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Eco-wonder of the wine worldThe new Stratus winery by Niagara architect Les Andrew opened last May was the first LEED building in Canada and the only certified winery in the world.
Architects Ponder Rebuilding of BiloxiPasadena, California based architects and planners Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides talk about the challenges and opportunities facing Biloxi, Mississippi.
For inspiring design, look no further than O.C.'s Great ParkTimes architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reviews the designs of the selected finalists for the Orange County Great Park. Check out our previous post in "Landscape" for more.
Yuko Ikawagravestmor features artist Yuko Ikawa's topography inspired artworks as shown at an exibition at the Art Space Niji Gallery in Kyoto.
Give Golden Gate Park a makeover; New de Young exposes flawsAaron Betsky weighs in on San Francisco's new museum and suggests a rethinking of the entire Golden Gate Park and it's surrounding neighborhood.
An Interview With Charles JencksThe California Literary Review features a fascinating interview with Charles Jencks who talks about iconic buildings and the state of culture and architecture.
Groundscraper: earth focused buildingA 19th century Railway complex in Swindon converted by UK firm Feilden Clegg Bradley into a sustainable office building for the UK's largest conservation charity, Heelis.
Scottish parliament awarded Stirling PrizeThe prestigious Stirling Prize for the best new building of the year was awarded last night to the controversial Scottish parliament by the late Enric Miralles.
Planner Edmund Bacon Dies at 95"Edmund N. Bacon, a renowned city planner whose vision transformed postwar Philadelphia and whose influence continued to shape the look and feel of the nation's fifth-largest city, died Friday."
Looking for Celebration, FloridaMichael Bierut takes a look at the New Urbanist town built by Disney, and offers some interesting perspectives and experiences.
The Mexican standoutElizabeth Farrelly profiles Ricardo Legorreta, "the" Mexican architect. "We architects have not yet understood that being part of society, providing a service for society, is the purpose of architecture," he says.
New York’s Largest Green RoofThe city’s largest green roof—one part garden, one part insulator, one part sponge—was unveiled Saturday at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City
Six Industry Products First to Receive 'C2C' CertificationMcDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) has announced six products as the first to qualify for Cradle to Cradle certification.
There is no bathroom, there is simply wallCovert any room to a bathroom... "Each square metre for selfrealization."
A New Urbanist Gulf CoastAt first spurned and now embraced by local officials, New Urbanist planners and architects are offering ideas for rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Among the plentiful coverage, NPR reports.
Toyota's pollution eating shrubToyota's non-automotive division has developed a shrub related to the Cherry Sage that absorbs air pollution more effectively than related plant varieties. Creators say that the Kirsch Pink shrub is 1.3 times more effective at both absorbing harmful
Build it of polypropylene, and still they will come"It's like something out of a David Lynch movie." A temporary "plastic park" utilizes synthetic turf.
A rare window into two Modernists' artA tour of California modernist homes by Buff and Hensman in southern California's San Gabriel Valley.
A sculptural house in the form of a fractured sphereA house near Melbourne by McBride Charles Ryan Architecture and Interior Design. See architect's website (link at end of article) for images: Narveno Court.
Martha Stewart goes slumming with KB HomeIt begs the question: is Martha an idiot to give her name to the shoddy work of KB Home? Or is Martha a business genius for knowing that crap sells?
Architecture of topography and geographyProjects that respect and consider topography and geography by Tadao Ando, Reed Hilderbrand Associates & Maryann Thompson Architects, Palerm + Tabares, Renzo Piano and Steven Holl.
Giant's Causeway visitor centre unveiledDublin based architect Roisin Heneghan was chosen from in an international competition to design the new visitor centre in Northern Ireland. "The planned building is designed to merge into the contours of the landscape so as not to disturb the view."
Island HouseD'Arcy Jones is making the rounds... A Weekly Dose of Architecture takes an in depth look at the Island House.
The De La Warr Pavilion in BexhillErich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff's 1935 British masterpiece restored.
The de Young Is ... DeLovelyLots of press for the De Young... and the article titles are getting worse by the minute. (photos)
Re-flectFurniture made from salvaged architectural structures by Rhode Island based artist/fabricator Jeff Soderbergh.
'Every day I wake up and think of my building'Danish architect Jorn Utzon has never set eyes on his masterpiece, the Sydney Opera House. Now, at last, it is being completed to his original design.