After months of speculation about the IKEA BoKlok product, the company finally got planning approval for its first UK development, 36 flats in St James Village, Gateshead. Guardian 1 | Guardian 2 View full entry
NYT critic Nicolai Ouroussoff reviews Jean Nouvel's latest additions to Manhattan's growing pool of Starchitect designed residential buildings. NYT View full entry
Rafael Moneo completes his sober 183,000sf extension to the 200+ year old Prado Museum Madrid. | centredaily View full entry
Jan Kaplický, the man behind the Birmingham Selfridges and the Lord's Media Centre, has returned to his birthplace to design his most futuristic building yet.Telegraph View full entry
In a meeting at the county office building, starting at 11:30 a.m. [this morning], two of the three commissioners -- Tim Hagan and Jimmy Dimora -- are expected to vote in favor of razing a 29-story downtown office tower designed by the great Modernist architect Marcel Breuer. The Plain Dealer |... View full entry
Hoping to make history, Santa Monica City officials unveiled what is likely the nation’s first sustainable solar-powered parking structure Tuesday. The LookOut View full entry
A set of Photographs by Steffi Klenz concentrating on Prince Charles' town of Poundbury. Built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and planned by the architect Leon Krier, the town owns its conceptual structure to the principles set out in the Prince's book “A Vision of Britain&rdquo... View full entry
Four final design proposals were announced for the new central government complex in Hong Kong. It features all kinds of architectural 'trends' you can think of today: stacking boxes, green architecture, exoskeleton, and organic shapes. Design D is made by Daniel Libeskind and he showed off some... View full entry
Herzog & de Meuron’s extension to the Tate Modern gallery has been approved by Southwark Council’s planning committee. Guardian View full entry
Renzo Piano's LACMA renovation plan has LA Times writer Christoper Hawthorne reassigning the current trends of creating 'museum fantastic' styling. LAT View full entry
Now in its fourth public version, Calatrava's design [for the Chicago Spire] is dramatically better than Version No. 3, and has the potential to dazzle. But it will never be built. At least not to the current scale or design. Sun-Times | yesterday View full entry
Blair Kamin and Kevin Nance weigh in on Calatrava's most recent iteration of the Chicago Spire. Tribune | Sun-Times | previously View full entry
Crystal to open on June 2, 2007. Site photos on flickr. View full entry
Here is a short video of the opening ceremony (in German). sueddeutsche Zeitung | video | previously View full entry
Dezain has found some nice images of Toyo Ito's Tama Art University New Library at architecturephoto.net View full entry