The Outdoor Lighting Application Center (OLAC), near Lyon, has constructed a new facility - a unique full-scale city environment, created so designers, architects and city officials can experience how light can be used to improve the quality of urban life. Gizmag has the story. View full entry
With all this talk about comics and architecture--democracy and cartoons at least one group of architects is taking this to heart and exploring the hubris and comic-like absurdites of our lives with Inflatable Democracy. via View full entry
Steven Holl covers all Go East© bases with projects in the "East" and "MiddleEast." Here are a few words on the Marina project in Lebanon. AME View full entry
Is it time for preservationists to begin worrying about the early Hadid works?? AnArchitecture points the way to the 1995 Spittelau Housing, where the "metal façade has been replaced by a cheaper white plaster cladding." See the "new" old at flickr View full entry
What do the Fontainebleau Hotel, the Eden Roc Hotel, the Dezerland Hotel, and the Sheraton Bal Harbour have in common? Aside from being on Miami Beach, all were designed in the 1950s and '60s by the architect Morris Lapidus, and all are examples of an architectural style called Miami Modern... View full entry
J. King takes on Zaha Hadid's CAC in Cincinnati, after the shine wears off. "And this would-be icon stands as a cautionary tale: In an age when celebrity architects are courted by cities and institutions desperate to make a splash, brand-name buzz can fade quicker than a fresh coat of paint."... View full entry
David Adjaye , Steven Holl, and Daniel Libeskind working in the same city--look out Bilbao, hello Denver. DP View full entry
Brooklyn Digital Foundry has posted a word about an animation they completed for OMA's REMcycled© project. Nice work guys! Watch View full entry
Frank O Gehry's $150 million center for tolerance is being built on an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem which is causing confusion throughout the region. Is this tolerance? TRIB l PC l LI l More View full entry
Turin's Olympic Village project, coordinated by Benedetto Camerana, proposes a variation on the theme of the urban residence. An exercise that opens the question of the Olympic structures' use after the kermis.domus and previously note: domus link might require membership. View full entry
Like the Eiffel Tower, the Atomium ”” an oversize replica of an iron molecule with nine aluminum-clad spheres ”” was once a World's Fair centerpiece. NYT View full entry
Forty Bond. HdM goes radical luxury for their first building in NYC. The Times take a peak. View full entry
Four teams of developers and architects have been chosen to design a riverfront neighborhood within Downtown Pittsburg's Cultural District. MVRDV, Steven Holl Architects, Gehl Architects, and Koning Eizenberg Architecture face off to see who can use the most wow factor. Post Gazette View full entry
The NYT has a good piece on the histoirical site of the old gestapo HQ, in Germany, and the rationale for the Topography of Terror that will soon be built to reclaim it. View full entry
Snøhetta is significantly changing its design for what was once the cultural complex at Ground Zero. The new scheme is now being described by officials as a visitors center. Record View full entry
