Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf of OMA are set to restore London’s iconic Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington, having beaten competition from architects including Rafael Viñoly, Eric Parry and Caruso St John. BD View full entry
While Neutra's Palm Springs Kaufman house is expected to fetch up to $25 million, the architect's own personal residence in Silver Lake is falling apart. Archinect's Orhan Ayyüce takes us along for a brief tour of the house, and shares his concern for the well being of this important piece of... View full entry
The NYT T-Design 2008 Style Magazine explores the house designed for artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, in Chiang Mai. The result of a collaboration between him, his wife, a local architect and two architect friends of the couple, the house was built using local craftsmen out of primarily concrete... View full entry
Developer Edward J. Minskoff Equities has made a deal with Cooper Union to purchase 51 Astor place and raze the engineering building there for a new 13-storey mixed-use tower designed by Fumihiko Maki. WAN | via Curbed | development study: 51 Astor Place Maki's proposal: earlier development... View full entry
Right now, Renwick Street has to be the most depressing street in Manhattan. Already boxed in by the West Side Highway and Holland Tunnel traffic, this one-block connector between Canal and Spring in Hudson Square sees only the occasional cab and fire truck, and the rest of the time is blocked by... View full entry
Today the Tampa Bay Rays submitted some more details on their plans for a new ballpark on the downtown waterfront. The "Detailed Design Submittal" (PDF) and "Transportation and Parking Submittal" (PDF) are available, as well as some other information, from the City of St. Petersburg. Parking has... View full entry
From the moment that passengers first arrive at JetBlue Airways’ $750 million terminal at Kennedy International Airport in September, they will face an unmistakably post-9/11 world. NYT View full entry
The Philip Johnson Glass House is pleased to launch Glass House Openings, a film project commissioned on the occasion of the Glass House's 2007 Inaugural Gala Picnic. Directed by Rafael Esquer of Alfalfa Studio, these films capture the inspired reflections from guests who attended the opening of... View full entry
Until now, the prominent features of Roanoke's skyline have been neon: a Dr Pepper sign, a giant star atop Mill Mountain and an animated coffee pot that pours its contents into a cup. Not far away, "Jesus Saves" glows in red from a hilltop church. But there is a new addition under construction in... View full entry
Neutra's Palm Springs Kaufman house acts as the latest backdrop to J.Crew's ad campaigns. The house is expected to fetch up to $25m in May. IHT View full entry
Offering a sharp contrast to the Denver Art Museum's flamboyantly angled Hamilton Building, the Clyfford Still Museum's planned $33 million building will be a place of "reflection, refuge and intimacy," design architect Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture said today. Denver Post View full entry
It is one of the world's most glorious cities. But is St Petersburg about to be ruined by a skyscraper designed by a UK firm? Why build a new icon for the city, if it will ruin what makes the city special? The tower will also be the world's most sustainable building, RMJM claims, consuming half... View full entry
The New School has unveiled its new Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Fifth Avenue and 13th Street, a $14-million, 32,800-square-foot "urban quad," designed by Lyn Rice Architects, that includes a major gallery, an auditorium, a student lounge, two additional galleries and a street-front... View full entry
Curbed posts additional renderings of NMDA's space-age condo project, HL23. previously View full entry
Will Rafael Viñoly's new expansion for the Brooklyn Children’s Museum get a pop, Iconic name like the Gherkin et al? The NYT examines. The new museum — with its unorthodox silhouette and unconventional color — evokes some kind of exotic creature or physical experiment... View full entry
