Chicago favorite Krueck & Sexton has been slated to build a new entombed Chicago Children's Museum under Grant Park. Trib View full entry
The brainpower at work inside the new Janelia Farm Campus in Ashburn needs something closer to a resort than just another research center. And that is exactly what Rafael Viñoly gave them. WashPost. View full entry
The movement to designate buildings like Lapidus's may have a built-in contradiction. Many of those who value what was once called kitsch also value what they call "creative destruction" in the urban environment... NYSUN View full entry
MIT today announced that it will break ground in spring 2007 for a new Media Lab designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. The expansion marks a new era of innovation for the Media Lab, which has become legendary for inventions that have ignited the digital revolution... View full entry
BAM/PFA has announced Ito was picked for the new Berkeley Art Museum -- so there might actually be a new building in the Peoples Republic that doesn't try to look a giant craftsman/bungalow/mission style house... link View full entry
New management steeps the House of Blues Hotel in ugly as a part of another renovation of the former office building in architect Bertrand Goldberg's world renowned Marina City complex in Chicago, and there's nothing much anyone can do about it - Marina City isn't a designated landmark. Read all... View full entry
Go to Lincoln Center these days, and you will find that Milstein Plaza, which had been suspended across West 65th for almost 40 years, has completely vanished, as part of Lincoln Center's massive modernization effort, led by the architectural firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. NYSun l previous View full entry
Gehry's monstrosity is forced to shrink by 8% by the city planning commission. But will this appease the pissed off neighbors who think this is still too big and ugly? NYTimes View full entry
Jersey City has selected OMA to design 111 First St., an artist-in-residence community. Koolhaas will develop the plans for the 1.3 million-sq.-ft. multistory residential building with 710 apartments, 16,000sf for art galleries and roughly 52,000sf for retail stores, a restaurant and a cabaret... View full entry
In an exclusive preview, Dale Fuchs takes a look around Gehry's latest masterpiece, a wavy titanium-clad hotel on a 150-year old bodega. Guardian View full entry
So now an agreement with the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein places the 'freedom tower' out of his control. Then again, if he fails to complete his end of the deal, he loses all- yeah for zero growth in lower manhattan. Why do we need a gazillion new square feet of office space? NYtimes View full entry
The scene was bizarre: renowned architect Rem Koolhaas was dressed in a track suit and standing behind a turntable as a disco ball spun and a stray llama drifted by in the background. Watching this animation on a screen, the Bailey Hall audience who had come to hear Koolhaas' plans for Milstein... View full entry
The North Carolina Museum of Art is to announce tonight a $138 million expansion, designed by Thomas Phifer. In addition to the new building, the project includes an adapted reuse of the museum's existing Edward Durrell Stone building. NYT l NCMA View full entry
The Grand Avenue project, the most ambitious mixed-use development initiative in downtown Los Angeles in a generation, is facing substantial cost overruns, and the project's architect, Frank Gehry, is working feverishly to bring them into line. NYT View full entry
Few places in the world will be able to match the planned Ground Zero of 2012 in terms of the concentration of work by architectural superstars...FT View full entry
