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Hotel Puerta AmericaA new hotel in Madrid features twelve floors, each of which was designed by a different architect; contributors include Norman Foster, Richard Gluckman and Zaha Hadid.
Pontoon CityBLDGBLOG takes a deeper look (with images and links) at the previously Clipped article in the NY Times and how the Netherlands is preparing for the inevitable.
Afloat in the Flood ZoneArchitecture and urbanism in flood prone places... hey, the Dutch know something about that.
Landscape Architect Sees Growth in Organics"Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins may be a thorn in the side of the chemical industry, but the future sure looks rosy."
Next Generation Big Ideas call for entriesMetropolis is seeking the next generation of Big Ideas. $10,000 to the winning idea that makes the designed environment better, safer, and more sustainable.
Main Street impersonatorsAn opinion piece by George Crandall in the AIA Oregon newsletter examines the latest iteration of the mall and its effects. "Lifestyle centers, like shopping malls of the past, are contributing to the decline of city centers across the country."
National design hub to open in MelbournePart gallery, part resource center, the National Design Centre is Australia's first national hub of information and activity supporting good design.
UCI Arts Plaza by Maya Lin to be unveiled todayLin has designed (with Santa Monica based landscape architect Pamela Burton) a subtle new plaza for the University of California Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
The TreePeople's case study for stormwater managmentIn a demonstration project for urban water management, a typical single family parcel in Los Angeles was retrofitted to capture and store a flash-flood volume of 4000 gallons of water deposited in just five minutes.
L.A., the king of sprawl? Not at allRobert Bruegmann argues that Los Angeles is not a particularly good example of urban sprawl.
ASLA 2006 Awards call for entriesThe American Society of Landscape Architects has released its 2006 call for entries for its professional and student awards program.
AIA Chicago 2005 Design Excellence AwardsAn online gallery of Chicago's 2005 award winning architecture.
Out to stimulate, so forget public happinessThom Mayne takes on Sydney: "Architecture is not supposed to make people happy. There is no point in trying to achieve consensus. I have no interest in pleasing anybody because I don't see it as a possibility."
Ski DubaiLet's score some mucho sweet Persian Gulf pow-pow dood! The first in-door ski resort in the Middle East.
Out of the boxElizabeth Farrelly profiles Sydney based Durbach Block Architects. "With vision and a sense of play, the duo of Durbach Block make their business an adventure."
'Oscars' of Design Awarded in New YorkWinners of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards were announced last night.
Eco-architect lays down green roots"When London-based architect Alex Michaelis found out his home could not exceed a certain height because of planning regulations, he came up with an ingenious plan: he built the house underground."
55 Water Street OpensSome more pictures and some words about visiting the new plaza designed by Ken Smith and Rogers Marvel Architects.
Russia plans 'millionaires' town'A new "self-sufficient" town of for 30,000 residents is set to rise on a bend in the Moscow River and will be "in the architectural style of old European cities."
The once and future ranch"Once dismissed as a conformist suburban artifact like white bread and kidney-shaped pools, the ranch house has become the kind of house that attracts cultists, preservationists and scholarly attention."
This is right out of Hitler's handbook'"Steve Kurtz was just another subversive US artist - until the FBI accused him of bio-terrorism. He tells (The Guardian's) Christopher Turner why he won't be silenced."
Modest designer who made a comeback at 92"Irish-born Eileen Gray was a leading design figure in Paris in the 1920s but by the 1970s, had been largely forgotten. Two experts who are coming to Dublin this weekend for an Eileen Gray conference explain how they revived her career."
Is It Too Easy Being Green?"...Some green buildings are little more energy-efficient than traditional structures. Yet they manage to earn a coveted certification from the U.S. Green Building Council..."
Gas guzzlers make way for green machines at Tokyo Motor Show"The overriding message at the Tokyo Motor Show, opening Saturday to the public, is that gas-guzzlers must make way for green cars that pollute less and rely less on shrinking supplies of fossil fuels."
2 new architecture blogsA Daily Dose points us to a couple newcomers on the blog scene: mirage.studio and Architecture Sketches.
From the Rubble, Foundations of HopeAn article in Business Week profiles Architecture for Humanity. " When catastrophes strike, Cameron Sinclair's Architecture for Humanity offers innovative and cost-effective ideas for housing the homeless and rebuilding lives."
2005 RIBA Sustainability AwardThe Cobtun House built of mud, straw and corrugated iron, and designed by Associated Architects has received this year's RIBA Sustainability Award.
Small scale look at towering ambitionSantiago Calatrava's architecture and art are juxtaposed as a Met show tries new devices.