“The copper skin is complete. The rich stone and wood finishes have been installed in most of the light-filled interior spaces. Ferns and eucalyptus now grow in the open-air gardens that slice deep into the building and bring the surrounding park into the heart of the new... View full entry
LA Times: “Workers will sand 4,200 square feet of steel above the Founders Room and, later, the 1,800 square feet on the marquee for the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, known as REDCAT.” The symphonic sand scrub has begun. (Previously”¦) -- Sanding of the... View full entry
The word on the street looks pretty good after Libeskind's revisions bring him back to Covington on Monday to meet with the Architectural Review Panel in hopes of finding the financing feasibility for his Cincinnati tower. Enquirer | Previously”¦ View full entry
The Landmarks Preservation Commission will have to meet again after they asked Piano if his plan could be altered to avoid demolishing the two townhouses his design requires. Read View full entry
Nicholas Grimshaw, in conjunction with the Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats, has designed an unrivaled 40 hectare sea life centre. Sporting massive biodomes four times the size of the Eden project, a new haven for researches and biosciences could be up and running in UK by 2010. |... View full entry
They are fascinated by Cesar Pelli's recent tower, the $177.6 million Circa Centre. Planners are confident this is just more proof that a revitalized West Philly is truly taking shape. NYT View full entry
Who needs shipping containers when you can manufacture housing. Modernist living from Hanse Haus and Luigi Colani > it's the Colani Rotor House. l Wallpaper l View full entry
Safdie 's Yad Veshum in Jerusalem opens today. The Guardian offers a web tour and review. | guardian | prev View full entry
Amid murky financial commitments, and downtown pressure for the selected arts groups to prove their value for a future WTC Arts Center, the likeliness of what will (or won't) get built takes more disheartening turns. NYT View full entry
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Board of Trustees, announced today that $156 million has been raised in a campaign to transform the arts experience at LACMA. previous l BsWire View full entry
Foster's canopy over the West Kowloon cultural district project gets furrowed brow from Gehry. Standard View full entry
NY Daily : "Tomorrow's a big day for the Whitney. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission will weigh the pros and cons of the museum's expansion plan - and possibly vote on it." View full entry
When it's a home to every religion - and none. Jonathan Glancey explores Derby's Multi-Faith Centre View full entry
Tadao Ando has been chosen to design a “chapel-like” conservation lab gallery space for the South Campus of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts. [Berk Eagle | NA Trans] View full entry
BCN architect Josep Bohigas has curated a sampling of six minimal dwellings by major architects as well as students that challenge allowable space requirements. The article is in spanish w/ 1 image. View full entry
