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Worth Watching: Richard Cook of Cook+Fox discusses sustainable design—and specifically LEED certification—with The New Yorker's architecture critic Paul Goldberger. [Video after the jump]

The emerging architects celebrate a long, hot summer and the success of their 30' long, sustainable structure on Governor's Island.

Join an on-line conversation hosted by the Philip Johnson Glass House. 

USC's American Academy in China mounts an exhibition of cutting-edge landscape designs for the 2011 World Horticultural Exposition in Xi'an. 

In its preparation for the 2010 World Expo, Shanghai spruced up its neighborhood parks. Now old folks are dancing in the streets and along park pathways.

There’s one just thing in this world that can whet my appetite in the morning more effectively than the smell of a bacon sandwich, and that’s a scandal in the New York Post. Imagine my delight when a madame said her brothel preferred low-key clients, like doctors and architects...

Shanghai is using its World Expo to show off its new status, just as the United States did in 1893 with the World's Columbian Exposition. 

Firms reported they earned $2B less last year than they did in 2008. Revenue for domestic and international work combined is down 18.4%. 

Who's hot and who's not at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai China