“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
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The developer of the planned Chicago Spire, the twisting 150-story lakefront skyscraper that will be the nation's tallest building, announced Tuesday that construction on the tower's foundations will begin "within weeks." Skeptics have maintained that the residential skyscraper would never get... View full entry
Students enrolled in the Ecosa Institute’s Total Immersion Semester in Sustainable Design have worked together to create plans for an environmentally, socially and economically responsible 45-unit housing project for Desert Mission Neighborhood Renewal, a non-profit community development... View full entry
A team of New York developers has hired Asymptote to design 166 Perry Street, a nine-story, 26-unit condo. It's the first Manhattan building design for the New York-based firm. The project will be sited adjacent to Richard Meier & Partner's Perry Street Towers. via The Street | renderings @... View full entry
