The world's newest parliament building opened today. Scotland's politicians filed into work at Holyrood for the first time. More >>Holyrood.tv >> Live streams from the Parliament building Excellent 10 min video filmed during the construction of the building.Scottish parliament opens... View full entry
The ultra-modern Quai Branly building, designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, should further these aims. "The project has changed very little since it was unveiled," Mr. Martin said, "because we worked for over two years defining our needs before the design competition was organized."... View full entry
Rammed earth buildings at Charles Stuart University at Thurgoona will be listed for heritage protection. Unlike most heritage items, the innovative, award-winning buildings have been built over the past eight years and some are still under construction. More info at Earth Architecture. View full entry
Weekly Dose presents this award-winning school by Russell & Yelland Architects. In its close proximity to the University of South Australia, Technology Park and new accommodation for the elderly, lifelong learning was considered in new and flexible ways. View full entry
It's official: The field of architects competing to design the downtown Kansas City arena will be the same two players the community has known about since May - Downtown (HOK, Ellerbe Beckett) & All-Star (Gehry, Crawford). KCStar View full entry
Designboom features the Shigeru Ban, Jean de Gastines, Philip Gumuchdjian, Ingo Maurer (lighting) design for the Metz Centre Pompidou, 3 1/2 hours north of Paris. View full entry
Are you HOK Sport+Venue+Event, Ellerbe Becket, 360 Architecture, Frank Gehry, or Crawford Architects? If so, you are presenting your designs for the new Kansas Downtown Arena at 5pm today. Read. View full entry
Novy Dvur monastery will be dedicated today and the public will have free access to it and its church for the first and only time; hundreds of people are expected to attend. NYTimes View full entry
Manhattan-based Weiss/ Manfredi Architects were given an Excellence in Design Award for the Museum of the Earth from the New York state chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIANYS). ithaca journal View full entry
After a £10 million restoration project, Hawksmoor's Church Masterpiece will be revealed today. via The Scotsman. Read more>> Article on The Times. More about Hawksmoor the Architect. View full entry
What's holding back SOM's proposal for a new Penn Station in NYC? Nicolai Ouroussoff for the NYT examines the design as well as the political holdout in light of the crazed streets surrounding the Republican National Convention. View full entry
Chad Clark at Burnlab alerts us of the presence of a Save the Neutra Cyclorama Petition and a letter you can send. Previously: Another Endangered Neutra View full entry
798 Space is a 1200 square meter contemporary art space refurbished from an old weapons factory left by the 1950's era of communist Beijing. Xu Young talks about his effort to promote the avant garde in China as well as preserve a historic architecture in a new cultural enterprise. (NYT) View full entry
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Picking up where Krzysztof Wodiczko may have left off, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer further pursues “Relational Architecture” by transforming public spaces using interactive technologies that enable participants to become part of the artwork. In this latest exhibit at MOCA... View full entry