August 30, 2004
[ UrbanDictionary.com]
"a slang dictionary with your definitions"


[ Wordcount]
"Landscape" is the 2935th most frequently used English word (ranked in order of commonality by British National Corpus) bracketed by "paintings" and "mother".

August 26, 2004
[ Art Underfoot]
Competition to design manhole covers for Vancouver

August 25, 2004
[ Archinect]
Sneak peak of the Venice Biennale 2004

August 22, 2004
[ For banal skyscrapers: Off with their heads! ]
The proposed Grade X listing for buildings


[ Bulldozers beat listing inspectors to 50s home]
A 1950s house designed by a world-famous architect has been bulldozed in Edinburgh just as it was set to be protected by heritage watchdogs.


August 17, 2004
[ Avant-Green: Landscaping as a Fine Art]
My opinion? Barely art, certainly not landscape architecture


[ Architect calls for Scotland's ugliest buildings to be torn down]
The Herald


[ The House That Built a Revolution]
Architectural documentaries are hot stuff at the moment - My Architect is finally over here in the UK whilst this 2 year old film about Gehry's unrealised house for Peter Lewis is also making the rounds.

August 15, 2004
[ 20 Holiday Tips for Architects]
"12. When setting up your easel at a popular beauty spot make sure your professional accreditation is clearly visible, so passers-by know whom they're dealing with."


[ organicARCHITECT :: San Francisco Green Architecture]
more at [SFGate.com]


[ Philadelphia Inquirer]
Great to read that the Victory Building on Chestnut Street has finally been rehabilitated.


[ The New York Times]
Field Operations with Diller, Scofidio & Renfro selected to masterplan the High Line

August 09, 2004
[ The New York Times]
Building a Bad Reputation: Sloppy American Construction. "As more high-profile buildings by foreign architects rise in the United States, and as computers allow architects to strive for engineering, design and construction complexities never before imagined, a gathering rumble can be heard across the profession about the way America builds"

August 08, 2004
[ The New York Times]
Art Review: Resourceful in the Deep South vs. Sleek in an Alpine Landscape


[ The Herald]
Innovative Scots architectural company Ushida Findlay goes into liquidation


[ [Sunday Herald]]
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson died last week at 94.

August 04, 2004
[ The Torygraph]
Interview with Gustafson after the Diana memorial debacle.


[ Architecture for Humanity ]
Design like you give a damn