Explore the South African Soccer Stadiums in 3D with Google Earth. All ten stadiums and nine host cities in South Africa are modeled in 3D and live in Google Earth and Earth view in Google Maps. Explore the South African Soccer Stadiums in 3D with Google Earth. All ten stadiums and nine host... View full entry
The firm's Chicago office is returning to its first major modernist project in town, the Inland Steel Building, turning it into a modern, green masterpiece. Among the investors backing the project is none other than that Mr. Sustainability himself, Frank Gehry. The firm's Chicago office is... View full entry
CNN says, "There are lots of ways for homes to be 'cool.' These six are all unusual in some respect -- and great places to live." Unfortunately, they didn't catch the $7.49 million church-turned-single-family-home on the market in San Francisco's Mission district. via @javierestCNN says, "There... View full entry
And while we're on the topic of buildings dedicated to music, Boston's new Shalin Liu Performance Center by Epstein Joslin Architects gets a mixed review by The Globe's Robert Campbell. And while we're on the topic of buildings dedicated to music, Boston's new Shalin Liu Performance Center by... View full entry
Richard Seven of The Seattle Times discusses the "perplexing" Experience Music Project. Richard Seven of The Seattle Times discusses the "perplexing" Experience Music Project.The EMP, which also includes a wing called the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, turns 10 years old this month. It... View full entry
The proposal for a Muslim community center a few blocks from the World Trade Center has caused quite an excessive (even xenophobic) stir. But the people backing Cordoba House say they not only want to bridge the Muslim and Western worlds socially but also architecturally. The proposal for a Muslim... View full entry
Curbed ranks the reviews by bitchiness.Curbed ranks the reviews by bitchiness. 3) Astor Place Tower (aka the Sculpture for Living; Gwathmey Siegel): "It might be more at home on the skyline of some other town: Stamford, Charlotte, Tampa all come to mind." View full entry
For the first time in 55 years, Philip Johnson's first commissioned residential home is up for sale. The famed modern architect, known for his inventive use of glass, designed and built this Bedford, N.Y., property known as the Booth House in 1946. For the first time in 55 years, Philip Johnson's... View full entry
Operation Hope has just been named the recipient of the Buckminster Fuller $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. Operation Hope has just been named the recipient of the Buckminster... View full entry
A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by its ancient monuments and Baroque fountains. The inaugural shows' highlight is "Space," an exhibit that takes visitors along a route of the eight video works... View full entry
Today in Hamburg the "topping-out" celebrations began for the city's new cultural landmark on the Elbe River. Elphilharmonie started construction a year and a half ago and is now reaching completion. Today in Hamburg the "topping-out" celebrations began for the city's new cultural landmark on the... View full entry
Curbed LA reports that the Morphosis-designed Emerson College proposal has been approved by Hollywood's Planning Commission.Not unexpectedly, attorney Robert Silverstein aka Mr. McSue, showed up at the hearing to express his dismay about the project. Silverstein, who has also represented other... View full entry
After 25 years of false starts, the board of the Whitney Museum of American Art has taken a step that will redefine the 80-year-old institution. It voted on Tuesday afternoon to begin construction on a building in the meatpacking district in Manhattan, to be completed by 2015, that will vastly... View full entry
As a kid growing up in British Columbia, the work of Patkau Architects was always at the top of my agenda for local weekend architectural pilgrimages. It was with great pleasure, then, to find out that Patkau has just been announced the winners of the Fallingwater On-Site Cottage competition... View full entry
A derelict Detroit house becomes a design lab for five young firms. A derelict Detroit house becomes a design lab for five young firms. Five architecture fellows from the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning sought to do the exact opposite: each would... View full entry