(Jean Nouvel's) (Quai) Branly isn't the first bummer of its kind. The clumsy Tate Modern in London, by Swiss starchitects Herzog & de Meuron, is a sterling earlier example. So is the ghastly Musee d'Orsay here . All such buildings are dancing for attention, trying to repeat the celebrity of... View full entry
It's an unbelievable folly, in the sense that it's a grand monument by one man to himself--it has merit... Reuters l previous l related View full entry
"Created for a priest to shelter him whilst writing sermons on his roof terrace in central London, this project is conceived as an electronic Annunciation. An undulating screen of woven stainless steel mesh veils a continuous wall of blue polycarbonate panels held in a steel frame which is... View full entry
a studio for resident artists of the CNEAI (National art center for print art) conceived by the Bourollec brothers together with architects Jean-Marie Finot and Denis Daversin. MoCo Loco View full entry
A quick look at the history of Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, made in the image of a single man - the country's president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev. "The pyramid (Lord Foster), the newest addition, occupies the current end of an axis through the city's center. It links the ostentatious... View full entry
The commune's original 12 houses are in the vanguard of China's design revolution, reports The Guardian View full entry
The latest debaucle in the "Rocky Mountain Low" farce. "I couldn't get through to the mayor," Holl said from his New York office. "I said the city needs an advocate for public architecture within the city. The mayor didn't have the time to be an advocate." To add to the scandal, [and perhaps to... View full entry
With Bernard Tschumi's Acropolis Museum to open next year, the Greeks are looking to Britain to send back the Parthenon's marbles. IHT l ANA View full entry
Lord Norman Foster gets second chance to make up for his dreadful WTC building with a luxury high-rise on Madison Ave that has Ouroussoff at hello. NYT View full entry
Centre Pompidou in France is planning to open a branch in Shanghai, China by the end of 2007. CBC l previous View full entry
The last of the Robert Taylor homes is coming down. Read it here. View full entry
Standing amid lesser soot-stained buildings at a dreary end of London's New Oxford Street, St George's church, Bloomsbury is one of the capital's most wonderful buildings. Guardian View full entry
The real-estate arm of Blackstone is building near Kings Cross a student accommodation development as the first step in its radical bid to overhaul university living across Britain. Times / Hero / Nido website View full entry
Major projects designed by two great architects, now dead, are finally being completed.Telegraph | prev View full entry
The Bronx Museum of the Arts yesterday unveiled a $19 million expansion designed by Bernardo Fort-Brescia of Arquitectonica. NYT View full entry
