The roundabout, bus station and much of the surrounding area featured in the programme's title sequence are to be demolished as part of the £400m Heart of Slough project, which hopes to bring shops and new homes to a town centre long thought of as an urban planning dystopia. BBC | Previous View full entry
Marcel Breuer, one of the fathers of modern architecture, built only one skyscraper, the 29-story Cleveland Trust Tower, which today stands abandoned on a forlorn block downtown. But a plan to demolish the tower, and replace it with a midrise government office building, has caused an outcry among... View full entry
Mexico City's Arquitectura 911sc and LA Firm Plasmatic Concepts created this short clip for the 2007 Rotterdam Biennalelink. View full entry
The first of a series of debates on whether or not to conserve 5 British modernist buildings. First off, the brutalist Gateshead car park. BBC View full entry
By design, Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House evokes openness and accessibility. For decades, however, only the late architect's friends and guests could visit the famed 1949 home and explore the surrounding 47 acres of New England countryside. That changed when invitation-only tours of the... View full entry
“For Swiss taxpayers — who are paying for the twin, multibillion-dollar ( -euro) construction projects — the main selling-point was that it would move heavy trucks off their crowded highways and onto trains. Switzerland is at the center of a north-south European axis where... View full entry
Inaba Projects sends us an interesting youtube video called Moore’s Law Meets Sustainability. Produced as part of the Visionary Power exhibition of this year's Rotterdam Biennale. The video has the air of a government sponsored, prepackaged, ready-to-serve news item complete with smart... View full entry
A project to restore a Ceredigion church, designed by the architect responsible for some of London's top landmarks, has been completed. BBC "It is really important to invest in these magnificent buildings so that we can learn about the role that they have played in our past" Jennifer Stewart... View full entry
China's newest architectural adventure, a huge, egg-shaped theatre in the shadow of Tiananmen Gate, is about to be revealed. TimesOnline View full entry
“I hate global design fashions that make everything look the same everywhere. The design for the revamped Nehru Stadium for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, for example, is unique as it respects the existing building and its surroundings.” The Hindu | GMP View full entry
Foster & Partners has designed this mixed-use tower, for the town of Khanty Mansiysk in Siberia. bd. Like they are cutting one gem after another. Good going. View full entry
The Italian police have saved an ancient Greek temple from burial beneath the foundations of a resort hotel under construction, the building crew had dumped or looted artifacts and was beginning to pour concrete over the ruins. NYT l related? View full entry
“It’s not in original condition anymore.” Were the words of the would be saviors of the latest Rudolph house awaiting a certain demise at the hands of space crazy vacation homers...NYT l First Blood, Part 1 View full entry
Just when you thought the rhapsody was over, another critic swoons. “And through the arrangement of the walls, insubstantial elements such as time, space and light become substantial so that walking through the building feels like wandering through a dream-like corridor, where no ends ever... View full entry
The critic says design got richer with lush landscaping. Gehry likes drama.photos View full entry
