Is this the greenest place to live in Britain? Jonathan Glancey on a Cornish housing development powered by the elements. View full entry

Photos on Flickr of Juan Navarro Baldeweg's Teatro del Canal, ARQtipo | more frm urbanity.es View full entry

Referring to "great cities" of the world that were created by patrons or by dictators, Hillier told council Monday night, "There are no dictators here. But you all will become a bit of a dictator and a bit of a follower" to come to a consensus on what the transit village, to be built around the... View full entry

According to the SFGate Google has chosen William McDonough to make preliminary designs for its planned offices at the NASA Ames Research Center, an "ambitious green complex that could encompass up to 1 million square feet of office space." View full entry

Diamon-Fusion International recently announced that its patented nano-coating, Diamon-Fusion, is being applied at Herzog & de Meuron's new residential project at 40 Bond Street, New York City. The hydrophobic coating can be applied to surfaces such as glass and ceramics, causing such surfaces... View full entry

Yet if the exterior of the new Walker seems cold, grimy, and unlovable, the interior is somewhat more appealing. The interior of the old Walker consists of a series of boxy white gallery spaces that are uninteresting in the extreme, considered in themselves. On the other hand, the interior spaces... View full entry

Now all but completed, Renzo Piano's New York Times headquarters is intended to stand as an architectural projection of the institution it will soon house. Press releases from the Times assure us that the sheer glass curtain wall of this 52-story building at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street will... View full entry

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