Downtown San Diego may be suffering from growing pains in every direction, but a renewable source of confident, cultural energy is percolating down the street from the Santa Fe Depot - the La Jolla-based Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Union-Tribune View full entry
"The idea of doing something special architecturally means it will look weird when you first see it," [Frank] Gehry, 77, told a group of business and political leaders at a private luncheon at Thanksgiving Point on Friday. "But we won't build something that people won't buy into. It's subtle how... View full entry
Dirt blog points out a flaw in the recent coverage of the new Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle where all the accolades went to Weiss/Manfredi and "nary" a peep or a squeak about the landscape architect Charles Anderson. previous View full entry
Boston’s Office dA designs a house for a rare book dealer and a chef. The main feature? A spiral stair encasing a three story tower of books. From the NYT View full entry
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission resoundingly rejected a proposal yesterday to build a 30-story glass tower designed by Norman Foster atop a 1949 building on Madison Avenue. The decision was a major victory for a coalition of Upper East Side residents who argued that the tower... View full entry
Step aside Donald Trump. Garrett Kelleher may be the most confident developer on the face of the earth. Is he visionary or delusional? repeat View full entry
The dazzling ancient city of Isfahan in Iran is rapidly disappearing in the name of modernity and progress. BBC l flickr View full entry
New images are circulating of OMA's new Mies-runs-through-it design for the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Plaza. dezeen l via dezain View full entry
Is this the greenest place to live in Britain? Jonathan Glancey on a Cornish housing development powered by the elements. View full entry
Photos on Flickr of Juan Navarro Baldeweg's Teatro del Canal, ARQtipo | more frm urbanity.es View full entry
Referring to "great cities" of the world that were created by patrons or by dictators, Hillier told council Monday night, "There are no dictators here. But you all will become a bit of a dictator and a bit of a follower" to come to a consensus on what the transit village, to be built around the... View full entry
According to the SFGate Google has chosen William McDonough to make preliminary designs for its planned offices at the NASA Ames Research Center, an "ambitious green complex that could encompass up to 1 million square feet of office space." View full entry
Diamon-Fusion International recently announced that its patented nano-coating, Diamon-Fusion, is being applied at Herzog & de Meuron's new residential project at 40 Bond Street, New York City. The hydrophobic coating can be applied to surfaces such as glass and ceramics, causing such surfaces... View full entry
Yet if the exterior of the new Walker seems cold, grimy, and unlovable, the interior is somewhat more appealing. The interior of the old Walker consists of a series of boxy white gallery spaces that are uninteresting in the extreme, considered in themselves. On the other hand, the interior spaces... View full entry
Now all but completed, Renzo Piano's New York Times headquarters is intended to stand as an architectural projection of the institution it will soon house. Press releases from the Times assure us that the sheer glass curtain wall of this 52-story building at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street will... View full entry