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
Settling into a joint interview with architect Zaha Hadid at the atmospheric Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice, Karl Lagerfeld accidentally tripped over Hadid’s black fringed handbag, which she had placed on the floor next to her chair... WWD View full entry
Rising costs surround Zaha Hadid's current project in Glasgow with the transportation museum new budget going from the initial estimate of £50m to a new final price of £74m. Herald View full entry
A website documenting the trusset, a digital fabrication project at the GSAPP. Videos with commentary walk through the process from software to construction - interesting as the piece is rather large and complex. View full entry
“At 25 feet by 25 feet, it’s a wide but shallow two-story house with only 1,250 square feet of livable space. That space was sagging badly and needed new windows, walls, plumbing and electricity. The two men renovated it themselves, running up about $100,000 in credit-card debt in the... View full entry
Rafael Pizarro, lecturer in Sustainable Urban Planning at the faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney, and a team of 20 final year architecture students have spent several months designing what they call an ambitious and revolutionary plan to transform Sydney's White Bay into the... View full entry
“Everything Frank Gehry touches is unique and I’m sure it will be a great park,” Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday as Gehry takes his crack at the world of monkey bars and swing sets with a new playground at Battery Park. NYT View full entry
