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Holy Ship! Marc Newson Designs 1960s-Inspired Power Boat

It's a steal for $1.5 Million!READ»

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Why Can't the World's Best Architects Build Better Web Sites?

I'd love to write about your latest architectural masterpiece, I really would. If only your Web site wasn't such an information architecture disaster.READ»

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3-D Printing Whole Buildings in Stone...in Space: This Printer Rocks

Enrico Dini's brilliant-or-crazy (or both) prototype machine prints entire buildings in solid rock... On the MOON!READ»

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Norman Foster on the Big Screen

Filmmakers Norberto López-Amado and Carlos Carcas release their documentary on the British architect.READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - Architecture

From MVRDV to Shigeru Ban, our picks for the top companies in architecture.READ»

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The U.S. and Canada Fight Over Who's the Biggest Joke of the 2010 Expo

With pavilions mired in budget controversies, laughable design, and, yes, circus clowns, the US and Canada are set to be the embarrassments of Shanghai 2010.READ»

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CityCenter's Architect "Dream Team" Builds the Next Vegas

The architects behind Las Vegas' CityCenter gathered after today's press conference to answer some questions about the legendary project.READ»

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At Last: Virgin Galactic Unveils Passenger Spaceplane

After years on the drawing board, the so-called Spaceship Two is complete. Sure is shiny.READ»

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The Star-Studded Design of Vegas' $8.5 Billion CityCenter

This week will see the opening of Vegas' $8.5 billion CityCenter, the most massive collaboration of famous architects in recent memory.READ»

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Richard Rogers Bags Britain's Highest Architectural Prize

Rogers's practice wins the 2009 Stirling Prize, for a cancer center designed to put patients at ease.READ»

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Former Nigerian Capital Gets Eco-City

A proposed energy-efficient satellite village uses the lagoon for cooling in Lagos, Africa's second largest city. READ»

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Is the New Wave of Super Big Buildings Wretched Excess? Or Is Bigger Still Better?

With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country. Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»

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Dictator Chic: BIG Wins Competition to Build National Library of Kazakhstan

BIG beat out Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid in a competition to architect the National Library of Kazakhstan--which happens to be a notoriously corrupt regime. Should we care?READ»

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With the Advent of Edge Architecture, the Old Boys Are Making Way for Newcomers From Mumbai and Burkina Faso

Move over Foster and Stern: tomorrow's design stars are the ones building schools and community shelters in their native countries.READ»

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"Classroom of the Future" Finalists Are Cool Enough for School

Architecture for Humanity has just announced finalists in a competition to design classrooms in the developing world and beyond.READ»

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East Harlem School: Contemporary Design, at a Bargain Price

Peter L. Gluck and Partners have just completed a new school in New York--and gave back $500,000 to the board after finishing.READ»

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Living in the Desert--and Barely Needing an AC

Clever design allows a simple vacation home in the desert to stay cool in the blazing heat.READ»

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Poetic Dutch School Has Writing on the Wall, And the Floor, Tables...

Dutch architects i29 and Snelder have designed a school that inverts everything about traditional education buildings. Gone are wall posters and noticeboards, institutional green paint schemes and a jumble of colors. Instead, it's ...READ»

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Norman Foster's Plan to Save the Children: Build a School for Sierra Leone

Lord Foster designs a low-cost school for charity.READ»

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The 10 Most Creative People in Architecture

Which architects have the most unusual, influential visions for the field?READ»

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Not a Hoax: Mecca Redesign Leaked [video]

Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, is going to be redesigned, and a proposed master plan just leaked to YouTube. Because of the extreme sensitivity of the project, details about the redesign have been sparse. Nonetheless, it ...READ»

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Norman Foster Fixes the Economy With $24 Million Super Yacht

This week, Lord Norman Foster arrived in Italy to launch his first super-yacht design, the $24 million Ocean Emerald. And, if you made some extra dough shorting bank stocks or simply need a cozy headquarters as you plot world ...READ»

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Preview: Architecture of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

The grand tradition of World Expos may seem a little quaint to Americans--evoking 1950s era images of flying cars and robot butlers. But the Expos still live, and the upcoming Expo 2010 in Shanghai, promises to be worthwhile since ...READ»

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Why Starchitect Skyscrapers like Frank Gehry's Beekman Are Getting Chopped

Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ»

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Dark Days for Frank Gehry

We recently wrote about the troubles buffeting Norman Foster. This week, it's Frank Gehry's turn: The architect synonymous with the 15-year trend towards flashy, destination architecture—witness the Simpsons appearance ...READ»