The Sun Never Sets on the Tate Empire

Yesterday, Tate Modern Director, Nicholas Serota, announced that Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron have been commisioned to design the expansion of the London Museum. Is it a surprise that H&dM were hired? No. Is it a surprise that the Tate is expanding? Well….sort of. Since the inception of the current [...]

Philip Johnson Dies

Love him or hate him, Philip Johnson was…well, Philip Johnson. He died today at age 98.
“I am a whore and I am paid very well for high-rise buildings.”
- Philip Johnson
For more of the story: The New York Times and Yahoo! News

LOT-EK LECT-URE

Thanks to Sara’s Blog for reminding me what I did two nights ago.
This past Monday night, I attended a Lecture at my alma mata of Tulane University, given by Giuseppe Lignano and Ada Tolla of the New York based firm, LOT-EK. For those who aren’t familiar with LOT-EK, their work focuses on the reuse of [...]

What Happens in Vegas…

Vegas is dead. Long live the new “family-friendly” Vegas. Architectural Record briefly mentions a new “urban oasis” that may soon occupy the desert just outside of America’s Playground. Combining toy galleries, entertainment venues, landscaped gardens and children’s playgrounds, the project, dubbed umm…”Senscity Paradise Universe” is designed by Stuttgart-based firm,Behnisch, Behnisch & [...]

I’m Not a Building, But I Play One on T.V.

“Los Angeles Plays Itself,” is a new documentary examining the manner in which Los Angeles portrays itself in movies. According to Chris Hall, who reviews the film for Building Design Online, director Thom Anderson, “knows and cares about LA’s built environment, from art deco skyscrapers and the international style to Spanish colonial villas and modernist [...]

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