During the Weimar era Berlin constructed an incredibly diverse number of social housing projects to insure housing for all. Now six of these masterpieces by the likes of Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut are in contention for Unesco World Heritage status... Article Via Der Spiegel | Photo Gallery View full entry

Ed Reeve a London based Photographer built a website where he documents the construction of his prefab house. via dezain View full entry

Munich has another attraction besides the Octoberfest. BMW celebrates the opening of their BMW Welt (BMW World) designed by Austrian Coop Himmelb(l)au. AutoWeek | Spiegel (German) | Official BMW Welt website View full entry

There can be few prouder homeowners in Sao Paulo than Estevao Silva da Conceicao, who has spent more than two decades building a house that has become his lifelong passion. BBC View full entry

With its work on headquarters for companies such as Bloomberg and Barry Diller's IAC gaining worldwide plaudits, Studios Architecture is on a roll. BusinessWeek View full entry

Robert Ransick has completed a 6 month Residency at Eyebeam developing Casa Segura, a humanitarian shelter-like beacon structure for migrants crossing the Sonoran desert from Mexico into Arizona. Check it out at wmmna. Thanks Reg! View full entry

Tschumi's Acropolis Museum is starting to fill with the remaining sculptures that adorn the citadel at the center of Athens. In all 4,500 antiquities will be moved into the new museum--will the Elgin Marbles follow? Guardian l previous View full entry

For the last five years, archaeologists from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology have been slowly unearthing the remains of Thang Long, uncovering millions of artifacts and building features spanning 1,300 years. Hanoi is gearing up to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary in 2010, and Thang Long, a... View full entry

Indoor Weather Creation - Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum created the world's largest man-made tornado on Monday in its 42-meter-high atrium. The tornado measured 34.43 meters (113 feet) tall. Via Der Spiegel View full entry

One 7th , a 5-story mixed-use development designed by Rogers Marvel Architects, is currently under construction at the 45 degree intersection of 7th Avenue South and Carmine Street in Chelsea. NYSun | via Curbed | related 1 | 2 View full entry

"The new ICA, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is lovely and practical, despite being situated in an area of Boston that is a weird urban wasteland. From what is called the backside, which is actually the main entrance, the building is nondescript, except for the glowing translucent plastic... View full entry

With the restoration of the NY Guggenheim coming to an end, the issue of painting the museum in the off-white color that everyone is familiar with or in its original buff yellow is creating a heated debate > View full entry

Architect Robert A.M. Stern is coming to the financial district. Larry Silverstein announced this morning that Mr. Stern will design 99 Church Street, his new luxury condo and residential project in Lower Manhattan. Observer View full entry

Simon Jenkins : "If David Hockney were to paint over a Constable, the work would still be appreciable as a Hockney. It is in this spirit that I appreciate the Gherkin. It is undeniably beautiful, indeed wonderful, perhaps the finest commercial tower in the world."The Guardian's Great Modern... View full entry

By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics Gianni Botsford Architects has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica. GBA | via 2modern View full entry