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

New York City, the Mayor, the Jets, and the Planning department tsar of aesthetics - a tale of intrigue over a stadium. NYT View full entry

Archined documents the long awaited Souterrain transportation hub in The Hague by OMA. View full entry

Ouroussoff gives a civic minded salute to SPL and Caltrans as the best architecture of the year. NYT View full entry

Employees in the new Morphosis designed Caltrans building wonder why their new building lacks adequate restrooms, drinking fountains and requires $400,000 worth of new sun shades.Building Puts Form Over Bodily Function By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff Writer With its eye-popping architecture and... View full entry

Space 798 is a converted 1950s East German Bauhaus Factory in Beijing converted into a art gallery and cultural center. View full entry

Copenhagen 's shortage of affordable housing versus the ratio of office space gets remastered as Fremtidens Kontor. via GlowLab View full entry

The battle over a proposed $1.4 billion football stadium on the West Side of Manhattan opened up a new front today. NYT View full entry

Here are 2 excellent sites documenting Renzo Piano's extension to the High Museum (R.Meier) and Atlanta College of Art. 1 | 2 View full entry

Black ties discarded on Sage's first day - Guardian | prev: Foster x 3 & The Transformation of Gateshead View full entry