By merely showing up to receive the Tampa Museum of Art commisson in Florida, investigators say California architect Stanley Saitowitz may have broken state laws regarding architectural licensing| St. Petersburg Times | Previously View full entry
The current mania for flamboyant skyscrapers has been a mixed blessing for architecture. While it has yielded a stunning outburst of creativity, it has also created an atmosphere in which novelty is often prized over innovation. At times it’s as if the architects were dog owners proudly... View full entry
Peter Cook is leading the design team in the London’s Olympic stadium for HOK Sport. UKT View full entry
The Yale University Art Gallery ’s main building—an icon of modernist architecture designed by Louis Kahn, reopens to the public on December 10, 2006, following a three-year, $44 million renovation. artdaily l forbes l YDN View full entry
Tampa Museum of Art trustees unanimously hired Stanley Saitowitz, an architect they believe will bring brilliance and, quite possibly, controversy to the design of their new museum. The choice came after a two-hour discussion among committee members about the merits of three finalists: Charles... View full entry
Inhabitat has just published an interview with Workshop APD, the NYC based firm that won Global Green's Sustainable Design competition for rebuilding in New Orleans. Read on for more information on their winning design proposal. Inhabitat View full entry
Mark this day in your diaries. Today the city of Stockholm announced the Abba Museum. Given the global impact the supergroup had on the cultural landscape the real question is, what star architect will be named as its designer? I'm thinking Gimme Gimme Gimme (a Mayne after midnight) or the... View full entry
The Clyfford Still Museum announced today that it has selected Allied Works Architecture... to design its future home in Denver. The 30,000 sf museum will accommodate the legendary artist’s work, including some 2,400 works that have not been seen by the public for over 25 years. via View full entry
A computer-generated image of what's to become the world's tallest self-supporting communications tower was unveiled on Friday in Tokyo.CBC View full entry
When the ribbon is cut this weekend and Cecil Balmond takes his first tentative steps onto a bridge he has just finished in Coimbra, Portugal, it will represent a crossover into unknown territory. After decades of service to some of the world’s most celebrated architects, this is the first... View full entry
"One of [England's] leading architects has teamed up with an ex-bank robber to design a £400 million alternative to prison." Archinect will be encaged there shortly... Building Design. View full entry
sometimes things aren't as easy as they should be. And, cities haven't quite solved the issue of public urinals either. But Victoria, B.C., is jumping on this band wagon, providing a little subtopian pee space to meet everyone's satisfaction. It's the Urilift in Gizmag. View full entry
More from the front lines of kiwi archi-madness. scroll down... View full entry
Dresden's magnificent train station has been restored to its prewar glory - by a British architect. Steve Rose on the project that brought out Norman Foster's sensitive side. Guardian View full entry
Construction photos of Daniel Libeskind's Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto flickr View full entry
