A new plan that aims to reconcile those eager to bring experimental modern architecture into the historical center of St. Petersburg and those who would like the heart of the city to be preserved was proposed Monday. From the St. Petersburg Times View full entry
Croat Gov commits 300 million to Serb home reconstruction to gain EU acceptance. View full entry
Today, as part of the Democratic National Convention ceremonies, Boston saw the dedication of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the immense linear park that is planned to take the place of the old elevated Central Artery highway. The Boston Globe reports on the preparations and the ceremony itself (... View full entry
Yup, can you believe it, more on Alsop in the Guardian . View full entry
In Mumbai, according to the Slum Rehabilitation Development (SRD) scheme, a builder willing to build under this program, provides free housing to slum dwellers and uses the extra FSI to build and sell in the open market. But critics are pointing out how this model is a miserable failure. View full entry
Perspectives on urban planning via silver bullet projects and/or neighborhood building. The view from Sacramento News&Review, Sacramento Bee and San Deigo. View full entry
CSMonitor : Throughout Germany, churches are renting their facades for commercial messages. Supporters hail the development as an ingenious fundraising tactic. (not satire) View full entry
Last week, an evaluation committee designated a patch of land 60 miles to the south of Seoul as the likely future capital of South Korea. link View full entry
Church officials scoff at the suggestion that they have a formal plan to dominate Clearwater. The St. Petersburg Times reports on the Church of Scientology's massive private-sector investments in Clearwater, FL. View full entry
Architectural and cultural heritage experts are pleading with Putin as hundreds of buildings from czarist period are being demolished. (via globeandmail.com) View full entry
A brief round-up of today's reportage on the opening of Chicago's Millennium Park: The Chicago Tribune's Blair Kamin weighs in with his critique. Beth Botts, also of the Tribune, reports on Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf's contribution to the design for the three-acre Lurie Garden. The... View full entry
Debate over the efficacy of a 930-foot-long causeway, designed by architecture students at Puno's University of the Altiplano and built to enclose 50 acres of Puno Bay in an attempt to solve a pollution problem plaguing Peru's main port on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. (from... View full entry
to follow up on Ludwig's post, here is a doozey of a gallery from Daily Dose covering the opening of the Millennium Park...and a reprise of John Jourden's Imagexplosion. View full entry
Mayor's impressive new monument is also a symbol of the inefficiency and excess of his officeThe Guardian View full entry
The expansion of ASU to a brand new campus in downtown Phoenix has the potential to revitalize the city's moribund downtown. (via) View full entry