“Dubai is a spectacular boom town that mirrors and magnifies the obsessions of the modern age: war, oil, 9/11, consumerism, celebrity, real estate hysteria, environmental degradation, globalization, the gap between rich and poor. On one level, it represents all that the world aspires to; on... View full entry
Fascinating and dark looks into the business of moving residential architecture in this week's Key magazine from the NYT. Read about the marketing of urban lifestyle condos in CA, the adventures of a foreclosure vulture in FL, the architectural tastes of Russian oligarchs in London... View full entry
"Could there be a change in the Zeitgeist coming on? I think it's possible. A 2001 study found that those without religious affiliation are the fastest-growing minority in the United States… I asked my publishers to arrange my book tour as a series of challenges to the spokesmen of the... View full entry
Mimi writes: "So now, the zine "dedicated to increasing the volume of architectural discourse" can be added to your RSS feeder and blogroll. [...] Want to peruse articles from past issues? Check out the archive: http://loudpapermag.com/articles.php. You'll find interviews with Doug Aitken, Jorge... View full entry
Remember the news on the ban on minaret's in Switzerland? In that post I tried through a series of comments to argue that although the people of Switzerland could vote on pretty much everything, still reason would prevail, some sort of "peer-imposed-equilibrium" that would prevent the system to... View full entry
September 5, 2007: So why is it that so many of the buildings that house schools of architecture fail to rise to their task? Read: The Pitfalls of Designing for Designers | Discuss September 5, 2007: RIP Luciano Pavarotti. 1 | 2 September 6, 2007: 2030 Update - architecture2030.org is taking... View full entry
Cultivated celebrates art inspired by landscape architecture and design. Held in conjunction with the annual ASLA conference, this year’s gathering takes place in San Francisco, October 6th, “bringing to light” various forms of appreciation and expression of landscape. Currently... View full entry
Taxi Strike Stretches Into Second Day | Cabs Are on Strike, but Are on the Street, Too | Editorial | NYC Taxi Strike Has an Unlikely Leader | Yesterday View full entry
What does it mean to take up a sport as it enters its adolescence? - Gelf Magazine | Previously: 1, 2, 3, 4 View full entry
“…an exhibition that explores how we see, and come to understand, landscape in a crucial time. Maya Lin examines how our current relationship to landscape is extended, condensed, distorted, and mapped via new technologies, and then translates these systematized spaces of the natural... View full entry
I'd like to use Chino Soria's (Buenos Aires/Los Angeles) work to bump Wes Janz who features contributers from different corners of the world in his OneSmallProject. View full entry
As Strike Looms, Mayor Vows to Install Taxi Devices | Flat Fares Are Planned to Cope With Cabby Strike | Taxi Strike Begins; City Says It Is Prepared | Some N.Y. Taxi Drivers on Strike View full entry
Let us now bullet-point our praise for Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two Tokyo-based architects who have turned PowerPoint, that fixture of cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport. Wired | Video | Pecha Kucha View full entry
Still, crowd pleasing is only a byproduct of Mr. Eliasson’s artistic goals, which he sees as fundamentally political. “For some reason,” he said, “our history has produced the misconception that experiencing individuality has to do with being alone. But being together is... View full entry
A team of archaeologists have unveiled new research that could rewrite the history of the world's earliest cities. Univ of Cambridge View full entry