A new skyscraper is being presented to the Kuwaiti government - if built, it will be 200m taller than the Burj Dubai. It will be, yes, one kilometer in height. New Scientist. View full entry

Five Architectural and Design Teams will Compete for the Greening of the College Avenue Campus: Blinder Bell & Jean Nouvel, Eisenman Architects, Morphosis, Predock, Ten Architectos. Via the google news page:Home New Tribune and the Rutgers Press Release. View full entry

Columbia University graduates 4pli have established their practice at Williamsburg, Brooklyn. While they try to settle their office in the hood the projects keep coming along. View full entry

She will see your budget and raise you £41m... Hadid has hit back at the UK government over the budget row for the 2012 Aquatic Centre. | guardian | prev View full entry

What will replace New York's Tappan Zee Bridge? Not a tunnel. How 'bout a brand new cable-stayed bridge? ENR. View full entry

Glasgow architects Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop are anxious to build their design for The Hazelwood School, "the first building in Europe designed specifically to cater for the needs of children who may have combinations of disabilities, such as severely impaired eyesight and deafness, learning... View full entry

Heinz Ruther , professor of Geomatics at the University of Cape Town, has embarked on a project aimed both at preserving the Africa's historical sites, and also at making them more accessible to people. BBC View full entry

Ample photoset of the grand opening of Zaha's Phaeno. via View full entry

That's right, breaking news at bdonline.frm the news > "Previous plans for a grass covered mountain-like pavilion by fellow Dutch architects MVRDV, originally planned for this year, have now been postponed indefinitely because of the œtechnical and financial issues associated with the project... View full entry

El Museo del Barrio , the city's only museum dedicated to the art and culture of the Caribbean and Latin America, broke ground Monday. Newsday View full entry

The Pusan International Film Festival has selected Austria-based Coop Himmelb(l)au's design as the winning entry for its 430,000 square-foot PIFF Cinema Complex and urban plaza in Pusan. l Record l CoopNews l previous l View full entry

The NYT dives into the story behind the (Steven Holl-designed) Connecticut Water Plant that had us all guessing way back when. View full entry

The proposals for the new FC Valencia stadium were unveiled on Friday to the press. Check out the images and video from channel 9. Note: Seems like the H&M Olympic stadium in China had a big influence in some of these schemes. View full entry

Another starry-eyed developer looks to starchitects to design a dreamy multi-million dollar development called 'Landmark Houses' Will it be better than Coco Brown's star studded Houses at Sagaponac? via ReBlog View full entry

Berlin's new massive rail station approaches completion for the 2006 World Cup, but the architect and the public are ready to give the project a red card. Reuters View full entry