Building a 4,000 acre house in Manhattan. Harpers | Related: Elliot Malkin's Eruv-Research: The Case of the Staten Island Ferry and eRuv: A Street History in Semacode View full entry
The final Architecture for Humanity newsletter of 2006 which includes a year in review. {here} View full entry
Globally, scientists have been warning for some time of an impending anthropogenic mass extinction worldwide. Previous bouts of human-caused extinctions were due mainly to directed take: humans hunting for food. What we are seeing now is probably the first large animal (the Baiji) that has ever... View full entry
What's with this sick compulsion to create year-end top ten lists? Can Chicago Reader architecture critic Lynn Becker resist? Obviously not. Read about all the entries and see the pictures here. View full entry
Former President Gerald Ford has died, according to his wife Betty. Recently he passed Reagan as the oldest-ever president. Breaking news on CNN.com. View full entry
James Joe Brown Junior passed away at 2am this morning. obit View full entry
In January this year, The Daily Telegraph's architecture critic Giles Worsley died of cancer, aged 44. Daily Telegraph View full entry
Our pals, the solution folks at Worldchanging are looking for donations that may help them get a Yahoo matching grant. Go to Worldchanging and click on the donate badge. View full entry
I may have just found my new favorite photographer: Noah Kalina. He takes some very respectable interiors shots, if you're in the market. He's versatile with landscapes. But really, can anyone not admire his straight face? View full entry
Are you a neat freak or a slob? There are several new studies that show that the more creative a person is, the messier they tend to be. My favorite factoid is that people with messy desks tend to earn more then those with spit-shined emptyness... NYT View full entry
Our very own Geoff Manaugh's blog makes Yahoo's list of best of '06! View full entry
The store handed out the fold-up bike and offered a 15 per cent subsidy on public transport at its Christmas breakfast. It is the store's second high-profile green gesture this year. Last year the Christmas present was a portable DVD player and in 2004 staff received an MP3 player. Needless to... View full entry
Public Art and public surveillance came together for a few moments in Chicago's Millennium Park last month on Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain. TRIB View full entry
View the images taken by the Landsat-7 and recently, the Terra Satellites using Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer. NASA View full entry
During your travels this holiday, be sure to stop in Moblie, Ala: Tour the Deep South's folksier take on 'phenomenal transparency.'| MSNBC View full entry