The Spanish government has approved a project for a high-speed train line linking Madrid and Barcelona to pass underground four metres in front of the basilica's main facade on Mallorca avenue. This puts a serious danger the Expiatori Temple of the Sagrada Familia (and the Milà House), the... View full entry
Submissions to the Breuer Tower Charrette, sponsored by Cleveland's Ingenuity Festival, are now available for online viewing. article | exhibit via GCBL | discuss View full entry
Canada's levels of greenhouse gas emissions have risen roughly 30% over the past decade and Canadians rank second now only to Americans in carbon dioxide emissions per capita. Canadian architects are leading the way to help turn this situation around. Canadian Architect View full entry
One of Daniel Burnham's last buildings, set to be converted into a hotel, rises on the site of one of the world's great hotels, the Grand Pacific. Read all about the site's history and future, and see all the pictures, here. View full entry
“Karen loves the Powel House,” said Ms. Schaffner, a close friend of Ms. Kilimnik (although, like other curators, she has never visited the home where she lives alone and works). Ms. Schaffner had been actively looking for a historic space in Philadelphia for one of Ms... View full entry
Santa Fe art critic Zane Fischer takes on the facade designed by a group of Washington U. students for El Museo Cultural of Santa Fe, NM. He says:Initally, I was concerned also that such a mild treatment of the building would vanish in the mayhem of Railyard construction and dust, but Shifting... View full entry
“Saitowitz, 58, who lives in San Francisco, sees a lot of similarities between cooking and architecture. He is serenely confident that he can deliver a new museum that is palatable to a community not known for sophisticated architectural preferences, stay within his budget and remain true... View full entry
Flower or Phallic that is the question in San Diego where a building has aroused a collection of articles on what it is, and what is decorum in relationship to "enigmatic signifiers." I guess America isn't ready for gherkins everywheres. SD l related feature l relevant article View full entry
The whole planet, according to The (London) Times is entrenched in the wildest of building booms which has eclipsed most of the building gold rushes of the past. In search of the world's most ambitious projects, The Times documents a top ten list of noteworthy buildings. Might they have missed... View full entry
Views on Morphosis' SF tower: "It's so futuristic, so politically correct, so green, I adore it. ... It makes me want to come to work," said Olvarado, an employee with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. vs. "Everything is so... View full entry
When it comes to renovating Les Halles — the troubled neighborhood, nicknamed the belly of Paris, which for generations supplied the city with food — the appropriate motto might well be: If at first you fail, keep trying. NYT View full entry
Erick van Egeraat has won an international competition to design a national library in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. Building Design | WorldArchNews View full entry
China's plans to build an "eco-city" of 500,000 people on a huge island in the Yangtze Delta have been widely heralded. But local planners seem to have different priorities from the world leaders who have flocked to see the project. BBC View full entry
Flickr is starting to get populated with photos of liquid sky, the Ball-Nogues install for the Young Architects Program at P.S.1/MoMA. The WarmUp was filled to capacity. You can also find the PS1 Poster Series curated by Israel Kandarian / Field of GreyPreviously > View full entry
A Paris residents' association has awarded its prize in a virtual competition on Second Life involving ideas to redevelop an area of the city. BBC via Wired View full entry
