Voting for the City of the Future National Prize between Washington DC, San Francisco and Atlanta is up now at the History Channel online: link where Richard Meier is in the "experts corner" and the voting this year is in the form of a "sweeps" for a big screen tv... View full entry
A photoset of IwamotoScott's winning entry for the History Channel's competition, City of the Future, San Francisco 2108, can be found here on flickr: link View full entry
Richard Gomez managed to build his home so cheaply by acting as contractor, leaving out expensive details, and buying a tiny lot in a "transitional" neighborhood. The one area he didn't skimp was in architectural services by John Sofio of Built Inc.. LA Times View full entry
The OC Register interviews Brion Jeannette, a Newport Beach architect who was commissioned to design one of the countries most expensive houses. Read View full entry
Work has commenced on Dubai's Al Burj, destined to be the tallest building in the world with an undisclosed height and completion date. GoWealthy Meanwhile, the pace picks up at the Burj Dubai. View full entry
Santa Monica Place, one of the last commissions created by frank before he was a starchitect, has closed for a major remodeling. Soon to be re-opened as an open air 'life-style' center, most of the FOG touches seem to be slated for erasure. My favorite part is the chainlink supergraphic scrim... View full entry
Andre Balazs, who recently became the proud owner of this Maison Tropicale following its auction in New York last year, has loaned it for the upcoming exhibition at the Tate, in support of the Design Museum’s major Jean Prouvé exhibition, before he finds it a new home in a warmer... View full entry
Hermitage 2014: A Masterplan is an ambitious project that aims to redefine what it means to be an encyclopedic museum in the 21st century and whose efforts may result in a blueprint that could guide other world-class museums in their future restructuring needs. SPT l MuseumLab l reHermitage? View full entry
The Telegraph has created an online discussion considering the recent attack on new London highrise development by gothist-Prince Charles--who has stated the construction of more skyscrapers in London would "vandalize" the skyline. previous View full entry
Peter Slatin offers his take on developer Larry Silverstein's latest project -- a Four Seasons hotel and condo designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects on the same block as the Woolworth Building. The Slatin Report | previously View full entry
Larry Silverstein’s plans to transform downtown into New York’s next Class-A neighborhood have long been in the works. Yesterday morning he filled in yet another piece of the puzzle when he announced that Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has agreed to operate a hotel and condo... View full entry
Theological school in Newton builds a 'meeting house for the 21st century'. Boston Globe View full entry
Curbed LA reports on this Thursday's scheduled demolition of Frank Gehry's Santa Monica Place shopping mall, "that half-vacant, three-story, 570,000 square-foot indoor mall dangling off the ass of Third Street Promenade." View full entry
First published in Graz Architektur Magazin 03, Ästhetische Oppositionen etc. reprints Knut Birkholz critique on the representation of power in building and OMA's justifications for such project. PDF > View full entry
For every gem produced by the long-running building boom, there are even more clunkers. Chicago Tribune | Via Discussions Left Bank at K Station, 300 N. Canal St. Architect: DeStefano + Partners The name advertises Parisian grace. But this bland hulk doesn’t live up to the billing. (Tribune... View full entry