SocketSite reports on a new proposal for a 300 unit tower by SOM across from St Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco... And one parking per unit below ground (why?). Not sure where they got the grainy image... Maybe a new sales brochure. Sock-it | Plus: Do the "people" want any more "residential"... View full entry
The Times and the Guardian agree on something(!). The Prado extension, for all its controversy and delays, is a success. Next stop Dubai? I think not. Jonathan Glancey: “For all its modesty, Moneo's building offers real surprises, and subtle architectural adventures.” Tom Dyckhoff... View full entry
The Seattle Art Museum expansion by Brad Cloepfil’s Allied Works Architecture is an exercise in restraint, veiled admonition and shrewd business dealing. Goodbye museum fabulous, hello corporate cloister. Christopher Hawthorne attempts to make the best of it. "…increasingly, the most... View full entry
The new arts library designed by Enrique Norten that was supposed to rise like the prow of a glass ship near the Brooklyn Academy of Music now seems likely to sink, unrealized, into the pavement. NYT View full entry
A step by step look at Diller Scofidio & Renfro's renovation of the Julliard School and Alice Tully Hall. NYTimes View full entry
With an exterior sculptural grid, purpose-built to support unencumbered and dynamic exchange inside, the Atlas building is appropriately named. “Work spaces are organized around a central atrium with bridges connecting the galleries on adjacent floors, encouraging informal interaction among... View full entry
"At the Nelson-Atkins, a project in many ways comparable to the National Gallery, Holl has produced as striking and inventive a piece of architectural form as anything by Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, or Jean Nouvel, and yet it is a serene and exhilarating place in which to view art." Paul... View full entry
Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has announced its shortlist for a new museum: Ando / DS+R / Kuma / Moneo / Morphosis / TWBT. | philly View full entry
The Tampa City Council voted yesterday to approve a ground lease agreement that finalizes the long saga of the relocation of the Tampa Museum of Art. The new building is being designed by Stanley Saitowitz and should break ground in December. via St. Petersburg Times previously 1, 2, 3 View full entry
A photo preview of Krueck and Sexton's spectacular new Spertus Institute, which brings Chicago's Michigan Avenue historic district into the 21st Century. Read all about it and see the pictures here: repeat View full entry
The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has a new gallery for childen that centers around the story of Noah's Ark. It is an immersive, interactive environment for learning and play. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen were the architects, Chris Green created over 300 amazing puppets, and Somelab... View full entry
"The best green buildings include a visitor center, a water treatment plant and a house in California." ENN via WorldChanging View full entry
A Test Of Will has some new construction pics of Polshek Partnership's Standard Hotel New York as it straddles the High Line.Curbed | rendering View full entry
We find much to admire - but wish that the architects had as much clout as the accountants. Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 is ready, on time and on budget. The TimesOnline architecture correspondent explains. View full entry
Ellis Woodman reports on the south London school that's been transformed by an imaginative rebuilding programme. Telegraph View full entry
