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Non-billionaires need not apply"At $135 million, Hala, just northwest of downtown Aspen, is the most expensive single-family residential property in the nation on the market, Mr. Saslove said. Selling it mostly consists of saying no."
We'll always have ParisNot the ho-bag, Piano and Rogers’ Pompidou Centre in Paris opened 30 years ago... a look back.
Sydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House has been declared a World Heritage site and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
An Irishman in Mexico City"It's incredible how successful the offspring of our diaspora can be without the Irish batting an eyelid. One of Mexico's most famous architects, Juan O'Gorman, was the eldest son of an Irishman, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman, who had moved to Mexico from Ireland in the late 1890s."
Adjaye the next starchitect?"Already making waves in Britain, David Adjaye looks set to crack the US and become an international name."
The Slow Home Movement"Taking residential architecture back from the grip of the 'cookie cutter houses and instant neighborhoods' churned out by community-blind development corporation."
Australian National Trust to sell Robin Boyd ResidenceThe home of influential Australian Modernist architect Robin Boyd was purchased by the Trust less than three years ago, but now is set to unload the property considered by many to be an icon of Australian design.
Sir ArchigramBLDGBLOG reports: Archigram founding member Peter Cook has been knighted. The title was bestowed upon him as a way to recognize his "services to architecture."
Modesty and MaterialityThe art and poetics of materials of Peter Zumthor's architecture is once again manifested in the Bruder Klaus field chapel.
Solitary refinement"Peter Zumthor's fame has spread worldwide, but his latest project couldn't be more humble: a handmade concrete chapel dedicated to a hermit."
OSB against graniteA temporary information point-cum-lecture hall designed by Jonathan Woolf in unpainted oriented strand board for Scotland’s Six Cities Design Festival.
Behind the Glass WallRemembrances of Phillip Johnson and the Glass House by friends and acquaintances. [images]
Estate of the Day?Pink, green, and orange bathroom. This has to be seen to be believed. Aye carumba!
Architect Steven Holl Combines Geeky Aesthetic, Environmental Elements"Steven Holl's buildings are more than beautiful -- they've got brains, too. For 31 years, the New York architect has taken advantage of his obsessive interest in science to build inventive structures with a geeky alter ego."
Sparkling Gems in Pacific Palisades"The Palisades, it can be said, shaped the houses, rather than the houses shaping the Palisades. After World War II, Richard Neutra, Charles Eames and other Case Study House designers landed in the woody bluffs here." (Reg. Req'd)
Notes From Underground"As museum architects take a shine to less bling, there's no place to go but down."
Richest Man In India Builds Super Tall HomeFurther proof that money can't buy taste. "Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India. And he wants everyone to know it. That's why he's building this extravagant, 60-story-high abode for himself, his three kids, his mama, and 600 staff members to look after them."
Beware of Squirrels"Want a treehouse? A New York architect is taking orders for buildings constructed out of—and by—living trees. Mitchell Joachim developed the Fab Tree Hab with some colleagues while at MIT, but now he's gone past the conceptual stage with his nonprofit, Terreform."
Rem Koolhaas Designs a Death Star for the UAE"The proposed Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Centre in the UAE bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf as part of their collaboration with OMA, the sphere holds a convention centre, hotel rooms, apartments, offices and retail space."
Seattle's Best (and Worst)Nothing surprising or very interesting here... but hell, who doesn't love a slideshow?!
The ultimate sea change"What began as a bland ranch house is reborn as a distinctly modern dwelling. On a crowded stretch of Malibu coast, the new architecture gives owners their most coveted possessions: views and the illusion of privacy."
New Orleans project backed by Brad Pitt unveiled"The outlines of an eco-friendly residential development backed by actor Brad Pitt were sketched on Thursday in a New Orleans neighborhood hit hard by Hurricane Katrina."
Bold, sensitive design calms the neighboursA moderm home implanted skillfully in a historic neighborhood by Andre D'Elia and Margaret Graham of the Toronto firm Superkül Inc. Architect. And, come on... Superkül... I'm just sayin'.
Kurokawa's Capsule Tower To Be RazedThe Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, one of the few built examples of the Metabolist movement, was given a date with the wrecking ball.
Dude, Where's My City"Like many cities, Toronto has set about systemically to destroy its Modernist heritage."
19 feet wide, 19 storys tallCut me off a slice of that... a proposed sliver of a (green) hotel in New York designed by architect Arpad Baksa. [images]
The revolutionary skyscraper fire alarm"A revolutionary warning system for tall buildings which could help avert another 9/11-type disaster has been hailed by leading architects."