Read more architecture stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/477/architecture.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:23:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71766/2-new-theaters-make-dallas-a-hotspot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDallas has several museums and concert halls that would be the envy of any city, but until now they've seemed more like standalone monuments than elements of a city center. Two new venues opening this Sunday have transformed downtown, "giving the area the cultural stature Dallas has long been craving,...http://www.newser.com/story/71766/2-new-theaters-make-dallas-a-hotspot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 9:13:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69601/ferris-bueller-house-could-be-torn-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe suburban Chicago house where Cameron killed his dad's Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is on a list of endangered Illinois landmarks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Highland Park home is on the market for $2.3 million and is at risk of being torn down. The preservation group...http://www.newser.com/story/69601/ferris-bueller-house-could-be-torn-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 11:34:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68976/pitt-shells-out-80k-for-kids-gerbil-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn this edition of Lifestyles of the Rich and Furry : Brad Pitt dropped more than $80,000 on a run for his kids’ gerbils, complete with “tunnels, seesaws and platforms,” the Sun reports. The architecture buff apparently monitored the building of the run himself. “Brad pores over architectural journals like...http://www.newser.com/story/68976/pitt-shells-out-80k-for-kids-gerbil-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 12:52:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66138/modernist-architect-gwathmey-dies-at-71.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Gwathmey, who died of esophageal cancer at 71 this week, began his architectural career as a steely, pared-down Modernist and never wavered from his style over decades of work, writes the New York Times . His larger buildings, such as an extension to Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Guggenheim Museum, were...http://www.newser.com/story/66138/modernist-architect-gwathmey-dies-at-71.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 7:32:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65695/wrights-temple-on-the-hill-for-sale-in-la.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fixer-upper is on the market in Los Angeles, but it will still set you back $15 million. Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, which he built in 1924 and nicknamed the "temple on the hill," is for sale, reports NPR. The architectural gem boasts magnificent views of the city and...http://www.newser.com/story/65695/wrights-temple-on-the-hill-for-sale-in-la.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 16:29:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64576/architecture-photographer-shulman-dead-at-98.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArchitectural photographer Julius Shulman has died at the age of 98, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a career spanning two-thirds of the 20th century, Shulman became the premier photographer of modernist architecture and worked with the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Eero Saarinen. But his most famous shot...http://www.newser.com/story/64576/architecture-photographer-shulman-dead-at-98.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 16:20:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62379/tough-times-threaten-new-englands-triple-deckers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe distinctive three-decker homes found throughout urban New England are swiftly becoming an endangered species, the New York Times reports. The homes—mostly built around a century ago to accommodate new immigrants—were snapped up by investors in boom times who rented them out without doing any maintenance. They are...http://www.newser.com/story/62379/tough-times-threaten-new-englands-triple-deckers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 5:35:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60472/clock-strikes-150-for-big-ben.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon’s Big Ben will celebrate three 150th birthdays this year, starting with today’s anniversary of the first movement of the huge clock, the Evening Standard reports. July 11 marks the first ringing of “Big Ben,” the Great Bell that eventually gave its name to the tower, and September will see...http://www.newser.com/story/60472/clock-strikes-150-for-big-ben.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 13:13:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59109/guggenheim-plays-it-safe-on-wright-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFifty years after the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, historians and critics are still fighting over the legacy of an architect called in turns a genius and a megalomaniac. Now, a new exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York—one of Wright's last buildings—offers an anniversary retrospective of...http://www.newser.com/story/59109/guggenheim-plays-it-safe-on-wright-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 8:34:01 CDT