“LaBarge [Wyoming] residents Vince and Cheryl Pierce found the Moondance for sale on the diner museum's Web site and bought it for $7,500 (€5,490) — a bargain price that museum founder Daniel Zilka said reflected the urgency to find a buyer quickly to save it from the wrecking... View full entry

As noted in the discussions Architecture for Humanity finds itself on the front page of the NYTimes.com and in todays' Home and Garden section. After two years of partnering with dozens of local groups and support from Oprah's Angel Network and others, architect designed homes emerge in East... View full entry

“An all-star roster of avant garde international architects, mixed with some of Russia’s top talent, was announced last week in the first-round results of a competition to design a major new art museum in Perm, Russia. Among the 25 names on the shortlist are Adjaye Associates... View full entry

“This will be Gehry's second Bay Area effort. He designed the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord, and has designed two other winery projects, the as-yet-unbuilt Le Clos Jordan in Ontario and a hotel for Spain's Marques de Riscal that cost a reported 80 million euros ($109 million). Of the... View full entry

The $1.5B project is still under design development, but already prized Australia's greenest and most expensive office and housing complex. theage.com.au View full entry

MoMA 's huge new galleries: first praised, then reviled. A few years later everyone (?) seems to think Serra's work looks great in them. LATimes View full entry

Liverpool Football Club has revealed plans for its new 60,000-seat stadium at Stanley Park by American architects HKS. Building UK | BBC Other (UK) football stadiums in the works: Portsmouth FC | Everton FC View full entry

“Their latest milestone is a middle school on the campus of the Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, D.C. And it is just one of a string of educational buildings designed by the pair that merge pedagogy, sustainability, and behavioral modification—sometimes by turning accepted... View full entry

Andrew Maynard has developed a housing prototype that deals with Australia's dry climate by gradually replacing water with human waste to achieve structural stability. Via tree hugger. Poop House. View full entry

Auckland waterfront bridge competition deflects the big issuesRead | More View full entry

Some of the usual suspects, flown in everywhere from Los Angeles to London, flaunted their architectural designs in an attempt to impress an audience and eight jurors at MSU's Wharton Center on Wednesday. State News View full entry

Mastaba Description: Location: Adu Dhabi, UAE Height: 150m (2/3 Eiffel tower) Material: 390,500 oil barrels Duration: Up to 5,000 years Budget: to be paid by Abu Dhabi Exhibition:Galerie Guy Pieters (south of France),until September 9.Link View full entry

The transformation of St Pancras is almost complete — and the results are astonishing. TimesOnline View full entry

This year's awards, heavily tilted to commercial and residential projects using sustainable materials and green building techniques, was a clear sign that the three judges believed San Diego designers are pursuing a strong agenda on the environmental front. SignOnSanDiego View full entry

The Sarasota Architectural Foundation is sponsoring an international adaptive use design competition to save Riverview High School from demolition. SAF | Initial announcement View full entry