The architect banned from building in New York
March 4th, 2010What do you do when an architect repeatedly breaks zoning laws? In New York you bar them from making planning applications…
Looking into the past
March 3rd, 2010BD is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week and News Junkie has been trawling the web looking for interesting images from around the world of the every-day architecture of bygone years…
Is Nicolai Ouroussoff the last architecture critic?
March 2nd, 2010Journalist and Architectural Historian Alexandra Lange has launched a scathing attack on the New York Times critic Nicolai Ouroussoff, describing him as ’slippery’, ‘lazy’ and ‘not good enough’.
(Nicolai Ouroussoff as envisioned by Curbed NY)
Eric Parry the video star?
March 1st, 2010Eric Parry fans might be interested in the firm’s latest set of videos – which are far removed from the normal architectural fly-thoughs. Read the rest of this entry »
US Embassy round up
February 26th, 2010The winning design for America’s new embassy building in London has finally been unveiled, but it hasn’t won everyone over.
First there were reports of a fight “to the death” between jury members Richard Rogers and Lord Palumbo and their American counterparts, then Fox News weighed in with an attack on the reported $1 billion dollar budget and the debate over which scheme should have won rages on in the international press…
