article and slideshow on the forthcoming Coney Island developments...ny times View full entry
Plenty of photos to check out of last saturday's opening. here View full entry
Set on a site that's about as large as 37 football fields, Rem Koolhaas's television authority headquarters in Beijing may initially seem intimidating. This 54-story tower leans and looms like some kind of science-fiction creature poised to stomp all over the surrounding central business... View full entry
The Port Authority is seeking an earthbound second life for what may be the nation's most romantic evocation of flight: Eero Saarinen's landmark Trans World Airlines terminal at Kennedy International Airport. NYT View full entry
The brief called for a graceful curvilinear form, much like an airplane wing. So, why not use one? Guardian View full entry
The new Valencia FC stadium has been presented, here you can find a selection of links to several sources of information, among them a video and some galleries. (most of them in spanish tough) the architects: Reid fenwick asssociates, with Arup. As they put it aims to be the best XXI c. Stadium... View full entry
Fairfield University in Connecticut has been feeling the energy crunch in terms of its $1.8 million a year electrical bill. With costs expected to raise higher they are planning to build their own power plant to off-set the future costs. NYT View full entry
In what most people, including me find as a totally implausible future--the city of Miami has made a step in the "sustainable" direction with a new "green" high-rise project that is inspired by lawn ornaments. ID View full entry
In an unprecedented flurry of public emotion Kiwis turn out in droves to contemplate another white elephant. New Zealand Herald View full entry
Chicago: Tonight come through Pilsen to see the opening of Extension Gallery featuring an installation by Plasma Studio. 1835 South Halsted - 6:00-10:00pm. View full entry
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
