The design of Dancing Towers at Business Bay, Dubai was unveiled at New York's Guggenheim Museum this week as part of a retrospective exhibition on Zaha Hadid. She was recently declared the winner of an international competition to design three iconic towers at Business Bay. More on 7 days. View full entry
Just came across this amazing residential project by Ben Van Berkel and Caroline Bos built with Brooklyn contractors to keep it real I guess. View full entry
From the Financial Times Editorial... There have been many radically different design proposals for the Freedom Tower, the awkwardly named skyscraper that (we are told) will begin rising soon from the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. But through all the design changes, there have been... View full entry
Lincoln Center's Harmony Atrium renovation shortlists 8: Allied Works; Behnisch Architects; Imaginary Forces and Greg Lynn FORM; Klein Dytham Architecture; Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects; Morphosis; and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. | nytimes View full entry
A bunch of photos from last Saturday's hugely successful onOFF exhibition have been posted to the gallery. What's onOFF? Previously. Check it out while it's still up. View full entry
Lord Foster peels the top off a frosty beverage to toast the opening of his first New York project the Hearst Tower. NYT View full entry
The architect David Rockwell and the choreographer Jerry Mitchell collaborate to streamline the airport experience. NY Times View full entry
Visionary, bold, giving back, unique, best blend, unique, civic responsibility, action/reaction, unique, synergy/synergy and other arty tidbids. Louisville video chronicles. Watch it. This is new. When Prince speaks its serious. In 'v-clips' section. Museum Plaza View full entry
In a desperate attempt to ease the fast growing traffic problems, Dubai is planning on a Dhs 81.5 million "floating bridge"!! ... Gulf News View full entry
The Great Glass Elevator wonks out and seals in a bunch of customers at the top level of the new Apple Store, leaving them as bottled specimens on Fifth Avenue. engaget | via | previous View full entry
Iowa State University upgrades the first six-sided virtual reality room, the C6 VRAC. "Where war becomes gaming and gaming becomes war." Read View full entry
"With this project, the urban archipelago will be extended, animated, and networked by a strategic system of LOOPS and LILIES" for Toronto's Central Watefront...by Stan Allen, Ron Witte and Sarah Whiting. See Also: Boards of Canada | Shortlist | Showdown View full entry
As the Greater London Authority unveiled its vision for a "Water City" in the Lower Lea Valley on Tuesday, a lone architect was protesting that he held the copyright for the idea of an Olympic Park in the area, and it could not go ahead without his permission. BuildingDesignOnline View full entry
Canada's official entry for the architecture portion of this fall's Venice Bienale Event. SweaterLodge, created by design firm Pechet and Robb, will become a massive pavilion designed as giant orange polar fleece. The polar fleece fabric itself is made from recycled plastic drink containers.make: View full entry
Complete with its own water park. Watch it in the new all-new yahoo preview. View full entry
