Why Nicolai Ouroussoff Is Not Good Enough
Alexandra Lange takes the architecture critic to task. "Ouroussoff’s lack of artistic ambition leads to lazy writing, words and characterizations, unexplained assumptions and manufactured opponents that appear and reappear." Ouch... hurts when the nail is hit on the head, doesn't it?
via Design Observer — Commentary

Bereaving Las Vegas
"The financial crisis has mauled Las Vegas like no other city. What was once the land of luxury and excess is now the home of empty houses and broken dreams. While the city and its investors keep hoping for a turnaround, others see long, lean years ahead." Now THAT is scary, Halloweenies!
via spiegel — Commentary

The day the Architecture died
Orhan Ayyuce waxes philosophic on the CCTV fire.
via Archinect — Commentary

The neoclassicism of Barack Obama
Hmmm...
via LA Times — Commentary

Blue is the New Green
Allison Arieff discusses the underestimated and mostly overlooked importance of water in our world. “The issue is that development and population continue, while water rights are static,” says Josiah Cain. “All available water has been accounted for, so the only way to get new water supply involves conservation and reuse strategies.”
via NY Times — Commentary