Architecture

Instant Architecture (Don't Add Water)

Oobject collects examples of instant architecture, temporary structures created mostly for the military to serve as hangars, sleeping quarters, or tactical command posts.
6 January 2009 - 2:00pm
oobject

Rio's "Eco Barrier" Draws Fire

Plans to erect a concrete "eco barrier" around Rio's slum areas being heavily criticized by human rights activists and environmentalists.
6 January 2009 - 12:00pm
Guardian (UK)

Importing the Tijuana Model

Architect Teddy Cruz is creating new models of affordable housing using the shantytowns of Tijuana as his inspiration.
6 January 2009 - 8:00am
GOOD Magazine

Proposed Skyscraper Evokes Bad Memories of 9/11

A new tower designed by architect Daniel Libeskind has a dramatic gash in the middle, which some say is too reminiscent of the horrors of 9/11.
5 January 2009 - 12:00pm
Bloomberg.com

Beijing's Grey Shade of Red

5 January 2009 - 10:01am

As an avowed urbanist, I would venture that, with thanks to Will Rogers, I never met a city I didn't like. I can usually find something captivating in the crookedest medieval alleys, most absurd strip malls, and most squat skylines. I've been to Paris, Berlin, Dallas, and Des Moines, and I've loved them all. Until Beijing.

Re-Creating Historic Places - But Why?

Plans to construct a replica of a German palace in Berlin are being met with confusion and derision. It's a project that many critics say has no point.
5 January 2009 - 6:00am
International Herald Tribune

Architecture Bender Ends as Funding Dries Up

The party's over for what started out as a go-go year for architecture, writes Nicolai Ourroussoff.
3 January 2009 - 7:00am
The New York Times

James Strutt, One of Canada's Best Known Architects, Dies at 84

The Globe and Mail remembers James Strutt, one of Canada's foremost modernist architects.
31 December 2008 - 11:00am
The Globe and Mail

Suburban Planet

Adoption of American lifestyles abroad and a downturn in the U.S. economy are contributing to American design firms exporting suburbia around the world.
30 December 2008 - 12:00pm
Huffington Post

Rebounding Architecture Revives Paris

Architecture flourishes in either Paris or London, but not both at the same time, according to Tom Dyckhoff. Now it's Paris' turn.
30 December 2008 - 10:00am
The Times

What To Do With Hitler's Airport?

The new Tom Cruise film Valkyrie features scenes shot in the massive and recently closed Tempelhof Airport, the sheer size of which will pose challenges to any redevelopment.
28 December 2008 - 9:00am
The Globe and Mail

Decoding the Mediterranean Town

The complex, organic form of Mediterranean towns has been traced to a dynamic system of reproducing building codes.
26 December 2008 - 11:00am
Emergent Urbanism

Sea Ranch Still Fascinates

Journalist Patricia Leigh Brown pays a visit to Sea Ranch, the legendary early attempt at ecological community design.
25 December 2008 - 11:00am
New York Times

The Social In Security

The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai are inspiring calls for heightened security and a less open society. Himanshu Burte argues that this is the wrong approach, and that throwing up boundaries would be a mistake.
22 December 2008 - 8:00am

Architecture Pays

A building boom and increased competitiveness have contributed to a sixth-year rise in architects' salaries.
22 December 2008 - 7:00am
Architectural Record

The City on Hiatus

Nick Paumgarten imagines a New York City landscape that would result from a present-day economic crisis.
21 December 2008 - 7:00am
The New Yorker

Housing for the Mentally Ill

Last week, a Santa Barbara apartment community, The Garden Center, opened to 38 new residents. The apartments were specifically designed to combat homelessness through housing and mental health care all at once.
19 December 2008 - 6:00am
Miller-McCune

Congregation Hits Wall in Bid to Raze Historic Chicago Church

The high costs of preservation and the current economic downturn have pushed the Chicago archdiocese to request a demolition permit for a historic church. But preservationists are pushing back.
19 December 2008 - 5:00am
Chicago Tribune

Nighttime Urban Renewal

One lighting artist's work has helped revitalize and make nightlife possible in a number of European cities.
18 December 2008 - 11:00am
Metropolis Magazine
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