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Frank's on the move...Everyone's been talking about Frank's yet-to-be abode in Venice for years and years, but instead the office has decided to move to El Segundo, CA. "Frank Gehry and the 160 professionals of the world-renowned architectural firm Gehry Partners, LLP will relocate to the coastal California community in early 2009." - Thanks, Paul
Developers and Dreamers Battle Over Berlin Identity"A penniless crusader against the injustices of urban development" or a "bonsai demagogue, an old communist dreamer and a misguided Robin Hood." Architect Carsten Joost is leading the fight against developers in the hippest (and poor...) European capital, and Goliath Moneypants is actually having a hard time with David the Architect.
Britain pulls ahead in wind power raceEnergy Minister Mike O'Brien said the "Lincs" wind farm would include up to 70 wind turbines. Mr O'Brien said the the UK would become the world's largest producer of offshore wind power. Now THAT'S how it's done, presidential candidates!
"Fabled Northwest Passage open for business in the Arctic"Out of the way, polar bears, here comes big business...
VergangenheitsbewaeltigungDunno what it means? "Architecture School" begins on Sundance Channel tonight. 'Nuff said!
A big new park in a city that needs more"Downtown Los Angeles has its first new park since 1895. It’s called Vista Hermosa, with a beautiful view of the steel-and-glass skyline. It’s ten and a half acres of open space and green technology but, among major American cities, LA remains last in accessible parkland."
Water rationing for California?"Two parched years - punctuated by the driest spring in at least 150 years - could force districts across California to ration water this summer as policymakers and scientists grow increasingly concerned that the state is on the verge of a long-term drought."
Without a Central Core, Can Mass Transit Work in L.A.?Los Angeles' Future in Mobility: Many Goals But Many Obstacles
More shelter magazines closing their doors"The design-lifestyle publications face a market crowded with titles and a loss of readers who can now get information from other sources."
Worried about the kids? You should worry about the ENVIRONMENT!A new study links divorce with an increased carbon footprint... one would have thought that there was enough guilt in that equation already, but no sir!
A Landmark Modernist House Heads to AuctionRichard Neutra's 1946 Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California.
Prof. Oswald Mathias Ungers dies at 81The German "starchitect" Oswald Mathias Ungers has succumbed to pneumonia at 81 years of age. His strict and uncompromising orthogonal vocabulary coined "architecture of new abstraction" was both hailed and criticized for being "too monotonous and cold." Ungers' work is prolific throughout Germany, and he was awarded numerous prizes during his 57-year-long career.
Renowned Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona dies at 78"A headstrong urbanist whose exposed brick structures celebrated his home of Bogota and won international praise" (including the 2003 Alvar Aalto Medal), died Wednesday.
Herbert Muschamp, 59, Architecture Critic, Dies"Herbert Muschamp, a writer for The New York Times whose wildly original and often deeply personal reviews made him one of the most influential architecture critics of his generation, died on Tuesday night in Manhattan."
Farnsworth IslandBrad Pitt leaves, and and the floods come... but Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House survived the second "hundred-year" flood of Illinois' Fox River since 1996. Including a picture of water lapping at the front steps.
Pitt berates slow Katrina rebuildMore hunky pics of stuble-faced Brad. Oh yeah, and he says some stuff too... whatever.
Treehugger sells outEven treehuggers have their price... and it seems that a cool $10 mil was enough for those green bloggers to sell their souls to the evil Discovery Communications... they are evil right? Who cares... we're green... with envy.
Pure "Lack?"Archinect is right: MVRDV should pay Ikea royalties for their design entry (and win) in the Rotterdam Museum extension competition...
Architecture Week is done like dinnerBritain's Arts Council has given the national Architecture Week the old heave-ho... was it the right decision?
Sad news"Husband, father, educator, and architect George Yu has passed away after a long and painful battle with cancer." Please see our earlier post about contributing to the education fund for his daughters.
LA residents told to cut showers as drought deepensIf you're an LA resident, I guess now is as good a time as any to finally get around to planting that drought-resistant landscaping, eh?
Bauhaus Redux"The first permanent museum dedicated to the Bauhaus movement opens on the site in Germany where it was born."
Condo towers in Downtown LA?!The amount of development presently taking place in the notoriously "shaky" downtown area of Los Angeles begs the obvious question: "Are the planets aligned or are we watching giraffes attempting to skate on (thin) ice?"
SIR NORMAN FOSTER GIVES BIRTH......to a problem child. The cathedral of football (soccer for you American blokes out there) has finally opened. As with all good things, it seems to have been worth the wait, the blood, the sweat and the tears.
Grand Canyon skywalk debacleA bit late for debate, but... "Tribe’s Grand Canyon deck ignites debate over disturbing pristine grounds."
Berlin Hauptbahnhof a bit shaky...Berlin's main train station (von Gerkan, Marg & Partner http://www.gmp-architekten.de) remained closed after a 2-ton steel beam had crashed onto the stairs at one of the building's entrances. The glass-and-steel structure built over five levels, Europe's largest multilevel train station, was opened in May.
NY TimesMagazine 6th Annual Year in IdeasThe NY Times celebrates human ingenuity with a series of short articles covering such ideas as the aerotropolis, big urbanism, spit art, smart elevators, sporno, tushology and, my personal favorite, the Beerbelly.