entry

The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Palmer House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, acclaimed by historians as one of the architect’s best residential projects, has been put up for sale by the family of the original owners. The asking price is $1.5 million. ArchRecord View full entry

Plans for the City of London are looking like a salad, perhaps that is the subliminal inspiration for the nicknames attached to its buildings. We have the gherkin, the cheese grater and now the can of ham. Building >> View full entry

Some new images of a hotel, conference and exhibition complex by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Dezeen | Previous View full entry

The Museum of the City of New York is cutting the ribbon on Wednesday on the first completed phase of a building project intended to give the institution, on Fifth Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets, more space and greater visibility. “We’ve always been the poor sister to the city... View full entry

Today for the first time in public, London-based architect Zaha Hadid defended her design for Aquatics Centre for the London Olympics 2012 against accusations of spiralling costs, blaming the rising cost of materials. Building | Previously, Previously & Previously View full entry

This summer, red signs and green signs in the front lawns of Suffield, Conn., have revealed a town divided over plans to build a new library in place of a modern one built in its historic district in 1972...The signs are gone now. The people have spoken. In a July 22 referendum, residents voted... View full entry

Verizon's old waterfront switching station will be shedding it's limestone shell in favor of a high-performance glass skin. Limestone will be "quarried" from the building's exterior for uses elsewhere in the renovation project. Architect's Newspaper View full entry

What does the next collaboration between Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada look like? The world is about to find out. ArtInfo View full entry

Rem Koolhaas cuts a striking figure as he strides out in search of inspiration. Roaming the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow's west end, the renowned Dutch architect, dressed in black Prada, is checking out the three sites he's been offered on which to build his first-ever Maggie's... View full entry

L.E.D.’s have replaced standard bulbs in many traffic lights. The lights are also being used as a design element, such as at The Marcus Center in Milwaukee, above. NYT View full entry