This year's ugly 10 buildings decided. You love, virtual tourists hate. Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts and Scottish Parliament is in. reuters View full entry
New York magazine sketches out the reason(s) for for an Obama administration to create a new WPA focusing on re-building America's infrastructure. Read View full entry
In the Daily Telegraph’s list of 50 things you might not know about Barack Obama, we learn that the US president-elect is a keen collector of Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian comics, that his favourite food is shrimp linguine cooked by his wife, Michelle, that he is left-handed, that he... View full entry
Southern Californians, don't forget about tomorrow's ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history: Thursday, November 3, 10 am. Be there or be square. | previously on Archinect View full entry
The artist discusses her new projects, including her new installation at the Storm King Art Center. Video View full entry
Everyware/Ubiquitous computing expert Adam Greenfield presented a talk entitled: The Long Here, the Big Now, and other tails of the networked city at the "Database City" themed VISUALIZAR symposium in Madrid on Wed. Night. A summary of the talk and other news about the urban informatics workshop... View full entry
An ol' favorite around these parts (anyone remember blogowans?), Earth Architecture, gave birth to...a book! Coming up just in time for the holidays from PAPress. Congrats to architect Ron Rael. Looking forward to this one... View full entry
If you're an American, I really want to use this opportunity to emphasize the importance of voting today. Archinect's educated, active community is especially important in this election, so no excuses! And while we're on the topic of voting, you still have a few hours to submit your entry to... View full entry
about who to vote for (shame on you ;) check out Behind the Candidates, a website that helps inform voters about the people behind Obama and McCain.Behind the Candidates is an interactive news site that addresses what we feel was lacking in most of the election coverage. While most buzz-worthy... View full entry
There is no such thing as bad design, but bad policy and decision making forces compromised creativity and unresponsive architecture. By not voting you are complicit in the creation and enforcement of these policies. my reason to vote. What is yours? View full entry
"King of the Hill" is over the hill at Fox, which is canceling the long-running animated comedy. "King of the Hill" chronicles the life of blue-collar family man Hank Hill of Texas and his family and friends. McMansion episode View full entry
Quotation: ‘The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.' A group of friends are crowded around a table. We join them halfway through their conversation. Frieze View full entry
Asthmatic Kitty Records has released an electronic compilation entitled Habitat to benefit Habitat for Humanity.Habitat features 29 exclusive tracks tackling the subject of architectural space in some form or another.Pitchfork View full entry
In 1993, Ghetto Life 101, the audio diaries of two Chicago teenagers, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, brought US radio listeners face to face with life in of one of Chicago's worst housing projects. LeAlan Jones - now 29 - gives his frank assessment of life in the city today, viewed through adult... View full entry
Citi Private Bank laid on a week of seminars and fun for the children of some of their richest clients, the so-called Next Gens. Of course there is a motivation; $40 trillion dollars is set to pass to the next US generation by 2040. bbc View full entry