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
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Steven Holl Architects 'Cité du Surf et de l'Océan, Ville de Biarritz, France' project has been selected as winning scheme from an international competition that included the offices of E. Miralles/B.Tagliabue, Brochet Lajus Pueyo, B.Tschumi and J.-M. Willmotte. The City of Biarritz... View full entry
John King : "You don't expect to find one of San Francisco's most humane new buildings at the corner of Sixth and Howard streets, right in the squalid heart of Skid Row. But that's where the new Plaza Apartments stand stocky and tall -- an eight-story cube that not only is designed to provide... View full entry
Domus is now offering virtual tours of the buildings profiled in their magazine "thanks to a preconfigured itinerary that can be loaded in Google Earthâ„¢." View full entry
Artforum has just published, in its March issue, a large portfolio featuring architectural responses to the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The proposals were solicited from MVRDV, Huff + Gooden, UN Studio, Morphosis, West 8, and Hargreaves Associates by Red Kroloff, dean of Tulane... View full entry
Norman Foster's giant glass canopy roof for the Hong Kong government's $5 billion West Kowloon Cultural Complex (WKCC) has been scrapped. l ARecord l But Foster continues to move on the little island in the Great Bear. l Bloomberg l View full entry
Work will soon be getting underway on C.C. Pei's U.S. National Slavery Museum, a project deep in the territory of the old Confederacy, that aims to help Americans reflect critically on "one of the most misreported and misunderstood institutions in American history." Reuters | prev View full entry
NYC rejects a pilot program for these escape pods: lifeboats off skyscrapers for emergency evacuations. cnn View full entry
The Swiss Army Knife of Houses by Urs Flueckiger (Prof. at Texas Tech University) in the New York Times. View full entry
Plans were unveiled today to build the greenest housing estate Brighton will perhaps ever see. The 16-home development would be the first colony of Earthships, designed by Mike Reynolds. The developers, Biotecture, claims the homes will be so energy efficient they will have no utility bills, and... View full entry
For those of you who wanted more Zaha. Or specifically more images of the new library project at the Universidad de Sevilla, look no further. l previous l View full entry
MVRDV reconcentrates the concept behind their ill-fated serpentine pavilion to RELand New Orleans. via l previous View full entry
Hong Kong Halts Plans for Arts Center: outdoor canopy designed by Norman Foster scrapped. || Meanwhile, the Asia Society plans two large projects including a $52 million center in Hong Kong designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien and a $40 million center in Houston by Yoshio Taniguchi. || And... View full entry
