Nearly 20 years after the huge accident at the Chernobyl, a new scientific report has found its aftereffects have not proved as dire as scientists had predicted. NYT View full entry

The Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat stated that the pull-out had created a window of opportunity for the build-up of West Bank settlement blocs, as the Israeli governement has created 3000 new housing units in spite of US objections. Haaretz View full entry

Now we're talking... MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- Jim Jundt was so determined to rein in his spending on gasoline that he got out of bed early and rode his 14-year-old quarterhorse mare to work. While he worked, Patty waited patiently, eating hay out of the back of a truck. AP NYT View full entry

NYT . Landmark West, a preservation group fighting to obtain landmark status for 2 Columbus Circle, suffered a setback yesterday, when Justice Michael D. Stallman of State Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled against the group's petition to block the Museum of Arts and Design from buying the Edward... View full entry

To promote the proposed $3.5 billion arena project for downtown Brooklyn, Forest City Ratner has created a publication The Brooklyn Standard to promote and gain support for the Atlantic Yards Project. NYT View full entry

History Unwired , a walking tour through one of Venice's more hidden neighborhoods, is delivered over location-aware, multimedia phones and PDAs. The tour takes visitors around the neighborhood of Castello, guided by the voices of Venetian citizens... View full entry

Rome says ciao asphalt and arrivederci sampietrini in several parts of the city. "But the surprising thing - in this city concerned as much with la bella figura as with its self-image as charmingly, or irritatingly, resistant to the modern world - is that there has not been much outrage." |... View full entry

Columbus' Neighborhood Design Center is sponsoring a one week charette to look at what to do with a 90 acre site next to downtown, prior to issuing a developer RFP... details View full entry

Edwin Heathcote examines urbicide at the roots of fundamentalist terrorism, and also talks with Norman Foster and Michael Sorkin about the more pervasive state of 'military urbanism' that is beseiging our cities behind armored hopes of impenetrability. But, by undermining the "freedom of thought... View full entry

The antidote to all the other awards shows we regularly highlight on Archinect is this year's Carbuncle awards for Scotland. Featuring the worst the North has to offer. Vote or Die. View full entry

Malmo's new neighbourhood is funky, environmentally friendly and the envy of architects worldwide. There's just one problem. The locals hate it. The Guardian View full entry

A new public space scheme by landscape designer Martha Schwartz has opened in an unusual site: the location of former demolished workers' housing in the coal mining village of New Fryston in Castleford, Yorkshire. Regeneration A layered network of stone walls and pathways includes seating and... View full entry

It has come very far from those rather humble beginnings on a nudist beach in San Francisco. Today Burning Man has become "Nevada's fifth largest city." It also has quite an interesting relationship with the stock price of Costco, I'm speculating. SFGate covers it from various angles. View full entry

Effervescent housing markets in American cities boost the economy, sure, but also contribute to congestion and pollution. Looking toward other models of urban transportation like bicycles (or god forbid walking) might be a good idea for the future. View full entry

China revists the midrise-scraper in Pudong with a campus building as "table" and tower as "pencil." Eat your heart out Alsop. | CNN View full entry