The art world remains obdurately critical of the new version of the Museum of Modern Art. So much so that MoMA is probably not the real problem. Instead, MoMA now serves as the symbol of a larger anxiety: We have no museum of the 21st century in New York. NYMag l related View full entry
Foster + Partners intervention, a new 30,000-square-metre translucent roof, has been officially opened. F&P web | Baunetz View full entry
Architect Senan Abdelqader spelling from his web site will be designing the Palestinian culture and art museum in Umm al-Fahm, after four years of negotiations with British architect Zaha Hadid did not bear fruit. Haaretz View full entry
gazpromneft supertall design poll let's you rank the designs from OMA, HdM, Fuksas, Nouvel, Libeskind and RMJM. vote here in russian View full entry
Finally the work on the planned conservation programme for the ship has begun. The cutty sark closed on Nov 5th and should open again in late 2008. From next year the public will have some access via Hard Hat tours. BBC - CuttySark - Previously View full entry
The Museum ( a bizarre zapping of a Legorreta 'mexican' block into semi-industrial southwark) closed its doors last december but now its owner Zandra Rhodes sold the building to Newham College who will convert it into an Academy for Fashion. read> View full entry
A couple of days ago, The Fort York Residence in Toronto won a national award for best practices in affordable housing. The project, completed back in 2003, brings design and self-empowerment to the urban homeless shelter. Congrats to architect Joe Lobko! (related) View full entry
"What is that pterodactyl monstrosity down at Seventh and Mission?" the San Francisco resident asked in a phone message. "It looks like it's going to flap away and eat something. What are they trying to do? I'm mystified." SFGATE View full entry
Two prominent fancy Chicago-based architects are working on projects for the homeless in Chicago. And boy do we sing the accolades before they even open? NYT View full entry
Only in Chicago can an architecture critic draw a line through two completely different projects to promote an agenda. Blair Kamin reports on SANAA's Glass Pavilion of the Toledo Museum of Art and Valerio Dewalt and Train's Kresge Foundation Headquarters. View full entry
Just launched a video for Gucci's flagship in Tokyo; building by James Carpenter Associates, music by Sasha, video by the Foundry (link goes to page w/ 30MB video) View full entry
In January, it was the K.A.M. Pilgrim Baptist Church. Little more than a week ago, it was the 1887 Wirt Dexter Building. Today, an early morning blaze has made the George M. Harvey House the third Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan landmark to be destroyed by fire just this year. Architectural... View full entry
Zaha Hadid has beeb named the winner of the international architecture competition Betile, for the a Mediterranean Museum of Nuragic and Contemporary Art on the seafront at Sant'Elia in Cagliari. Domus View full entry
Fire early Saturday destroyed a historic North Side house designed by Louis Sullivan. The George Harvey House, was designed by Sullivan and fellow architect Dankmar Adler and was completed in 1888. nyt | 10/30/06, 10/25/06, 8/27/06, 1/7/06 View full entry
The expanded Griffith Observatory ”” a Los Angeles landmark ”” is to reopen Friday after being closed almost five years and undergoing $93 million of reconstruction. nyt View full entry
