Architecture: Jonathan Glancey on the Eden Project's new education building, inspired by 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13... The Guardian View full entry

"Plans to transform the south side of Birmingham are making positive progress this week following the submission of a planning application for a new landmark building which is set to complete The Mailbox development. Designed by internationally renowned architect Ken Shuttleworth, the mixed use... View full entry

The small danish city of Sønderborg in southern Jutland will be graced with the presents of a new hotel by Frank Gehry. A project that city officials hope will kick off a Bilbao Effect for the area. CPost View full entry

NYT gets called out by dddb.net for shilling the Forest City Ratner and company Atlantic Yards project in a 162 page muckraking piece (PDF) which exposes NYT's conflict of interest. Gutter View full entry

Peter Eisenman's building was beautiful, but the roof leaked. So the Wexner Center decided to take it from the top. NY Times View full entry

The goverment of thailand has selected a site in Khao Lak-Lamru National Park in Phangnga Province, on the hardest hit area in Thailand, to build a Tsunami Memorial as a permanent tribute to those who lost their lives. Read View full entry

What happens when Vito Acconci, an inveterate troublemaker famous for masturbating in a gallery has a second act designing, among other things, a children's playground. nytimes View full entry

The once experimental museum Wexner Center for The Arts by Peter Eisenman is turned over and William Randolph Hearst's famous tower grows 46 stories. NYT View full entry

NASA is building "an underwater lab called Aquarius, 20 metres beneath the surface of the ocean near Key Largo, Florida." "The goal is to simulate a moon mission by exploring the reef area," and "the team will even attempt to build a lunar base on the sea floor near the habitat." From New... View full entry

Daniel Libeskind's design for a 45-storey glass condoplex, just shy of the city's tallest building, has excited local politicians in Warsaw because, according to Michael Borowski, the city's chief architect, the project will help the city avoid "a central business district which is dark at night... View full entry

Simon Jenkins writing for the guardian asks Ghery to scale down his Brighton towers -silly crumpled balls of paper stacked on top of each other - We also learn the project's new nickname: "the Pitt's" . View full entry

写真のみで、青森県立美術館 via the NA+ dezain daisy chain. Aomori Museum | Jun Aoki View full entry

One architect's never-ending search for the well-lived home and life . . . in which Josh Schweitzer explains why you should tear down your house. Read (with images) View full entry

BBC . Plans for a controversial £250m sports and housing development on Hove seafront by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry have been finalised. According to this other report, Brad Pitt takes a role in the redesign of Hove seafront. (Not convinced yet). prev View full entry

Some Gabion from the new Ordrupgaard Museum extension in Denmark (by ZH). View full entry