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Material ConneXion's first annual MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year

Contemplating the Void opens at the Guggenheim Museum.© Anish Kapoor

Is this Architecture?

The Brooklyn firm Solid Objectives — Idenburg Liu, who go by the abbreviation SO — IL, has won the Museum of Modern Art's annual competition to design a temporary event space for P.S.1, the MoMA-affiliated contemporary art center in Queens. The firm's scheme, titled Pole Dance, will use bungee cords to thread together a series of 25-foot poles inside the kunsthalle's courtyard.

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism-Architecture breaks down boundaries between places and disciplines while showcasing some talented architects and designers.

Tis the season to wonder what product designers think architects are really like.

At a talk in New York City, Dean Qinyun Ma of USC discussed his plans for the American Academy in China.

Tile of Spain is looking for three architects and/or interior designers to join its annual sponsered media trip to visit CEVISAMA 2010, the International Ceramic Tile and Bath Furnishing Show held in Valencia each year. The group will travel via Madrid to Granada on February 5th and spend several days exploring such cultural

The other night, I happened to watch an episode of Ugly Betty, which involved the reprogramming of her boss, Daniel Meade, from the evils of a cult called the Community of the Phoenix. The innocent humor of the Ugly Betty show is a relaxing way for me to wind down from a busy day, and this was no exception. But I was forced

An extended interview with Kersten Geers of Office KGDVS.