Now that Alsop is out of the picture, Liverpool has asked 3xN to "explore ideas" for the Mann Island site. Submissions from Libeskind, Hadid, and Chipperfield were all rejected. | dailypost | more | prev View full entry
The Texas company that built and owns the Biosphere 2 Center near Tucson, AZ has put the property up for sale. The campus consists of a 3.1-acre glass terrarium and 70 other buildings on 140 acres. | msnbc View full entry
A group of investors is betting $220 million on a new Harlem renaissance, in the form of a new office, hotel and retail complex. The Slatin Report on the Enrique Norten-designed "Harlem Park" development. View full entry
Nicolai Ouroussoff previews the new design; no word to Nicolai on that rumored move to Canada; NYT tries to get cheeky with the pictures. View full entry
...and it all begins with fake trees. Wired reports that a new eco-theme park is under development in the Vegas outskirts and uses alloy-and-fabric "trees." These will act as giant coolers - water circulating through them will vaporize to create cold downdrafts that blanket the 150-acre complex... View full entry
University of Tasmania architecture student's end-of-year project took a step towards reality late last month. examiner View full entry
The first major changes are pllanned for one of the major works of 04, Millennium Park: two new exhibit areas and new concession stands designed by architect Frank Gehry to complement his billowy stage. Read View full entry
Scottish icon, the Clydebank super-sized crane Titan, to be restored and turned into a visitor attration by Clydebank Re-built. | bbc (pics) | stewart_arch View full entry
Iovine looks at the need for speed in home design. Includes Blu Dot's Flatpak House and Aisslinger's Loftcube. | nytimes View full entry
Just before Christmas the final touches were put on the £2.3 million restoration of what is perhaps the most important Modern Movement building in the UK. Agatha Christie was a former resident and Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore clinked glasses in its in house Bar... View full entry
Pompidou officials reluctant to work with any "second-class" operation that turned out overseas museums like a "Coca-Cola factory" NYT View full entry
Speaking of 'ronto ... here is some more on the ongoing fund-raising for Gehry's $200m AGO in Toronto. | globemail View full entry
Philadelphia's newest skyscraper will also be its tallest, a 975-foot behemoth wrapped in tinted glass and named for its anchor tenant, Comcast Corp. Designed by New York architect Robert A.M. Stern, Comcast Center will feature a half-acre landscaped public park and a glass-enclosed winter garden... View full entry
J Glancey surveys the task at hand to the three designers vying for the Halley VI commission and the state of design in Antarctica. | guardian | prev View full entry
The Taj Mahal in India has been called a poem in stone, a moon-white dream, a tear on the face of humanity. It was built 350 years ago this year. NPR View full entry