Author: Marcus Trimble

The discovery of the 138th pyramid creates mixed feelings for Egyptians. IHT.

Jonathon Glancey looks at the affects of previous recessions on architecture and what architects can expet this time.  ‘I didn’t lose any work in the first recession I experienced,” says Zaha Hadid, “because I didn’t have any work.” Guardian.

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Gehry’s Museum of Tolerance, to be built over a Muslim burial site in Jerusalem, has been approved by an Israeli court. Butterpaper has links to a letter of protest (signed by Charles Jencks and Beatriz Colomina amongst others) and some further background on the project.

Obama to set up an Office of Urban Policy. “Yes, we need to fight crime. Yes, we need to strengthen our cities. But we also need to stop seeing our cities as the problem and start seeing them as the solution. Because strong cities are the building blocks of strong regions, and strong regions are…

Alice Rawsthorn looks at how the economic slump could be good for design. IHT.