Seems like Foster's protégé beat him to the Stirling Prize. David Chipperfield takes the 2007 award View full entry
At 50 paces, an off-the-rack knockoff and an expensive, bespoke garment look the same. The differences become apparent up close, as you examine the stitching and rub the fabric between your fingers. Architect Garth Norbraten's Leslieville house is like that, although even at 50 paces you can tell... View full entry
Daniel Libeskind's new Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum seems to require a special environment to be designed for both the interior and exterior...G&M View full entry
David Chipperfield Architects redevelopment project in Pisa, a site which overlooks the famous Leaning Tower complex has met with resistance of local conservationists. Times View full entry
“The idea for building one of the world's tallest towers in the middle of downtown is still alive, after city commissioners decided to negotiate with that development group and two others on Tuesday…Except that the idea has gone from lofty to loftiest - it's now proposed to be the... View full entry
...to stay home Wednesday evening, October 3, 2007, and tune in to the DISCOVERY CHANNEL for "Build it Bigger." At 8 pm ET/PT, in an episode titled "Mountain of Steel," host Danny Forster will take you through the current construction of our torqued and curving designs for the six-building City... View full entry
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The Smithsonian Institution, a collection of 19 museums, is in need of $2.5 billion in renovations and repairs according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). CBC View full entry
If it could hold a Zepplin, it can hold a city market. Most of the world's Zeppelin hangars have disappeared since the deadly explosion of the Hindenburg abruptly ended the airship era in 1937. But five of them, originally built for German war dirigibles, have long been a point of local pride in... View full entry
In preparation for their upcoming theme issue, "Preservation of Modernist Buildings," AIArchitect has launched an open call for submissions. related feature View full entry
This isn't a police investigation. It's a marketing strategy. While the project's developer finishes up the paperwork needed to legally sell units, ads encourage prospective buyers to visit the Spire's website and "Register Interest." Repeat | previously View full entry
They were just selected for the Cincinnati Art Museum expansion. Press Release View full entry
English Partnerships and Horden Cherry Lee architects argue that to re-do each apartment to 'Decent Home Standard' would cost £70000 per unit, and to move the affordable housing away and turn the apartments into "something where architects would want to live" would cost way beyond... View full entry
Here are some links to the other 9 entries for the Camp Nou renovation. I still think Herzog de Meuron's is the most exiting of all. If you want to see the models and drawings (and you happen to be in BCN) don't forget to stop by the Colegi de Arquitectes to see these beauties first hand. Some... View full entry
“Thanks to the nearly flat-lined downtown real estate market, what was supposed to be a luxury condominium tower is morphing into a landmark low-income apartment project.” Sign on San Diego View full entry