In a special feature on the architecture of the Beijing Olympics, Jonathan Glancey sneaks a look inside its signature building - the looping, swooping, stunning stadium. Guardian View full entry
The 600-year-old southern gate to what was once the walled city of Seoul, a landmark that survived foreign invasions and wars to be designated South Korea’s top national treasure, burned down Monday. NYT View full entry
Yesterday Jean Nouvel was in LA giving a press conference about his new eco-tower planned for Century City. Today the LA Times' Christopher Hawthorne discusses, and responds to yesterday's LAT's piece New heights of luxury in Century City. "From the boulevard, it will look like a vertical... View full entry
Paul Rudolph's 1963 Art and Architecture Building gets the works from his former students, who will restore the building to its former glory while adding a softer addition to its brutalist mass. YDN | CHE | previous View full entry
Wondered how much a well known mvrdv house would cost to buy?well one is on sale now View full entry
I just noticed that the relaunched Klein Dythan Architecture website includes google maps pointing to the location of most of their projects. Visit > View full entry
The National Swimming Centre for the Beijing Olympics 2008 was opened to the public on Monday 28th January.archidose The Olympic organizing committee held the first test competition, the “good luck Beijing 2008 China Swimming Open” between 1st-4th February. The building, designed by a... View full entry
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
