Donny Johnson's art made in his studio, a concrete cell in the Pelican Bay State Prison, with a paintbrush made of plastic wrap, foil and strands of his own hair. He distills his paint from M&M candies and uses postcards to paint on. NYT View full entry
Beirut's architectural renaissance, featuring work by architects including Gustafson Porter and Zaha Hadid, was falling apart this week as the Israeli bombings continued. BD Online | related | discuss 1 & 2 View full entry
Al Gore takes his green message to Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. Grist Magazine | an interview with Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott | The High Cost of Low Price View full entry
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of 'If Americans Knew' to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our... View full entry
Welcome to the California Coastal Records Project, an aerial photographic survey of the California Coastline from Oregon to Mexico. See this remarkable survey with many implications and uses. View full entry
Icon magazine features UN Studio's new temple to brandalism-- the Mercedes-Benz Museum. Other items to behold online are Realities United's new project in Potsdamer Platz, Flatpack Furni, Chilean Siamese Towers, and Deyan Sudjic. View full entry
Empty streets, wilting cabbages and floating bow-ties ... Is this really how artists perceive urban architecture? By Adrian Searle, Guardian View full entry
TC makes over 3000 posts in less than 6 months in archinect discussion forum. Like if you post every 10 minutes, it would take more than 20 days etc... Sure it is newsworthy.;) View full entry
Using sex, topless men, and a "wet, naked woman" to sell new condos in NY. When real estate becomes its own form of pornography, in the era of "provocative advertisements." New York Times. View full entry
Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then won a 1957 Oscar with a surprising dramatic turn in "Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87. ABC View full entry
Check out these photo essays of abandoned buildings explorations, industrial sites and derelict structures. invisiblethreads.com View full entry
The artist John Powers is not a former fellow student, but he could have been. Our favorite scapes are Sci-Fi Wahabi #1 and the delusional Sol Le Witt-like Voluntaries #23a. They ignite our imagination the way toys did long ago, and architectural models did not-so-long-ago. tropolism View full entry
Pranksters in Berlin took things a step too far when they filled footballs with concrete and displayed a sign goading fans to kick them -- with inevitable results.spiegel online View full entry
In 1986, Johnson entrusted the property to the national trust, which took over its operation after his death and subsequent passing of his partner David Whitney last year. The house opens to the public for private tours beginning Spring 2007. Read View full entry
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have agreed to pay for an environmental impact study of their plan to hang seven miles of fabric over the Arkansas River in south-central Colorado -- a move that could push back the work of art to 2010. "Each fabric panel, it is like waves," Christo said. "Silvery... View full entry