Apparently Snohetta won't have so much trouble with the size of the Freedom Center at Ground Zero after all. The project doesn't seem to have tenants anymore. The LMDC keeps raising the bar on them and the content of their exhibitions about "freedom." And the head of the LMDC doesn't seem to... View full entry
The "sala" -School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture- at Penn State is nearing completion of a new building by Overland Partners (read more). See the progress on this flickr photoset. View full entry
"Jaffe, who was a fan of Japanese Kabuki theater, would 'choreograph the experience of his clients and their weekend guests,' as if they were actors in a play." He would use "striking angles and raw wood skins (...) (d)uring construction of their house," and "Jaffe kept changing plans, sketching... View full entry
Goldman Sachs has agreed to build a $2 billion new headquarters across the street from the former World Trade Center site, reversing its decision this spring to abandon its building plans, according to city, state and company officials who have been briefed on the investment firm's plans...In... View full entry
On the occasion of World Youth Day, the Dioceses of Cologne is opening the construction site of the Kolumba museum (Peter Zumthor). Visitors will have access to the ground floor, foyer and excavation areas. 13th to 19th of August. From 10 am to midnight. via Baunetz (in German), also see... View full entry
LA board of supervisors approve the Grand Avenue plan, but several financing issues, including parking under the park, remain unresolved. Nonetheless, Gehry is excited View full entry
When members of parliament arrive at work one day next year they will get a shock. Looming over their view up-river will be a stupendous 50-storey tower of luxury flats. It will be higher than the NatWest Tower and the highest residential tower in Europe. The Sunday Times View full entry
Louvre Sponge Bath: "Bellini and Ricciotti were chosen in a competition that also included Zaha Hadid and Coop Himmelblau" AR | previouzly: slides | 20 mil donation View full entry
Like their Scottish Parliament building, Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue's Barcelona market took a long time to construct. But it's still outstanding. The Guardian View full entry
Chicagoan's discuss Calatrava's new turning torso brand skyscraper on WBEZ radio's audio archive. l previous l View full entry
Channel 4 viewers put the £431m Scottish Parliament on their list of Britain's most hated eyesore buildings. The Guardian View full entry
They are the elegant relics of Britain's 1930s seaside heyday. Now the coast's modernist masterpieces are receiving a new lease on life. The Guardian View full entry
Mountains everywhere, first at the Serpentine , then at the Venice Biennale , and now in Berlin. The former government headquarters of the desolved german (not so) democratic republic, better known as "Volkspalast", now contains a mountain inside, as part of a series of performances and events... View full entry
A long, hot summer overheats one of the Crown Jewels of Chicago's Millennium Park. Read View full entry
Restored synagogue in Mad, Hungary honours village's past. International Herald Tribune View full entry
