Thomas Shine: On Freedom Tower, he says, no free ride. Read | Shine v Childs to go Before a Judge View full entry

Albert Kahn 's iconic 1915 Reynolds Building for Ford is getting a facelift and refurb to become, what else, lofts. | lvlonline | more View full entry

New Dickinson School of Law facilities in Carlisle and State College, Penn State University. PSU's board of trustees approved Polshek Partnership of New York Friday to design the proposed $40 million renovations in Carlisle and a $60 million new facility on Penn State's main campus. read View full entry

The Quebec Order of Architects (OAQ) has awarded the 2004-05 'Prize for Excellence in Architecture' to the Chateauguay Municipal Library and its architects, Manon Asselin Architecte/Atelier TAG and their associates, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte. read | finalists View full entry

Kisho Kurokawa's famous experiment in living and working in tiny pods (Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza) may be in danger of demo. Built in 1972, the demolition campaigners complain that Mr Kurokawa's units are too difficult to maintain. IndUK (gracias, manobox). View full entry

Sunday is the 4th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 Attacks, and what will ultimately be at the site of the former World Trade Center is still at issue. Sara Fishko asked some questions about the memorial process WNYC l Listen View full entry

A glass and wood bubble designed by Renzo Piano is the newest addition to the historic centre of Cologne. - BauNetz (in German) - description from an older Archidose. Profile in Renzo Piano's website. View full entry

Moshe Safdie's $230 million project Renaissance Square project for Rochester, NY is unveiled. RDC View full entry

The University of Virginia , which prides itself on its nationally renowned architecture, is being condemned by its own architecture professors for constructing "mediocre" buildings that copycat Thomas Jefferson's classicist style. TDispatch View full entry

Two bold new living spaces prove domestic architecture needn't be boring. By Jonathan GlanceyThe Guardian View full entry

The controversial Memorial to Europe's Murdered Jews, is in financial difficulties less than four months after its opening in Berlin. MET View full entry

3 architecture projects take top honors for ID magazines annual design review. Projects include DIM Mobile Retail Unit by LOT/Ek, Huyghe + Le Corbusier Puppet Theater by Michael Meredith, and Urban Nomad Shelter by Electroland. View full entry

Just two years shy of it's 50th birthday, the Guggenheim will get it's first significant dose of cosmetic surgery. $27 million worth to be exact. "There are obvious cracks in the museum's facade and surrounding pavement. Its mechanical systems are outdated." Limited by "nondestructive... View full entry

With the recent opening of Chipperfield's Figge, and now the awarding of Grimshaw for the Coralville Rainforest Project (Eden part deux?), there is something English in the air in Iowa. | dmreg View full entry

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Ordupgaard art museum reopened Tuesday with a new modern wing designed by architect Zaha Hadid. Yahoo AP | see previous for more View full entry