"When in Rome... don't listen to the Romans. Especially when they burn models of your building and call it a cesspit. Richard Meier tells Steve Rose about his controversial new museum." Guardian. View full entry
The new Estonian National Museum in Tartu, designed by Ghotmeh-Tane-Dorell Architects, is an extension of a former Soviet airstrip. Domus View full entry
Hiroshi Sambuichi camouflages the presence of a dental clinic beneath a series of artificial hills covered in low hedges. domus View full entry
"Snigger all you want, but FAT's weird and wonderful Woodward Place in Manchester's New Islington has been delivered with exemplary care and manifest artistry." Read more at Building Design. Even more in another article at, yes, Building Design, wherein FAT's project is discussed vis-a-vis Alain... View full entry
New York's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will open a new design center (today). The Target National Design Education Center, on the ground floor of the design museum, will feature a 100-seat lecture room, design studio, and resource library. Full Read View full entry
"Six up-and-coming (local) architectural firms are in the running to create a sculpture garden for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art," writes John King in the SF Chron. "The sculpture garden has a chance to do something besides make an artistic splash. It can be a model of a new sort of... View full entry
Blair Kamin's account of Chicago's Soldier Field being stripped of its status as a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior: ...It sends a message that resounds far beyond Chicago: Don't mess with the nation's most venerated sites, not if your design is going to make it look... View full entry
"Apparently the whole thing spins ... as if it were sitting on a record player." Like Nessie, we have a sighting in the discussion: "I attended Rem's lecture at the National Building Museum in DC last night (4/25/06) (sic) and he showed us images of this project towards the end of his... View full entry
Chicago's Soldier Field is stripped of its National Historic Landmark status. Blair Kamin explains how Chicago's loss can be other historic buildings' gain. However, not everyone agrees with his assesment. View full entry
Swarthmore's new $48-million science complex takes the LEED in green building design. | Chronicle | Read At Swarthmore, a Green Building as a Billboard for Science By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER Swarthmore, Pa. It sounds like a recipe for disaster: Start with three used science buildings. Add two... View full entry
Here are more snapshots of Herzog and DeMeuron's Beijing Stadium under construction. Previously | Via View full entry
Gov. George E. Pataki's senior adviser for counterterrorism has concluded that the design for the memorial at ground zero leaves it vulnerable to a terrorist attack and has called on the architects to consider revising several critical aspects. NYT View full entry
Inhabitat's Sarah Rich sends word of this year's top 10 AIA Committee on the Environment projects. See Inhabitat for project views and info. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Croxton Collaborative Architects, and Mahlum Architects all are repeat winners. View full entry
A California woman is going ahead with the construction of a house made of elements from a 747 Jumbo jet. BBC View full entry
"There are two primary schools of thought on dam building: the instinctive school and the adaptive school," [local beaver] Messner said, studying the river's current. "I'm more of an integration-minded postmodernist. I don't believe that form should follow function, like most of my colleagues do... View full entry
