August 10, 2007: The Jobs team presents a great set of Hints & Suggestions from Employers, the first installment in a new series of features intended to help architecture employers connect with architecture talent. Discuss. August 15, 2007: Archinect member Barrett directs our attention to... View full entry
Under UVA student Karl Krause's direction, we're asked to consider the philosophical implications of conservation. Washington Post View full entry
Maxwell Lemuel Roach , great jazz musician, teacher, activist and an American treasure, has died in Manhattan. npr View full entry
Things are heating up at the north pole, as the snow-pack melts countries are gearing up to extract the natural resources of one of the last untapped regions of the world. It started with Russia planting a flag via submarine, now Denmark, Norway, the U.S.A. and Canada are not taking that claim... View full entry
Toy manufacturer Mattel recalled nearly 19 million Chinese-made toys Tuesday, including 436,000 toy cars containing lead paint. That was only two weeks after yanking nearly a million of its Fisher-Price toys for preschoolers due to lead content. Why would a toymaker ever use lead paint? Slate View full entry
“The organizers of “Artempo” have used this setting to create a reverie in three acts, skimming across human and geological history, ruminating on the nature and effects of time. It dramatizes art’s ability to encapsulate time, and time’s ability to turn just about... View full entry
Tony Wilson , the influential BBC music host and founder of Factory Records (home to bands such as Joy Division, New Order, and others) died of a heart attack on August 10. He had also been diagnosed with kidney cancer. (Design Observer, NYT) View full entry
50 Manifestos from 50 Architects via Icon online. View full entry
The US writer Noam Chomsky talks about the mechanisms behind modern communication, an essential instrument of government in democratic countries – as important to our governments as propaganda is to a dictatorship. LMd View full entry
Apparently things are not going so well for home retailers, Restoration Hardware announces layoff's. before: Design Within Reach posts $575,000 loss View full entry
Business Week SPECIAL REPORT on how gaming is changing our lives. Best books on game theory: Rules of Play with companion Game Design Reader. Recent Discussion | 1 | 2 | 3. View full entry
"...Urban planners and senior housing experts say this movement, organized by residents rather than government agencies or social service providers, could make “aging in place” safe and affordable for a majority of elderly people. Almost 9 in 10 Americans over the age of 60, according... View full entry
If you can't make it to Dresden this summer, consider teleporting. The pearl of the city's museum collection, the Old Masters Picture Gallery, recently opened a virtual version of itself in Second Life. Wired | Quondam View full entry
NYt Arts section article on the expansion of Alfred Mansfeld and Dora Gad's masterpiece.??? NY Times View full entry
This week we will explore a theme that developed in the forums as a topic of discussion and thought: Urbanism -We began the week by discussing sprawl, and its virus-like spreading throughout the U.S.A. -Archinect member architechnophilia then brought to the floor this question: What is your New... View full entry