The New York Times Building isn't just a striking new home for the paper - it's the city's best skyscraper in 40 years. Jonathan Glancey, Guardian View full entry
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission decided yesterday that the Guggenheim should maintain the same light-gray paint shade it has had since 1992, when a major expansion of the museum by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects was completed, rather than the original light... View full entry
Mitchell Joachim of Terreform explains the 'Fab Tree Hab' concept of growing living tree houses by molding ficus around frames, in this newly published video from the Postopolis event this summer View full entry
Italian archaeologists have found the cave, known as Lupercale, where, according to legend, a wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome. yahoo View full entry
Steve Rose reviews Zumthors new Kolumba Art Musuem. His verdict.. "A magnificent art gallery with a ruined gothic church in the basement? Only one architect could have pulled it off." Via GuardianPreviously 1Previously 2 View full entry
Rebuilding Beijing: pure geometry versus the awkward squad Although Beijing is as big as you expect -a dauntingly gridlocked, teeming, dust-laden bigness- it is only the third largest city in China. It trails behind Guangzhou and Shanghai. But as the capital most likely to take over from... View full entry
Dezeen has published 18 different renderings of Ateliers Jean Nouvel's proposed 75-story gallery/hotel/condo tower that go way above and beyond the little NY Times tease unleashed on the world yesterday. Also, Dezeen points out that developer Hines has already set up a 53 West 53rd Street... View full entry
The finger-pointing has already begun in response to a lawsuit filed by MIT against Frank Gehry’s firm, Gehry Partners, and general contractor Skanska USA. ArchRecord | previously | discuss 1 | 2 The suit claims that Gehry and Skanska committed design and construction failures on the... View full entry
Some of Croydon's best-known landmarks could disappear as part of ambitious plans unveiled by a leading British architect (Will Alsop) to transform the town centre from an urban concrete jungle to a cosmopolitan oasis. Croyden Guardian View full entry
At Billy Graham Library, opened last spring, the man and the message are one and the same. The library was built for $27 million and features 40,000-square-foot exhibition space. Via NYT View full entry
Paul Goldberger makes a fair argument for SANAA's New Museum of Contemporary Art: Sejima and Nishizawa have designed a building that is just right for this moment of the Bowery’s existence...[They] have a way of combining intensity with understatement. The New Yorker | via Curbed |... View full entry
SUWON, South Korea - Sim Jae-duck has made his political career as South Korea's Mr. Toilet by beautifying public restrooms. Now he's got a home befitting his title: a toilet-shaped domicile complete with the latest in lavatory luxury.Full Story View full entry
Early reports from the latest RSVP event are in with a jittery write up from George Agnew and some great photos of Afghanistan’s battered capital at Archis. View full entry
On the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam War Memorial, the artist and architect Maya Lin reflects on the impact of her design. ABC News | Video View full entry
Tucked back in the woods of East Hampton, Long Island is a house that some believe may prolong life. It's modeled on residences in Japan called "reversible destiny lofts." These places have bold colors, concave floors, doors too short to walk through and columns to hold on to when you lose your... View full entry
