Cuba, with its magnificent, unspoiled beauty, seduces in many ways. To American business executives, it is an untapped market of 12 million people eager for American goods. To American hoteliers and cruise ship executives, it represents a tantalizing glimpse of the future - of future ports for... View full entry
"...the biggest contemporary art fair in the world and increasingly a "must stop" on international social calendars. Last year over 35,000 people attended the fair, according to Art Basel Miami Beach's director, Samuel Keller. This year, beginning on Dec. 1, thousands more, with their... View full entry
The Gagosian's exhibit of Ed Ruscha: Then & Now features his relentless documentation of LA-land's unique architecture and urbanism. | artnetRuscha revisited Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Strip to re-document every building on those streets almost 40 years later... View full entry
Clay Risen of the New Republic ( www.bugmenot.com for password): But blaming Le Corbusier for the banlieue riots is like blaming the inventor of the automobile for the SUV....the riots in the banlieues don't condemn Le Corbusier; they condemn the governments that failed to follow his vision... View full entry
MIT World features last months panel discussion mediated by Lawrence J. Vale. The discussion includes Gary Van Zante, John Klingman, William Barry, Richard Tuttle, Lawrence Jenkens, and Ellen Weiss. Also, see the follow up discussion titled How Can Communities, Cities and Regions Recover From... View full entry
"Sri Lanka and Indonesia must provide more appropriate land on which to build permanent shelter for survivors of last year's tsunami, aid charity Oxfam says." BBC. View full entry
in 1924, two british pioneers tried to climb to the summit in their gentlemen's attire in a fatal attempt. in 2006 mountaineer Graham Hoyland will re enact the expedition with the rebuilt garments to prove that his countrymen in fact made to the summit while testing the insulative qualities of... View full entry
Cornelia Parker brings her suspended landscapes of matter and anti-matter to Yerba Buena. Sculptures made from the shards of burned churches struck by lightning, she explains them as charcoal drawings hanging in space. Read View full entry
"Researchers monitoring earthquakes in Antarctica have uncovered a surprising source for some mysterious rumblings - singing icebergs." (Via Bryan Finoki). You can even listen! View full entry
Where PCs go when they die. npr | previous sentient trash heaps View full entry
Love this. A little history, from Mae West con-artistry to internet fraud, on the selling/swindling of one of New York's iconic landmarks, the Brooklyn Bridge. Kind of like that "elevator pass" you got duped into buying as a freshman. nytimes View full entry
"Satellite images could help determine if the CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, according to a Swiss lawmaker who is drawing up a report on the issue for the Council of Europe human rights watchdog." Wired. Also, earlier. View full entry
The European Commission ANNOUNCED (Nov. 15) it will NOT investigate published reports that the CIA set up secret jails in Eastern Europe to detain high-profile terrorism suspects. However, it strongly warned against such jails, and various European countries are having their own investigations... View full entry
A Russian lawyer who says the US animated television satire "The Simpsons" has caused moral harm to his son plans to petition the European Court of Human Rights after a Russian court rejected his case for the show to be removed from prime-time viewing slots. yahoo news View full entry
The New York guide to Miami next week. Book your trip on Song before they go out of business. Also, see the competition results of the Bienal ”˜Possible Futures' competition where Archinect regulars, make winning appearances. Miso Soup, Jose Munoz-Villers, and Studio Payne. View full entry