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

Paul Murdoch winner of the Flight 93 Memorial has sold out to satisfy critics who complained his design honors terrorists with geometry. Hopefully he just changes the verbage to freedom crescent. LATimes l previous View full entry

September 11th has defined the edges of our nationalistic temperament in the view of art to interpret culture - demarcating a line well beyond the debate on flag desecration a few years ago. This has culminating into a new art movement named Inappropriate Art. Gotham Gazette View full entry

In a powerful reminder that big-name architects have become big business, the casino operator MGM Mirage has enlisted a celebrity roster - Rafael Viñoly, Lord Norman Foster, James KM Cheng, Cesar Pelli, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates - to design various parts of a $5 billion, 66-acre... View full entry

As Ferrer vs. Bloomberg begins to take shape, the atlantic yards project gains speed with the MTA voting to sell the property to the Nets and Forest City Ratner. NYT l previous l previously View full entry

Herzog & de Meuron's Allianz Arena in Munich, is digested by Holger Liebs during a recent match between Bayern Munich and the German National Team. Frieze View full entry

A new intergral art installation titled Making Visible the Invisible has graced the interior of the Seattle Public Library which records and broadcasts books that have left the building. Seattle PI View full entry

Dwell Magazine has just announced the launch of an exclusive collection of custom-designed, modern prefabricated homes. The publication has teamed up with Empyrean International LLC (formerly Deck House), Resolution: 4 Architecture, and Lazor Office to create The Dwell Homes by Empyrean... View full entry

The future of the Calder Museum in Philadelphia by Tadao Ando is in doubt when the State and museum's major financial backer have withdrawn their support for the project. Philly View full entry

After a failed attempt at a retro styled Amtrak Station, Milwaukee's Eppstein Uhen rips a page from Daniel Libeskind (sort of) and kicks out something to at least discuss. View full entry

David Chipperfield has 6 months to complete a masterplan for the expansion and renovation of the St. Louis Art Museum. Selecting him from 120 architects seals the deal on a five-year planning process for the project, and will expand Iowa's eden just south of the border now. View full entry

Gehry is all over the news lately, I hesitate to even mention that construction pics of the Riscal Winery are over at arcspace. View full entry

Cork, Ireland, is the European Culture Capital 2005 and the 2001 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Daniel Libeskind and Cecil Balmond has apparently found a place to roost there. flickr View full entry

Memorial's crescent shape criticized as inappropriate. "Almost immediately upon seeing the design, online bloggers suggested that it is inappropriate to use a red crescent in the memorial." read | previous | via View full entry