NAZI ARCHITECT  PAUL BONATZ
EARNS APPRECIATION & RESPECT
A dead Nazi architect has ignited a firestorm of criticism over the redesign of one of his masterworks, the Stuttgart Train Terminal. Redesigning the pre-war structure for the modern era has pitted preservation, architects, designers, urban planning and morality against one another. NY Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff argues against the sweeping Gehry-like flourishes proposed for the new station and finds the Nazi architect's morally compromised work worthy of defending. The brilliant piece offers historical analysis and goes to the heart of modern architectural theoretical discussions.

   
      MAFIA FAMILY TAKES OVER
        BUILDING INSPECTIONS
      SELLS GUNS AND DRUGS
New York: It's a story right out of the movies. An investigation into a $200 million a year gambling operation yielded leads on corruption in the Buildings Department. After years of investigating, an astounding 29 people were arrested for taking bribes totaling millions of dollars to falsify building inspections. While the mafia tainted "Inspectors" were taking a paycheck and bribes, they were also dealing drugs and selling illegal guns.....

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA BONKERS?
Master Architect suffers barbs from Guardian journalist at the opening of his  magnificent Lieges -Guillemins train station. Is it a compliment when you get slapped in the face with one hand and patted on the head with the other? UK journo engages in double tounged smack down with Calatrava and his legacy.

      BRAD PITT GETS TOP NOD
FROM THE USGBC FOR HIS WORK
              IN NEW ORLEANS
Brad Pitt's appreciation for architecture is well known. What is less appreciated is his philanthropic work that includes architectural solutions. His foundation has already built 16 homes in New Orleans and his commitment to helping people is coupled with a devotion to sustainable design and affordability....

GIANT DUBAI PROJECT IN CHAOS
CITY OF ARABIA LOSES  TOP CONSTRUCTION FIRM
Cloaked in denials and contradictions the story leaked out anyway. Hill International the people who like to build on a grand scale have left the massive project. DubaiLand of which the City of Arabia was to be a showpiece containing the Wadi Walk and shopping oasis is now in crisis.....

      $165,000 PRIZE GOES TO
           FAMED ARCHITECT
It's an honor previously bestowed on Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano and now this emblem of achievement has been given to Zaha Hadid. The world's leading woman architect and creator of dozens of striking buildings ranging from museums to residences. The Prince....

         FIRE DESTROYS
ARCHITECT'S MASTERPIECE
An architectural sculpture by architect Ryumei Fujiki was incinerated in a bold act of vandalism at the Wakefield, England BEAM architecture center....

  ARCHITECTS IN OUTER SPACE
You can buy a ticket to travel to outer space aboard Virgin Galactic's fleet of starships and stay overnight in an orbiting hotel designed by a world famous architect. This Jules Verne-esque fantasy is being made a reality day by day in the New Mexico desert as bulldozers race to complete the building and a housing boom is ignited nearby....

                   OHMIGOD!!!
The crash of 2009 has swallowed one of architecture's greatest voices; Richard Meier. The master's singular career has been capped by another first: First time he's been out of work. The staff has been let go, the offices closed and the ideas that spawned 2 generations of lesser imitators.....

          ROCK OUR WORLD
    LEED BUILDINGS USE 29%
         MORE ENERGY
  THAN REGULAR BUILDINGS
USGBC is under attack as academic researchers debunk their claims that LEED buildings are more energy efficient that non-LEEDS certified buildings. In a scathing editorial the NY Post...