The New Acropolis Museum in Athens has been the virtual site of an antiquities battle over who holds dominion over the Elgin Marbles. But in a sudden sweep of a shove the excavation for the museum has uncovered new marvels for the institution. Guardian l previous l flickr construction pics View full entry
"Putting Israeli and Palestinian families together in the same house is not realistic. It's hard even for families of the same nationality to live together. So how can Israelis and Palestinians live together?" Such was the focus of a workshop recently organized at the Bezalel Academy of Art and... View full entry
A proposal on this Thursday's, January 4th agenda raises the question of why Chicago's Landmark Commission members would vote to set a precedent that would make destroying the city's landmark buildings a whole lot easier. Read all about it here. View full entry
When the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation began offering its expertise, collections and name to new museums around the world some years ago, not a few French curators and art critics sniffed disdainfully at the idea that a major museum should rent its art and sell its brand. Now France too seems... View full entry
The Bloch Building, which is scheduled to open in June, might turn out to be (Steven) Holl’s best recent work, a return to form after a spate of unfortunate events. NYT View full entry
"Sometimes this flood of concepts and strategies verges on the distracting" "But elsewhere the main themes of the design come into sparkling focus" LAT Calendar View full entry
(blank) is to condos what Palladio was to villas. Behold the newest mondo condos: Zlota 44. via View full entry
A state judge has spared a Westport home, designed by renowned architect Paul Rudolph, from demolition — for now. LATimes View full entry
To the extent that Los Angeles is a company town — that company being movies and television — it isn’t easy to gain fame as an architect here, especially in the shadow of Frank Gehry, one of the profession’s few West Coast celebrities.....But it’s becoming harder to... View full entry
Designed and built by Mr. Ledner in the mid-1950s, the house, which has the jaunty silhouette of a World’s Fair pavilion, looks as fragile as a piece of cut crystal. It was flooded for weeks, and the elegant built-in furniture was left warped and moldy, the fine-grained Arkansas pine... View full entry
A state oversight board voted this afternoon to approve the Atlantic Yards project near Downtown Brooklyn, knocking down the last regulatory hurdle for the biggest real estate project in Brooklyn history. NYT View full entry
As we reported earlier on the village of Viganella, it's plan has come (at least partially) now to fruition. A computer controlled eight-by-five metre mirror was installed on a nearby mountainside to reflect sunlight into the village's main piazza. Sunday marked its "day of light." - BBC View full entry
While acknowledging that the cost of operating two sites would be substantial, [Whitney director] Mr. Weinberg said the possibility of selling the 1966 Marcel Breuer building at Madison Avenue and East 75th Street was not on the table, at least for now. NYSun View full entry
Enrique Norten and his colleagues released revised design concepts that reflect input from a series of public events and surveys throughout the fall semester. The overall vision is to create a modern corridor of academic and residential buildings while still honoring and respecting the historic... View full entry
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The Dallas Cowboys are taking their distinctive hole-in-the-roof design with them to their $1 billion new stadium. more View full entry