New York's best new museum just opened in... Astoria? Designed by Leeser Architecture, the Museum of the Moving Image - dedicated to preserving not just artifacts but actual films - doubled its size with this new crystalline expansion. New York's best new museum just opened in... Astoria? Designed... View full entry
Charles W. Moore is indeed one of the pivotal architect and the author of the now notorious and often inadequately understood (and naively dismissed on formal grounds) Po Mo period of 70's and 80's. In early eighties, Moore's collaborative, still known and functioning to date as Moore Ruble... View full entry
Experience tells us that it would be unwise to build up expectations for Eli Broad’s proposed new museum, whose design was unveiled at a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles last week. Despite the tens of millions he has poured into the city’s art institutions, Mr. Broad’s reputation... View full entry
L.A.'s premier philanthropist Eli Broad and his architects DS+R reveal the work in progress version of the private art museum in downtown Bunker Hill, just behind the Disney Hall and kitty corner from MoCA. It's simply called "Broad." There are elements like "vault," "veil," and "dimple." Even... View full entry
MVRDV have created a visualization for a future post-industrial/harbour development in Basel (Switzerland), for the IBA Basel 2020. More Info here. View full entry
Jonathan Glancey, architecture and design correspondent at The Guardian, risks a look ahead to the year's architecture highlights: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House in China, the topping out ceremony at the One World Trade Center by David Childs of SOM Architects in New York, as well as the... View full entry
World-renowned architect Frank Gehry has unveiled plans for his first building in Australia - a state-of-the-art business school to be built in Sydney. The building will feature a wrinkly facade built using a combination of brick and glass. "The hardest thing to do with modern architecture is... View full entry
Safe, sleek, inoffensive corporate architecture is offered that does little to elevate the conversation about the kind of large-scale civic architecture we want or need in downtown and region. Safe, sleek, inoffensive corporate architecture is offered that does little to elevate the conversation... View full entry
The winners of the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition were announced last Friday with Reiser + Umemoto's concept taking the First Prize. Yesterday Bustler published the winner of the Second Prize by Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture in... View full entry
The giant inflatable roof of Minneapolis' Metrodome stadium collapsed this morning under the weight of heavy snowfall. The giant inflatable roof of Minneapolis' Metrodome stadium collapsed this morning under the weight of heavy snowfall. Gawker View full entry
The architect has some pretty incredible plans, including an underground tunnel system linking the two campuses (called it). In fact, the entire road transportation system will operate through a network of tunnels (tubes?) that will clear the surface areas for green. “The buildings which will house the engineers and R&D will also be multifunctional and will incorporate cutting-edge technology in materials and equipment as well as renewable energy resources,” according to the report. — 9to5mac.com
Norman Foster has been selected to design the new Apple campus on HP's old campus which Apple recently purchased for $300m. Good choice! View full entry
A fire broke out Sunday in Istanbul’s historical Haydarpaşa train station, engulfing the landmark building’s roof in flames and posing a threat to the entire structure. [...] The building is a first-class monumental structure, said Eyüp Muhçu, the head of... View full entry
Today Foster + Partners officially inaugurated the solar-powered Masdar Institute, the first phase of their ambitious carbon-neutral Masdar City. The net energy-positive institute represents Abu Dhabi’s contribution in pioneering sustainable technologies, and it showcases a multitude of... View full entry
The Rabat Grand Theatre is being hailed as a centrepiece of the development of the 6,000 ha Bouregreg Valley in the heart of the Moroccan capital. The Rabat Grand Theatre is being hailed as a centrepiece of the development of the 6,000 ha Bouregreg Valley in the heart of the Moroccan capital.Read View full entry
Time magazine has just released its annual "50 Best Inventions" of the year list. Among them is Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral for the Shanghai Expo. Time View full entry