It is said that modern architecture died July 15, 1972, at 3:32 p.m. - the precise moment demolition experts set off a series of dynamite charges inside the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects in St. Louis. The Morning News View full entry
Now that closings are in full-swing at Ian Schrager's recently revealed 40 Bond, the sad truth has become all too clear: Some buyers are just looking to profit off of 40 Bond, instead of making the trippy acid palace their superultraluxufabulous dream home! Curbed | related View full entry
A Chicago museum calls on old-style political muscle to win its gambit to insert a new 100,000 square foot building on the city lakefront that A. Montgomery Ward fought a twelve-year battle to save a century ago. Read all about it and see the pictures here. View full entry
In the Sunday Times Travel section - Sipping From a Utopian Well in the Desert View full entry
Currently at 150 storeys the $900 million Burj Dubai, tower is now the world's tallest free-standing structure, surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto. Approximately 5,000 consultants and construction workers are employed on site. Gulf News | Katodrytis View full entry
In this short animation by Cristóbal Vila, you see how the house was built, showing its internal structure and offering points of view not so well known that really helps to understand the volume of the house. View full entry
On Monday Quaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gadafy unveiled a new "plan" for sustainable tourism and development zone on Libya's coast. Near the site of one of the best examples of Roman architecture and urban planning.... Who is the lead designer? Foster and Partners who else....Guardian | BBC View full entry
From the Guardian, Photoset of Foster's new terminal... View full entry
PBS stations will be airing a documentary about the Farnsworth House tonight called "Saved from the Wrecking Ball". Check your local listings. View full entry
Gearing up for the AIA's Homes Tours here in San Francisco this coming weekend (part of Architecture and the City Month), Zahid Sardar gives us a little taste by glimpsing inside this little gem designed by Stanley Saitowitz at Natoma Architects. Read (w/ Photos). View full entry
“The plan's critics say it also encapsulates many of the shortcomings of Putin's Russia: state corporations which wield almost unchallenged power and a bureaucratic machine that serves the Kremlin, but often seems deaf to public opinion.” Reuters | Previously: 1 | 2 | 3 View full entry
An "American Idol"-inspired contest lets people pick a favorite Chicago-area landmark from a list of contenders vying for $1 million in rehab funds. Article | Photos of contenders View full entry
From deeply somber to brightly kinetic, a picture emerged today for the first time of what pedestrians can expect to see five years from now along the Greenwich Street side of the World Trade Center memorial. NYT View full entry
The design chosen is a low-lying, striking bit of construction that uses natural earth as a berm, and relies on passive energy for heating and cooling, with photovoltaic panels for electricity and water recycling capabilities. — Space.com
Virgin Galactic's New Mexico spaceport by Foster & Partners. View full entry
Read Nicolai Ouroussoff's quasi-critique of Bernard Tschumi's Blue Tower in the LES, then share your own. NYT | Discuss | WorldArchNews View full entry
