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Announcing the White House Urban Affairs Website Mar 14, 10 | 6:36 pm
Created by executive order in February of 2009 the White House Office of Urban Affairs just launched their website on March 1 2010. Read...
Editor Picks #149 Mar 14, 10 | 9:29 am
Archinect's Aaron Plewke interviewed Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. Read...
The Function of Form Mar 13, 10 | 8:11 pm
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... ART: Professional Surfer Mar 13, 10 | 6:57 pm
Professional Surfer is a group exhibition that considers web browsing (aka 'surfing') as an art form. Read...
Century City Pastoral Mar 12, 10 | 2:51 pm
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...
Herzog & de Meuron skyscraper up for auction on Ebay Mar 12, 10 | 2:12 pm
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
Read... French bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment Mar 12, 10 | 1:30 pm
The State of the Internet Mar 12, 10 | 11:53 am
Fabulous animated data visualization from JESS3 describing the state of the internet. FlowingData Read...
The City From Three Stories Up Mar 12, 10 | 11:39 am
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...
Featured Job Today: in New York Mar 12, 10 | 11:30 am
Form Architecture seeking Interior Design Assistant in New York, NY
Read...In the School Blogs Mar 12, 10 | 11:28 am
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...? Much more recently posted in the School Blogs... Read... Lighting up Hadrian's wall Mar 12, 10 | 10:46 am
Thousands using gas flares will illuminate the whole course of Britain's biggest historic monument. Read...
Detroit: the last days Mar 12, 10 | 9:55 am
MONU #12 - REAL URBANISM RELEASED! Mar 12, 10 | 5:48 am
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 Mar 11, 10 | 10:10 pm
‘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...
Those 70s Photos... Mar 11, 10 | 9:43 pm
"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...
Learning from CCTV Mar 11, 10 | 8:38 pm
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...
10 Things Your Architect Won't Tell You Mar 11, 10 | 7:12 pm
1. "Having a degree and having a license are two very different things."
2. "You may not need me at all." Read... PEG wins ENYA Prize Mar 11, 10 | 3:12 pm
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...
Featured Jobs Today: in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, New York & Kuwait Mar 11, 10 | 11:00 am
Morris Architects seeking Job Captain in West Los Angeles, CA
Morris Architects is seeking a Job Captain with 5+ years project experience in healthcare for a full-time position with our Los Angeles office Healthcare Studio. Candidate must possess strong architectural background with proven teamwork abilities and skills to produce detailed and well documented CD’s... TAYLOR seeking Revit/BIM Technical Specialist for Healthcare Architecture Firm in Newport Beach, CA
DA Global Group seeking Design Architect in New York, NY
The Associated Engineering Partnership seeking Design Architect in Kuwait City
Read...World Record House of Cards Mar 11, 10 | 9:58 am
An architect has broken his own Guinness World Record for the largest house built from free-standing playing cards. Read...
The many shades of Green Mar 11, 10 | 9:44 am
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...
Franco Raggi talks with Frank Gehry Mar 11, 10 | 9:21 am
Upcoming Architecture & Design Events Mar 11, 10 | 9:00 am
Upcoming events to watch out for in Santo Domingo, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, London, Istanbul, Marfa, Texas and Vinalhaven, Maine & Bahrain... Read...
Battling for the soul of Brooklyn Mar 11, 10 | 6:26 am
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...
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America Mar 10, 10 | 10:32 pm
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...
Archinect interviews Philippe Rahm Mar 10, 10 | 5:03 pm
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...
Featured Jobs Today: in Rotterdam, New York, Baltimore, Shanghai & Kuwait Mar 10, 10 | 11:00 am
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) seeking Architect/Designer in Rotterdam, NL
For a number of projects in early design phases OMA is looking for strong designers. You will work as a team member, able to create powerful new ideas both in collaboration and independently. All positions are based in our Rotterdam offices and start imminently... Diller Scofidio + Renfro seeking Intermediate Architect 1, Intermediate Architect 2, Junior Designer / Researcher & Junior Designer / 3D visualizations in New York, NY
Bryant Park Corporation, 34th Street Partnership and Chelsea Improvement Company seeking Design Intern in New York, NY
MulvannyG2 Architecture seeking Design Leader in Shanghai, China
The Community College of Baltimore County seeking Interior Design Instructor/Program Coordinator (Vac# 2008247) in Baltimore, MD
The Associated Engineering Partnership seeking Design Director in Kuwait City, KUWAIT
Read...All Ramps and Spirals and Mosquito Landings Mar 10, 10 | 9:48 am
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...
Google Maps is finally giving some love to cyclists Mar 10, 10 | 9:34 am
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...
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