According to an article in the China Post, the government remains committed to building a Guggenheim museum in Taichung, which the central government has pledged to provide NT$5 billion to finance. View full entry
McDonalds 50th Anniversary Restaurant Design to replace their current McDonald's flagship location at 600 N. Clark St. Chicago. Its strange that they have gone back to the old retro look of the 50s when it all started. View full entry
In more academia construction news, Harvard Law has chosen Robert A.M. Stern to oversee their new development project. Nothing "futuristic" going on there (see story on Princeton). View full entry
"Among the architects who sent representatives to learn more about the WTC cultural projects - which is not to say they will necessarily bid on them - were Arquitectonica, Santiago Calatrava, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Enrique Norten, Bernard... View full entry
NBA owners approved the sale of the New Jersey Nets to developer Bruce Ratner, who plans to move the Nets to Brooklyn, where he hopes to build a $2.5 billion residential and commercial project that would include a Frank Gehry designed arena for the team to play in. (Daily News) View full entry
With strict safety and behavior rules, 6 staff trained in crowd management and first aid and a fence to control the number of visitors to visit the fountain at any time. View full entry
They say this building is gravity-defying. View the truth in this photogallery which follows the construction of the Ontario College of Art and Design's new building by Will Alsop in Toronto. Read more about it in Icon Magazine or at the OCAD's own site. View full entry
With just a hint of cheek, developers said yesterday that the Cloud, or something like it, could rise on a brownfield site in Birkenhead and be a focus for the regeneration of an area that has missed out on the Liverpool boom of recent years. From The Guardian. Previously on archinect. View full entry
Despite some of the outbursts against outside architects, another Kansas City developer is courting the big names to build office space, a hotel and shops. The list includes Predock, Tschumi, Hadid, Starck, Pelli, Safdie and many more. (KCStar) View full entry
Herzog & de Meuron's Olympic stadium design to be shelved and redesigned in an attempt to lower costs as part of central government's drive to curb 'white elephant' projects. From the The Straits Times BEIJING - Work on China's 3.5 billion yuan (S$730 million) national stadium for the... View full entry
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners , Caputo Partnership, and System Two Thousand won the Second Phase of an international competition for the New Center of the Lombardy Region, Italy in April 04. The competition finalists are now on display at the following locations: Phase I l Phase II l... View full entry
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), a part of the Smithsonian, promises to be last word on how to exhibit Indian artefacts in the 21st century. But Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal, has disowned his own masterpiece, calling it a forgery, and says he won't appear for the grand... View full entry
Herzog & De Meuron's Forum building has been closed to the public due to falling chunks of fire-retardant foam ”˜embedded' in the ceiling structure (among other problems). City and event official, Alberto Fernandez Diaz called the building, "a 72 million euro piece of crap"... View full entry
Adviser Carl Westmoreland talks about the history of the slave pen at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, which was a $110 million project that opened Tuesday in memory of the harrowing trips North by countless slaves. View full entry
David Dunlap of the NYTimes reports on the Archdiocese of New York's plans to demolish St. Thomas the Apostle Church to build affordable senior housing. View full entry