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• Pritzker Architecture Prize Committee Mulls Petition for Denise Scott Brown

  A petition emerged on Change.org demanding that the Pritzker Architecture Prize recognize Denise Scott Brown, following comments she made regarding the 1991 prize received by her husband, Robert Venturi.

• David van der Leer Joins Van Alen Institute as Executive Director

  David van der Leer has announced his departure from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where he served as assistant curator, to join the Van Alen Institute as its executive director.

• Downtowns Go Residential in Rotterdam, Cincinnati, and Maryland

  How much control should the government have in reinventing our urban cores? Aaron Betsky says more is better.

• Kitchens Get Even Hotter With Housing Recovery

  The AIA's quarterly Home Designs Trends Survey shows a steady increase in the number and size of kitchens among clients designed a new house or renovating an existing one. Computer station, open plans, and universal design are the three biggest kitchen design trends according to the survey.

• New Planning Books for Kitchen and Bath Design

  The National Kitchen and Bath Association recently released revised versions of its design and planning books with new sections on sustainable and universal design. The books are available in print or digital editions.

• Bauhaus As Your House

  LA-based architect Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, interned with Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra before designing this three-level house with several linear balconies. A swimming pool, terraced gardens, and continuous bands of windows give the Sunset Strip location a rural vibe.

• 'The New York Times' Overlooks Architects in Sustainability Conference

  April's conference on energy and sustainable cities, hosted by 'The New York Times,' will not feature any architects as keynote speakers.

• Reviewed: Maria Semple, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"

  Maria Semple's 2012 novel, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," follows the reclusive Bernadette Fox, an architect whose stellar early promise also frustrates her creativity.

• 2013 AIA TAP BIM Award Recipients Announced

  The firms behind the projects honored in the ninth annual awards program leveraged building information modeling beyond design and documentation to actually model building information.

• Q & A with Jeffrey Inaba - ‘Adaptation: Architecture, Technology, and the City’

  Jeffrey Inaba, founder of C-Lab and his eponymous practice, speaks with ARCHITECT about the role of architecture in technology, and the role of technology in architecture.