You don't like the shape of this skyscraper? Worry not, it will change, because each floor rotates. "We call it dynamic architecture," architect says. MoneyWeb View full entry
Recently, students at UW-Stout designed some portable homeless shelters, which caught the eye of a local non-prof. Since then they've produced 50 of the shelters for under $10 each, with hopes of distributing more. This one, while perhaps not as pretty, looks much more practical and therefore... View full entry
While the NEC is almost complete in Baghdad (the only project there practically on time and budget), they somehow miscalculated the housing needs for its 1000 or so employees, many of whom currently live in "tin-can trailers" wearing helmets and flak jackets, and asking for "bullet-resistant... View full entry
Travel site Concierge.com picks their architecture faves of the year:This year's seven showstoppers range from the witty (Spain's Hotel Puerta America, designed by a dream team of "starchitects") and the sublime (Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum) to the provocative (Portugal's multifaceted... View full entry
Well it wasn’t a Serra install, but we got to use cranes, there was definitely some choreography and it was at MoMA. Sadly I had to return to L.A last week from the first part of the Ball-Nogues install for the Young Architects Program at P.S.1/MoMA . Some amazing folks were responsible for... View full entry
"What might aliens deduce about human intelligence from our architecture?" The Guardian asks. "If they landed in London, they might see our suburban sprawl and crowded transport system, and rank us just above ants. Then they might inspect our skyscrapers and judge that we knew about engineering... View full entry
“In fact, look more closely at Grand Canyon West, and it is as if the roles of the United States government and the Indian tribes had been inverted or exchanged. The Park Service takes an almost sacred view of the canyon landscape, as if drawing on an imagined Indian conception of the land... View full entry
Philip Nobel assails the ICA and the sterile critique that endorses it. “Certainly there’s more power in constructing fame than in questioning it. Or is it that such critics think that star-crafted buildings, even if derivative and poorly realized, are inherently better than the... View full entry
Foster offers a tour of the new Wembley Stadium, which has its debut tonight. WATCH (nb: it has 2,600 toilets, a record) View full entry
Finalists include: Morphosis, Shigeru Ban, Polshek and Partners, and the Norwegian firm Snohetta. Why the conspicuous abscence of a local firm among the finalists? The museum's CEO has something to say about that.| Dallas News View full entry
tonight, thursday may 17, @ 7:30 pm the toyota lecture series @ art center college of design presents, as part of the open house exhibit, 2027: a (domestic) space odyssey. Featured architects Hitoshi Abe, Joel Sanders, Craig Scott and Karen van Lengen discuss their OPEN HOUSE projects. A... View full entry
While David Fisher's Twirling Tower is not the first rotating skyscraper, nor the first that generates power from wind, it's definitely a compelling idea. Designer David Fisher claims his Twirling Twirling Wind Tower can not only generate enough energy to power itself, but it will also generate... View full entry
Jean Prouvé's Tropical House is on Christie's auctioning block. Only 1 of 3 ever made, the prototype is currently owned by Eric Touchaleaume and is being sold to finance a Prouve Museum. | nytimes | prev View full entry
Russian and foreign preservationists expressed alarm Monday at the destruction of Moscow's historic and architecturally significant buildings as the Russian capital undergoes massive development fueled by the country's economic boom. Guardian View full entry
Designed by Eric Parry Architects on a world heritage site in Bath, England, plans of the additional space for Holburne Museum is dubbed "little short of criminal". I think it is beautiful. telegraph View full entry