James, at University of Cincinnati, opens a very exciting new Archinect school blogger outpost in Copenhagen. Hej James!

Kirk, at Architectural Association, invites to the AA Projects Review and is not afraid of tagging library catalog entries of completed AA PhD dissertations. Rebel he is.

Quilian, at Harvard University - GSD, can't get any sleep with his 6-week design program being INTENSE. See many student projects included!

Ever wanted to peek into a graduation ceremony at Lous Kahn's Salk Institute? Fabian, at Newschool of Architecture and Design has images of his friend's graduation (with ocean view).

Don't miss Albert's images from the 2009 graduation exhibition at Boston Architectural College. The display is up until July 12 and open to the public.

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Zaha Hadid's music pavilion for the Manchester international festival is almost complete. The Guardian's Art & Design editor Charlotte Higgins discusses the project with Zaha. Tom Service, music editor, follows up with his thoughts. Read...

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As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower. Through a combination of carrots and sticks, Beijing is starting to change how this country generates energy. Read...

He may not have the fame of Frank Gehry or the kudos of Rem Koolhaas, but this versatile Canadian architect leaves a far-reaching legacy. Read...

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Marmol Radziner Prefab recently installed their brand new Hollywood Hybrid, a 2576 sq. ft. sustainable, modern prefab home with killer views and a minimal carbon footprint. Read...

Ever since plans for the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center were scaled back, at which point Richard Rogers departed, the project has been a pariah. But FXFowle Epstein are set to transform the convention center on Manhattan's Far West Side with far less than would be thought possible. Read...

Denver International Airport redesign plan in the works.
Plan includes making Great Hall [aka "the tent"] a secure area and adding a light rail station and hotel. Read...

Jews and Muslims unite against Jerusalem MoT to derail the planned Frank Gehry designed museum, which is currently being built in Jerusalem on the site of a Muslim cemetery. Haaretz Read...

The Seasteading Institute is an organisation dedicated toward creating sustainable sea platforms where people can choose to live if they’re unsatisfied with life on solid ground. They recently held a design contest for people to come up with new deep-sea micronations like Sealand, and the winner has been announced. Read...

Sears Tower unveils glass balconies. Acrophobia and vertigo included. Lets look. Read...

Increasingly, subdivisions, usually master-planned developments at which buyers buy home sites or raw land, have been treating farms as an amenity. Read...

Part Bauhaus shelter, part Bedouin tent, “afterparty” is a simple construction of silver mesh stretched on a skeleton of standard aluminum poles and brackets and then topped off with a thick brown toupee of ijuk, or palm fibers. Meredith described this material, which is commonly used throughout Indonesia for roofing, as “very Arte Povera.” Read...

The Rudy Bruner Foundation has chosen the Inner-City Arts project, a downtown Los Angeles education facility which provides art instruction to a large population of at-risk children and youth in LA, to receive the Gold Medal Award for Urban Excellence. Design by Michael Maltzan and Nancy Goslee Power. Read...

The newest creation by Innovative Designs, in collaboration with Hoberman Associates and Buro Happold, is a 50 Ton expanding video screen that operates continuously throughout the duration of the concert. Videos remain proportional in scale to the size of the screen at any stage of its deployment. Read...

Brandon Safford, blogger at I Dream of Architecture has published an interview with Archidose's John Hill. Read...

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Read...

"The next bubble to burst will be the education bubble. Make no mistake about it, education is big business and, like other big businesses, it is in big trouble." NYT Read...

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Vintage 1983... Based on real and virtual quotes, the debate is fictitiously edited by KATARXIS.
Peter Eisenman: "Leon, come on, you cannot build this way anymore today!"
Leon Krier: " You can't, but I can! "
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The WSJ discusses the decreasing popularity in McMansions as the economy continues to deflate the expectations and desires of home owners. Is consumer confidence to blame credit, or does it represent a new, more sensible, approach to housing? Read...

Designs for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium could be altered at the last minute amid a major change of plan for the venue in legacy mode. Read...

Geek-out on steel
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Vietnamese-Dutch architect Khoi Tran has been selected to participate in the NY 400 Job Swap. The program is described as "an unique experiment in transatlantic cooperation. Citizens of New York and Amsterdam of every background and means of employment are invited to participate in trading places for a week, to deliver new perspectives and reveal profound connections between residents of the two cities." Read...

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The current most endangered shopping malls in U.S. Deadmalls list is growing... Read...

In December 2008, Italian fashion brand United Colors of Benetton launched the international competition Designing in Teheran to develop a design for two multistory buildings in Iran’s capital city of Teheran. The jury now shortlisted six projects from which the winner will be selected soon. Read...

Everyone knows that Phoenix has a huge sprawl problem. But now transit-oriented development is on the upswing in this Sun Belt metropolis. In December, the Phoenix region opened one of the most ambitious transit projects in recent U.S. history: a 20-mile light rail line with 28 stops serving three cities (Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa). Read...

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