Created by executive order in February of 2009 the White House Office of Urban Affairs just launched their website on March 1 2010. Read...

Archinect's Aaron Plewke interviewed Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. Read...

Farshid Moussavi, partner in Foreign Office Architects, starts the introductory essay in her book with a denial of Louis Sullivan’s aphorism form follows function, and then asks: if not function, what does form follow? Book review @ bd
"As that word “affective” might suggest, her philosophical guide is Gilles Deleuze — nothing wrong with that — but it has left her text groaning beneath the weight of academic verbiage." Read...

Professional Surfer is a group exhibition that considers web browsing (aka 'surfing') as an art form. Read...

A. Quincy Jones beloved "barn" had been for sale for two years, but it was recently bought by the Annenberg Foundation, saving the building's unique interiors. Frederick Fisher is at work on some respectful renovations, and the building will be taken over by an Annenberg-sponsored arts org later this year. Read...

Well, the 20" model of 56 Leonard St is up for auction. It's actually a very nice looking model, and even breaks apart into individual units. Ebay
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The mystery of Le Pain Maudit (Cursed Bread) still haunts the inhabitants of Pont-Saint-Esprit, in the Gard, southeast France.

On August 16, 1951, the inhabitants were suddenly racked with frightful hallucinations of terrifying beasts and fire. - Telegraph
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Fabulous animated data visualization from JESS3 describing the state of the internet. FlowingData Read...

Architecture critic Paul Goldberger's new book is called Why Architecture Matters. To talk about that idea, Kurt and Paul headed to the High Line, a formerly dilapidated train track thirty feet above the street that was recently transformed into an extraordinary public park. Read...

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Carys, at Birmingham City University, has been a very busy school blogger these days and spoils us with copious insight on the informality of Lagos' formal economy, brain libraries, virtual gaming environments for lost souls, and the occasional automatic trussing script. Keep up it coming, Carys.

Dorothy, at University of Michigan TCAUP, translates Nic Clear's critical text Architectures of the Near Future into a visual polemic. Collage lovers, this is your lucky day.

Daniel, at University of Oregon, is pleased to have just finished his winter studio and shares some pretty sweet project images with us (and with sweet we not only refer to that half-eaten cookie).

Faysal, at Architectural Association, contributes to his prnt scrn series as he continues to breed fascinating little virtual creatures. Case of early mad scientist syndrome...?

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Thousands using gas flares will illuminate the whole course of Britain's biggest historic monument. Read...

Detroit is a city in terminal decline. When film director Julien Temple arrived in town, he was shocked by what he found – but he also uncovered reasons for hope - Guardian Read...

Just like the "Ideal Woman" on the cover of this issue on Real Urbanism - a sculpture by the Brooklyn based artist Tony Matelli - most of our cities are shaped by a particular set of values... Read...

‘Post-Mao, Post-Bourdieu: Class and Taste in Contemporary China,’ is a special issue of PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies guest-edited by Yi Zheng (University of Sydney) and Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (RMIT University). The special issue explores the relationship between taste, choice and social stratification in contemporary China. Read...

"Two years after Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new institution sent out 100 photographers to document the nation’s environment writ large." Alexis Madrigal - Wired Read...

Last man leaning, after Ole Scheeren has left the OMA ship. MovingCities publishes an interview with structural engineer Rory McGowan (ARUP Beijing), who has working in close collaboration with Rem Koolhaas/OMA during the past 17 years, on the construction of the CCTV-project, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building, Kansai Airport and Rory’s advice for the future generation of architects. Read...

1. "Having a degree and having a license are two very different things."
2. "You may not need me at all." Read...

PEG office of landscape + architecture has won first place in the 2010 Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) international ideas competition. PEG (Keith VanDerSys and Karen M’Closkey) teamed with PennDesign landscape architecture students Marisa Bernstein, Young Joon Choi and Marguerite Graham. Bustler Read...

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An architect has broken his own Guinness World Record for the largest house built from free-standing playing cards. Read...

Can a big house be green? Berkeley residents who are destined to be neighbors to millionaire Mitch Kapor don't think so, and have shared their concerns with the New York Times. Read...

Although originally conducted in the 20th century for the magazine “Modo”, the interview was never published. It has now been published in Abitare. Read...

Upcoming events to watch out for in Santo Domingo, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, London, Istanbul, Marfa, Texas and Vinalhaven, Maine & Bahrain... Read...

Manipulative developers, shrill protesters, and a sixteen-tower glass-and-steel monster marching inexorably forward. What the battle for the soul of Brooklyn looks like—from right next door. Read...

An in depth analysis of recent economic era by Don Peck in Atlantic Monthly. “It’s a generation in which every kid has been told, ‘You can be anything you want. You’re special.’" Read...

We've published a fascinating 2-part discussion this week between Archinect's Aaron Plewke and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. The feature covers Rahm's work surrounding issues of biology, chemistry and the environment. Read...

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Nicolai Ourousoff reviews “Claude Parent: Graphic and Built Works” a marvelous exhibition at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris’s architecture museum. Read...

I've been waiting patiently for this feature for ages. Google Maps has finally introduced a "cycling" option for their Google Maps directions feature. Living in LA, with crazy drivers and bad roads, this feature will be a very nice addition while planning my next cross-town adventure. Google (or Apple), if you're listening, my next request is integration with the iPhone app, with turn-by-turn voice navigation. Read...