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
Images of the House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark. Coop Himmelb(l)au presented their design this Friday. View full entry
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the building of Trinity Hall’s Jerwood Library, the College is hosting an exhibition looking back on the building project. Univ. of Cambridge View full entry
Nicolai adds his critique of the Museum of Arts and Design to the mix, pointing out shortcomings in the project's detailing and calling the execution of the facade's zipper-like glass incision mild and timid. NYT | Interactive Feature | yesterday 1 | 2 | Art ReviewMuseum of Arts and Design This... View full entry
Christopher Hawthorne spells out some of the issues with the soon-to-open Museum of Arts and Design. | ArchRecord profiles Brad Cloepfil, principal of Allied Works, the firm responsible for the, ahem, renovation project. | Finally, check out progressive reactionary's thoughts on the matter, from... View full entry
The reclad, reconfigured, and reconceived 2 Columbus Circle, formerly the Huntington Hartford Museum and now the Museum of Arts and Design, fully bears out the suspicions of its many detractors. NYSun | prev. | inaugural exhibitHélène Binet View full entry
If you want reaffirmation that human history is an upward spiral rather than a descent into darkness, head to the new California Academy of Sciences, in Golden Gate Park, which opens on Saturday. NYT View full entry
A passageway through a nondescript block of flats leads Jonathan Glancey to the artist Anish Kapoor's new (Tony Fretton designed) home: a quiet oasis filled with sculpture, light and green spaces. Guardian View full entry
The first images of Foreign Office Architects’ competition-winning designs for Birmingham’s New Street Station have been unveiled. BD View full entry
