Warsaw has beaten London and New York in a survey to find the best value cultural destination. guardian View full entry
in big news today, the California State Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning the same-sex marriage ban.sfgate | supreme court opinion (PDF) i know, i know, this has nothing to do with architecture (or does it...?), but this is pretty historic, and i think it will interest many of you. View full entry
The executive director says, "the women only hotel is a part of global trend." CSM View full entry
Vatican- Because aliens would still be God's creatures, ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom. View full entry
Kjeft, a blog that I assume is based in Norway, features a colorful series of photographs exposing the beauty of demolition. View full entry
He is candid. Says, global warming is real. Explains why he doesn't play golf. He even does Dr. Evil! Watch View full entry
Dean Robert Storr, explores the consequences of when patrons wrestle power from museum curators and directors. What does such a move mean for the public? In the end Storr thinks Eli Broad should have just gone traditional. However, the public not LACMA is the real looser.Frieze Magazine View full entry
Shipping moves more than 80% of the world's commodities and transfers up to five billion tonnes of ballast water internationally each year. Vessels, especially large container ships, need ballast tanks to provide stability in the water and correct any shift in the ships’ mass. The UN lists... View full entry
The Braunschweig palace in central Germany is an imposing building dating back to the 18th century. It's got columns and statues of royalty on horseback, but walk inside and instead of suits of armor or priceless tapestries, there's a Starbucks. Everything about the palace is fake. The original... View full entry
This week, we go out of our way to fill in those blanks so your million billion dollar elite education comes to a stunning place where you rise from your own ashes and become a burnt out Jesus having solved all the problems of the world! Thesis: a dissertation embodying results of original... View full entry
It's the anti-establishment movement that has taken the art market by storm, keenly collected by hedge-funders and Hollywood' s A-list. Now, even Tate Modern is giving Street Art its stamp of approval. - But, what is left of the street one may ask? guardian View full entry
A posting appeared on Craigslist.com seeking a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the Philadelphia area to assist with a plot to dress the statue in a Penguins jersey and take pictures.upi | yahoo View full entry
France is making a fuss this week over Richard Serra, the 68-year-old American bantamweight who opens an annual solo show called Monumenta in the country's echoing Grand Palais. NYT | Slideshow View full entry
Here is a NY Times article about the McKibbin Lofts that is sure to further inflate many hipster egos. "This could have been Greenwich Village 60 years ago, or SoHo 30 years ago, or the East Village in the 1990s." View full entry
With a number of ongoing construction projects, economic downturn impacts Vegas. nyt View full entry