An Op-Ed piece on Frank Gehry's mixed-use project for Lehi (near Salt Lake City), and on appreciating architecture in general: "If your heart doesn’t skip a beat at the sight of a house designed in the spirit of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, you’ve got a heart of... View full entry
Latest images of Coney Islands imminent development. I'm horrified by the ghosted, cornice capped, monolithic highrises... kineticcarnival |nydailynews | gowanuslounge View full entry
A fledgeling Hobart architecture firm that usuallly designs house extensions has beaten the world to jointly win the Hobart Waterfront International Design Competition. via Mercury View full entry
The Simon Wiesenthal Center may be going too far by trying to build a museum on a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem, designed by Frank Gehry. Last week, Israel's High Court of Justice ordered Wiesenthal Center and the municipality of Jerusalem to explain why they should be allowed to construct a new... View full entry
Adriaan Geuze was in Louisville today for the official announcement of West 8’s work on the new Museum Plaza by REX. It just so happens that his partner is currently in an Archinect feature this month. More on today’s events here View full entry
Under pressure for full disclosure, a developer reveals drawings of several different versions of architect Santiago Calatrava's Twisting Tower - slated to be taller than the Sears Tower - and offers some face time with Calatrava to the local press, snail shells and all.| Chicago Tribune View full entry
It's not every day you get to visit a spanking new building by Le Corbusier...But here it is: the church of Saint-Pierre rises 33m over the town of Firminy, on the plains of central France. the australian | exhibition and symposium at KSU | related? View full entry
A new waterfront sculpture park opened to the public this weekend in Seattle. Everything you wanted to know and more here. View full entry
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
