Housing or office space! Who should be in charge the Port Authority or Silverstein? Since freedom is off the table in the 21st Century is the Freedom Tower also out of the picture? WNYC l related View full entry
Tallest building in Russia, taller than any other building in Europe. THE Tallest naturally ventilated tower in the world. F&P website, and Lord Foster unveiling the project (TV screenshots). Russian speaking architects go and get a job! View full entry
The eternal problem of the leaky roof in nouveau architecture or the builder that forgets to turn off a faucet? Both, apparently, according to the Reina Sofia museum director, Ana MartÃnez de Aguilar. The museum, designed by Jean Nouvel will undergo a thorough re-evaluation to find... View full entry
Renzo Piano continues to be go-to architect for museums, as he slates a major renovation of The Harvard University Art Museums. Crimson View full entry
No windows, no problem! Hugh Hardy craves up a single family home out of a 10,000-square-foot stable in Long Island City, Queens. NYT View full entry
Once illegal, a new skatepark takes shape on Marginal Way in Seattle. | Project Blog | Stranger View full entry
Coming soon to Brooklyn's Brownstone Belt: Jail with retail. View full entry
"Zaha Hadid's project at Spittelau, Vienna, is one of her most compelling yet. Too bad it has become possibly the most expensive and ill-conceived social housing in the world." Read more at Building Design. Full article:Vienna's white elephants • 10 March 2006 Zaha Hadid's... View full entry
As groundbreaking begins at the WTC site, the politics still swirl around the memorial... WNYC View full entry
The New Museum of Contemporary Art is among sixty-three New York arts and civic organizations that are to benefit from more than $27 million in federal grants. NYT l related View full entry
Kimbell Art Museum is planning an expansion, but what architect can rise to the challenge of designing across from two masters, Kahn and Ando? Star Telegram l CDaily View full entry
One of Alvar Aaltos most notable houses the Maison Carre in France has been bought by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and will I think (my Finnish translating skills are not that good!) it will be open to the public from the Summer of 2007. The building has been in private hands until now and... View full entry
If you love cities and their endless array of flavors, both culinary and architectural, then last week was a lousy week. Kamin's take on downtown's direction. Chicago Tribune View full entry
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) was built to explore and illustrate a single theme: that we all descend from the men and women who migrated out of the Rift Valley. We are all, the curators want us to acknowledge, part of the African diaspora. It is a humbling thought and MoAD is a noble... View full entry
Cultural negotiations at ground zero between the artist Jenny Holzer and the developer Larry A. Silverstein have ended not just in an agreement, but in a work of art. NYT View full entry
