ACTAR acquires Birkhäuser
"ACTAR Publishing has signed an agreement with Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) to acquire the architecture and design activities of Birkhäuser Verlag in Basel. ... ACTAR will continue the Birkhäuser publishing program as an imprint in its current base in Basel, Switzerland."

WTC Progress
The Port Authority has created a Flickr page and a YouTube channel to help inform people about progress at the World Trade Center site.

Makeshift
"An experimental fanzine about architecture and its alternatives. ... Makeshift is an attempt to go where architecture is not yet; to bring together a wealth of IDEAS that are currently disconnected by professional categorisations, geography, or un-fame." (added to sidebar under architectural links::online journals)

Plain Sight Magazine
"An online magazine focusing on the design process in architecture. ... We feature critical essays, interviews with practitioners, creative demonstrations of design process, outstanding works of architecture, and an ongoing dialogue on design issues." (added to sidebar under architectural links::online journals)

HQ Magazine
Subtitled, Good Design is Good Business, Hq is a new publication of McGraw-Hill and Architectural Record. (added to sidebar under architectural links::publications)

HOMEDIT and houzz
Two blogs on the popular subject of home decorating. (both added to sidebar under blogs::design+technology)

Holiday Gift Books
It's not too late!

A Weekly Subscription
I'm hoping a switch to FeedBurner will solve my ongoing problems in sending out update notices for my weekly page. While notices are posted on this blog, those who only want to receive updates about my weekly web page should click the link above and follow the directions. After New Years I will slowly phase-out NotifyList, my old subscription provider, trying to migrate addresses from that service to FeedBurner.