Lake/Flato collaborate on a Texas Medical Center building and prove how health care need not be dull and ugly. Read View full entry

Predock 's copperclad Austin City Hall continues to get good reviews. | mysa(pics) | (use bugmenot to avoid registration) View full entry

Potential windpower in Cape Trafalgar raises objections by fisherman and the eyebrows of ecologists: NYTimes All seems relatively quiet, thus far, concerning the turbine proposal off Long Island. View full entry

Finally - the LA Times prints architecture criticism that matters | via Planetizen View full entry

The new Moma building provides too much of a view to visitors, and the neighbors aren't happy. Guardian View full entry

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