Frank Gehry may be an acclaimed architect, but Dwight D. Eisenhower's family really doesn't care for the memorial he's designed for the 34th U.S. president. more ›

This week, architect Frank Gehry was in town to explain himself. more ›

Superstar architect Frank Gehry unveiled his designs for the future Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. more ›

So the Eisenhower Memorial Commission and the General Services Administration have picked Frank Gehry to design a memorial to be erected in Washington honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Gehry is surely the most famous working American architect today. That fame is based on designs for fanciful, billowing metallic structures that create a lot of glare and heat. The last time Gehry was involved in a major project in D.C., things didn't go so well. Here's hoping Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial manages to create only the good kind of heat. more ›

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas's only feminist bookstore. Throughout the week, they interviewed a bunch of indie fashion designers and D-I-Y websites—Etsy, Ornamental Things, 31 Corn Lane, and Aorta Designs—for the upcoming Stitch Fashion Show. They also did... more ›

Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read "House of Leaves" and ">tried to figure out what's next for the Cubs. Not fall related, but still of utmost concern, the whole skinny black pants thing. -Torontoist fought off an evil scourge of raccoons and went to go see who... more ›

Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks "the elusive Bahamas streetcar", and watches Tom Green get surgery. Phillyist rejoices in the Phillies' wild card chances, mourns the injuries sustained by Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse, and goes pirate on our asses. SFist notes that Guns and Roses were in town, that San Franciscans are taking over reality TV, and that the San Francisco Chronicle's skills of original nomenclature could use some... more ›

For all their symbolic power and grand civic functions, D.C. buildings built in the last half century have hardly created much buzz in terms of architecture, due in part to Washington's reputation for staid and conservative design tastes. On the occasion that a renowned contemporary designer finds a willing local patron, their scheme rarely makes it through National Capital Planning Commission review without serious revision or delay, as with Norman Foster's glass canopy finally under... more ›

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for... more ›

Today's Opinionist comes to DCist from local art blogger Kriston Capps. For all this time, D.C. Mayor Williams has billed himself as a supporter of big boxes in the District. During yesterday’s town hall meeting to discuss the fate of the city’s public library system, the Mayor revealed himself to be no friend to our most notorious big box—the Mies Van der Rohe-designed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. And he made no new friends... more ›

You Dada See It: DCist finally spent a day exploring Dada at the National Gallery, and it's really the sort of exhibition that grows on you as you move through it. The first room, detailing the Dada movement as it emerged in Zurich, is a tough nut to crack -- a few too many photo collages that aren't terribly stimulating clutter the landscape. But as you move through Berlin and Hannover, eventually reaching Paris and... more ›

Love or hate the idea of a new ballpark in Southeast, the design process is moving full steam ahead. Today's Post featured stadium architect Joseph Spear of HOK Sport, outlining his vision and sketches for the stadium. Spear's plan calls for a V-shaped facade, with one face constructed of stone and glass, and the other a steel and glass facade. The ballpark incorporates a view of the Anacostia, pays homage to D.C.'s monumental core, and... more ›

(Editor's Note: In DCist's pursuit of trying out new features, we're going to introduce something we call Weekend Reading -- essentially we're going to point you to what papers are featuring in their Sunday editions, or in case of The Financial Times, their Saturday/Sunday edition. There isn't necessarily anything local here, but considering reading the Sunday papers can be a recreational activity to some in this city, we think it could be of use. Editors... more ›

There's more trouble at the Corcoran. OK there always seems to be trouble at the troubled art museum. But this is big. The Post reports that the cash-strapped and lackluster institution may be forced to scrap its plans to give the museum's New York Avenue facade some luster: Frank Gehry's shiny metal addition (seen here). And then there's more trouble: It appears that David Levy, the president and director of the Corcoran, is being forced... more ›

(From DCist contributor Seth Thomas Pietras) The influence of Greek and Roman architecture on our fair city is undeniable. The Capitol building, for example, is pure neoclassical bliss, evoking the connection the Founders had to ancient ideals when creating the Republic. On the outside, the building conveys all the balance and order of the Greek tradition without betraying the chaos within. It is this concept of Greek architectural poise and symmetry that will be the... more ›

We tip our hat to Grammar.police for pointing us to a May 1 piece in the Post we missed when we were on vacation where Blake Gopnik pushed the idea of renaming the Corcoran Gallery of Art to bring in more visitors. Saying the current Corcoran name has an identity problem, Gopnik suggests a name promoting it as a national center of photography: You could even imagine that the Corcoran Museum of Photography -- why... more ›

Architecture fans will take note of Frank Gehry's lecture at the Corcoran Gallery of Art tonight at 5 p.m. Architecture fans who aren’t Corcoran members may balk at the hefty price—$50—and the patient can wait just a few more years for the anticipated Gehry façade being built for the Corcoran’s 17th Street and New York Avenue wing. District residents should get used to seeing him around. His fame aside, DCist wonders if Gehry was the... more ›

If you thought you couldn't get enough of Frank Gehry by staring at models and renderings of the proposed wing at the Corcoran Museum of Art, head on over to 17th Street, as the museum opened today a new exhibition on the furniture of the Los Angeles architect. "The Furniture of Frank Gehry" runs through Nov. 15. The exhibition features work Gehry has done for three designers, Knoll, Heller and Vitra. Does any of this... more ›

And DCist blanks on telling everyone about the start of 2004 World Cup of Hockey last night. We plead Olympic hangover. But hockey fans have nothing to fear with 13 games remaining to satiate your hockey craving. Actually hockey fans, there may be something to fear with the probable delay of the NHL season, but we will get to that later. First things first. Tonight the United States takes the ice with Canada at Montreal’s... more ›