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Future of many architectural firms in doubt

Shawn O'Donahue knew the architectural firm where he worked was headed for financial ruin when a key foreign developer sent its employees on an abrupt vacation.

MIT Alleges Flaws in Gehry Building

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles.

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Preventing Free Architecture Syndrome

The question comes up more than you might imagine. "Would you be able to perform free design services (for our very worthwhile organization)?"

Architect Richard Best Donates 100k Of His $1 Million Prize From A UAE Real Estate TV Reality Show
Source: Free Press Release

American architect Richard Best, winner of "The Hydra Executives," an Apprentice-style real-estate reality show that took place in the United Arab Emirates, donated $100,000 of his share of the $1 million cash prize to the United Nation's Intergovernmental Institution for t …

Small space: architect turns closet into home -- OrlandoSentinel.com
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Sergio Santos is used to facing challenges as an architect.

Michael Kagan PHD Conversation on Shavuot-Giving of the Decalogue.
Source: israelseen.com

Dr. Kagan introduces a number of insights regarding the nature and essence of the holiday of Shavuot where Jews eat dairy products, receive the Torah from Moses, celebrate the wheat harvest and read from the Book of Ruth.

A & M Architecture School Lecture Disrupted by Lecture
Source: A & M University

Activist architect "disrupts" architecture students during lecture.

Jonathan Kay: An evening in Montreal with Richard Gage, 9/11 Truth Movement prophet extraordinaire
Source: National Post

Even if you are — like me — part of the majority that believes the "official theory" of 9/11, it's a mistake to ignore a movement as large and passionately championed as this one.

Architects Chosen for Black History Museum
Source: The New York Times

A dream almost a century old moved another step closer to reality on Tuesday as the Smithsonian Institution chose a team led by David Adjaye, the celebrated Tanzanian-born architect, to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open on the N …

Synchronised swimming in the office... how five Russian women have taken the internet by storm with hilarious routine
Source: the Mail online

A group of energetic office workers have released an amusing video clip of them performing a sultry synchronised 'swimming' routine - at their desks.

How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood
Source: Sciam

Architects have long intuited that the places we inhabit can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Now behavioral scientists are giving their hunches an empirical basis.

Noted Denver architect dies - The Denver Post
Source: The Denver Post

Dominick, 67, who was the son of the late U.S. Sen. Peter Dominick, designed a huge variety of structures, from the town center at Stapleton, to Disneyland and Disney World hotels and an unusual museum that spans Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb.

Wooden Sci-Fi Sculptures Make Great Geek Art
Source: Wired News

Sculptor Michael Rea has a knack for building. But unlike most architects, he draws on an encyclopedic knowledge of geek culture and an eccentric sense of humor for his unique sculptures.

War architect said to be considering Iraqi oil deal
Source: Raw Story

A neoconservative architect of President Bush's Iraq occupation could be preparing to personally reap the spoils of war, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Microsoft's Windows 95 Architect Is a Happy Mac Convert
Source: cultofmac.com

Software engineer Satoshi Nakajima, the lead architect of Microsoft's Windows 95, picked up a Mac for the first time two years ago. He was so impressed, he says he'll never touch a PC again.

Seven shortlisted for Olympic handball venue
Source: www.building.co.uk

ODA is expected to announce the designer for the 2012 handball arena by the end of the year Big-hitter architect Grimshaw as well as smaller practice dRMM are on a seven-strong shortlist to design the handball arena for London's 2012 Olympic games.

Internet Architects Releases Trend Map '07
Source: Mashable!

Information Architects has released the second version of a trend map plotting the top 200 most successful websites.

Great Pyramid was built inside out, Frenchman says
Source: Yahoo! News

A French architect said on Friday he had cracked a 4,500-year-old mystery surrounding Egypt's Great Pyramid, saying it was built from the inside out.

Artist, architect, a modern da Vinci --Thomas Heatherwick
Source: Wired News

Artist, architect, a modern da Vinci — the critics don't quite know how to describe Thomas Heatherwick. All they know is that they love his designs. Full article here

CodeByDesign
Source: codebydesign.com

Open System Architect (OSA) is an application used for modelling a system. OSA currently supports data modelling (physical and logical) with UML in the works. The unique thing about OSA is that it is an Open Source product licensed under the General Public License (GPL).

Images of Kanye West Apartment
Source: www.dezeen.com

Here are some renderings of the Claudio Silvestrin-designed apartment for rap star Kanye West, which is currently under construction in New York.

Zaha Hadid On Being A Woman Architect
Source: OpinionJournal.com

New York--Zaha Hadid''s painting "The World (89 Degrees)" looks like a distorted map of the Earth. It suggests a colorful world where angles don''t have to be right, or the horizon a straight line.

Yoda Helps Unlock Cathedral Mysteries
Source: Live Science

What do Yoda and Gothic cathedrals have in common? More than being several hundred years old, as it turns out.

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