The United Arab Emirates will pay a cool $520 million for naming rights to the “Louvre Abu Dhabi.” nyt l related View full entry

Helmut Jahn's transitional housing project which stands almost paradoxically near the site of the continuing demolition of the Cabrini-Green housing project opened this past Thursday in Chicago, as the most expensive housing project ever built in the city. TRIB View full entry

Architect Bill Feeney turns an attic into a boys-will-be-boys playpen paradise. WashPost. View full entry

Gridskipper posts a list of the big ugly in the big apple. Have anything to add? View full entry

Glasgow Architect Chris Stewart has created a new company and has given each of his 15 employees an equal share of the new business. BBC View full entry

For decades, cities have seen Olympic bids as among the most effective ways to jump-start civic ambition. Barcelona used the run-up to the 1992 Summer Games as an occasion to reinvent its waterfront, among other expensive improvements. And Beijing is remaking itself at a breakneck pace as it gets... View full entry

Asymptote is feeling big these days thanks to a competition win in Busan, South Korea. The New York–based firm’s design for the Millennium Tower World Business Centre is expected to be the tallest skyscraper in Asia. ArchRecord | previously View full entry

The end of the Farwell Building is as close as March 8th, the date of a special Commission on Chicago Landmarks session called to reverse a January Commission vote stopping the Farwell's demolition. Read all about it, including the possible implications for landmark preservation in Chicago here. View full entry

OMA proposes new building for New Jersey "mixed-use development unveiled today by starchitect Rem Koolhaas." JCL | Curbed | Discussion View full entry

Konstantin Melnikov once proposed a worker's dorm that could "intensify the process of slumber." It was designed with sloping floors, because this would "obviate the need for pillows," and the whole building was like a machine: sleep technicians in a central control room could "regulate the... View full entry

Emphasizing the material attributes of wine making, bottling, and storage as the theme, Office dA presents Bin 26 Enoteca, a wine bar and restaurant in Boston's Beacon Hill utilizing cork and glass throughout the space in unique and unexpected ways. View full entry

Researchers from Turkey and UK have designed a prefab housing structure fixed to a shake table that earthquake victims can use and control themselves in order to help treat their PTSD. Another evolution in simulating collapse. In the BBC. View full entry

MVRDV to design new building for Cleveland Institute of Art... Aiming for an iconic new building that will grab international attention, the Cleveland Institute of Art has selected MVRDV to design their new 16.000 m2 School of Arts. The new building will be a major component of the University... View full entry

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been selected to build the new skating rink and outdoor center in Prospect Park. NY TimesNew Ice Skating Rinks for Prospect Park The Prospect Park Alliance has selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design the Lakeside Center, a 38,000-square-foot... View full entry

Miami Beach commissioners edge closer to the $150M needed to break ground on a new Gehry-designed symphony hall for Miami Beach. Miami Herald View full entry