...they go west all the way. Quiz: what NY firm is dabbling in mission-style tile roofs? Answer. Oh, you don't believe it? View full entry
What do you give one of history's greatest architects for his 150th birthday? If the city is Chicago and the architect Louis Sullivan, the gift could wind up being one less surviving building. See all the photos and read the story ...here View full entry
The new America's Cup pavilion in Valencia is sleek, sporty - and could teach the British Olympics planning team a thing or two, says Jonathan Glancey, Guardian View full entry
Beauty wasn't really the point here, according to Koolhaas. He has said (rather disingenuously, given the pavilion's striking shape) that it wasn't so much about how the building looks as what will go on inside... NYT-M l related View full entry
File under uber-megaproject. Jerde Partnership's Kanyon is a total interiorscape in Istanbul that straddles two continents. | coolhunt View full entry
"It may strike some as a bit ironic to speak of the picturesque in discussing a museum executed by a Japanese architect for a defunct NATO base in Germany. Yet that description easily comes to mind when first viewing the Langen Foundation, a small, 32,635-square-foot, concrete museum designed by... View full entry
The Paralyzed Veterans of America presented its 2006 Barrier-Free Access Award to Fong & Chan Architects to recognize the accessibility of the de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. AIA View full entry
“Do you know the Notorious B.I.G.?” Ingels asked me as we returned from the VM Houses in his Volvo wagon. “I read in Wikipedia that B.I.G. stands for ”˜Business Instead of Game.'” If gangsta rap and progressive Danish urbanism seem worlds apart... View full entry
UPenn and Slate's Witold Rybczynski walks through Denver to assess its experimental architecture. Slate l rebuttal View full entry
French nimbyist's are in a tizzy over the creation(s) of Thierry Ehrmann in Lyon. Ehrmann has transformed his 17th-century house into a stunning art assemblage he calls "The La Demeure du Chaos." NYT View full entry
Couldn't resist the dumb pun, just to draw your attention to new photographs of this year's Serpentine Pavillion. We have some interesting detailing in this set by our blogger, Chris Daniel. More in the flickr pool... Previously | In the Gallery View full entry
The city's 200,000 or so Muslims have been meeting in disused basements and whatever space the community can find. bbc View full entry
A faithful rendering of the decorations of the Moscow metro, through some 450 photos and 27 panoramas. via magicalurbanism View full entry
An archive's blueprints, drawings, letters and other artifacts conjure up the social architecture of Woodlawn Cemetary in the Bronx. NY Times View full entry
The smallest multistory building of the city Zurich. Designed by Spillmann Echsle architects, it is build to last for five to ten years. Core 77 - swiss-architects, In German, but there is always Babelfish. | Flickr and you can find more in the shop locator of the Freitag website View full entry
