The renovation of this renegade institution, which injected a lot of active energy into the world of architecture since 1982, is almost complete. It will re-open on Oct. 2 with the exhibition of winning and other entries of 'WHITE HOUSE REDUX' competition. The competition also documented in the... View full entry
At the 11th International Architecture Biennale of Venice the Office for Metropolitan Architecture exhibits urban regeneration proposals for the business district of La Défense in Paris and for the neglected fishing port of Saint’Elia in Cagliari, Italy. archurbanist View full entry
To be completed by OMA’s New York office, 23 East 22nd Street is located just off Madison Square Park in the Flatiron district. The building will include 18 residences within 24 residential floors. Amenities such as the Creative Artists Agency Screening Room, main lobby, pool and gym, are... View full entry
A trio of reviews of Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street condo project: NYSun. | Triple Mint | NYMag | prev.from Triple Mint: The long awaited design for 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron has been revealed. Above you can see the upper floors, where a... View full entry
On the threshold of its fourth decade, Herzog & de Meuron is poised to reinvent another great architectural prototype as construction begins in New York City on the first hi-rise tower of the firm’s career. 56 Leonard Street will be a 57-story residential condominium building at the... View full entry
Another unveiling in Venice, Italy. It is the time of Calatrava's bridge. Picshere. View full entry
"This project takes the detritus from the constant construction and destruction of Baltimore's built environment into the park to form new patterns and structures embedded in the ground like reverse archaeology" Some excellent work by Mr. 765. View full entry
According to a Curbed tipster, Lord Norman Foster is designing a gallery building for 257 Bowery, just North of SANAA's New Museum. Images and commentary @ Curbed View full entry
Images of OMA's first residential tower in Manhattan , as published by the dutch architecture website Architectenweb. UPDATE: Curbed as pooled together all the available renderings of this project. View full entry
It's easy to dismiss Manhattan's new Museum of Arts and Design as a white tombstone scribbled with zigzag slits: a willful graphic posing as architecture. A closer look reveals a work of subtlety and substance. Bloomberg | prev. | AW View full entry
_urb_ features a series of posts on Geomimicry: a a verbal description, history, and current projects. This is related to the recent MVRDV Tirana Rocks project and ensuing discussion here on Archinect. View full entry
HOK’s design for the 2012 Olympic stadium has passed a fresh hurdle after being granted second stage reserved matters planning permission last week. BD | prev. 1 | 2 View full entry
After much controversy, Cologne's city council has voted in favor of building Germany's largest mosque. The opposition of a local far-right group wasn't enough to stop plans that will change the city's historic skyline forever. Der Spiegel View full entry
The 50th anniversary of one of the earliest revolving homes, built in Belgium, is going largely unnoticed, even as energy conservation has become a big issue, half a century later. NYT View full entry
Greek pagans held a ceremony on the site of the Acropolis for the first time in 2,000 years to demonstrate against the New Acropolis Museum in Athens. cbc.ca | previously View full entry
