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Courtesy of Hirsch Bedner Associates No one sleeps at Antilia, a $1-billion residence built for India's richest man, because it violates the tenets of Vastu Shastra, an ancient version of feng shui. The ballroom is one of many spaces used by the family during the day. The 27-story "house" has 168 parking spaces, nine elevators, three helipads, a health spa, a 50-seat theater and more. A lavishly decked-out 27-story residence in the heart of South Mumbai—built for India's richest man and the ninth wealthiest person in the world—is swathed in secrecy. All are mum about the details of how the

A new leading indicator by McGraw-Hill Construction points to a boost in spending. Related Links: Billings Index Dips Below 50 Forecast 2012: High-Rise Construction Forecast 2012: Residential Construction The Dodge Momentum Index is a new 12-month leading indicator of construction spending for nonresidential buildings. The unique information is derived from proprietary, first-issued planning reports in the largest database of construction planning projects in the United States–McGraw-Hill Construction’s Dodge Reports (McGraw-Hill publishes Architectural Record). One-third of the projects in the Dodge database are in planning, and those projects feed the new Dodge Momentum Index. The strength of the new index is

RECORD sits down with the new architecture critic of the New York Times to discuss his plans for covering the designs of buildings, New York, and the wider world. Michael Kimmelman Photo: © Marco Tambara Last fall, Michael Kimmelman, the longtime chief art critic of the New York Times, became the architecture critic at the paper and immediately set a new agenda. Rather than write about the latest starchitect building, he began with a piece on a mixed-income housing project in the Bronx by Grimshaw Architects and Dattner Architects called Via Verde, and followed up with articles that focused largely

According to construction-economics data from McGraw-Hill Dodge, U.S. tall-building construction is down significantly from its 2006 peak. However, a handful of high-profile projects continue to move forward. Source: McGraw-Hill Dodge Analytics Click the image above to view a full presentation of these stats [PDF].

While Kingdom Tower awaits groundbreaking (read more here), other skyscrapers around the globe are now under construction. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ranks the loftiest.

Image courtesy of SWA SWA has designed the public open spaces for Suzhou Center. Click to view more images. Related Links: China News Old Factories Get New Wrapping in Shanghai EMBT Designs Zhang Da Qian Museum in Neijiang International landscape architecture firm SWA has been working in the city of Suzhou since 2003, providing landscape design and planning services for a number of projects, including the Gao Xin District and all 45 acres of Suzhou Industrial Park Times Square. Having proven its ability to weave contemporary, pedestrian-friendly design into a city with a rich 2,500-year history of canals, gardens, and

Image courtesy dEEP Architects Beijing-based dEEP Architects has transformed a pair of old factories into an office building for Material ConneXion. Image courtesy dEEP Architects Office building for Material ConneXion. Related Links: China News EMBT Designs Zhang Da Qian Museum in Neijiang Landscape Will Connect New Business District in Suzhou Beijing-based dEEP Architects has transformed a pair of old factories into an office building for Material ConneXion, a company that provides information on building materials. The architects renovated and connected the abandoned factory buildings in the Jiading district of Shanghai, wrapping them with a new aluminum envelope.“We kept intact the

Image courtesy EMBT EMBT Designs Zhang Da Qian Museum in Sichuan Province. Click to view more images. Related Links: China News Old Factories Get New Wrapping in Shanghai Landscape Will Connect New Business District in Suzhou Construction will start this year on a museum dedicated to the work of artist Zhang Da Qian. Located in Neijiang, in Sichuan Province, the project was designed by Benedetta Tagliabue, head of the Barcelona studio Miralles Tagliabue EMBT. Zhang Da Qian was born in Nejiang in 1899. Although he left China in 1948, never to return, he is avidly collected in China, and is

Image courtesy EMC Gehry has made several changes to the original design: A statue of Eisenhower as a seated barefoot boy has been moved from the center to the back and will now show him as a standing young man; Two free-standing sculptures, rather than bas reliefs in stone walls, will depict Eisenhower as a general and president; The walls will contain quotes from Eisenhower speeches. Related Links: A Monumental Debate Gehry Hopes to Meet with Eisenhower Family to Allay Concerns Gehry Chosen to Design Ike Memorial in D.C. On Tuesday morning, the 11-member Eisenhower Memorial Commission (EMC) met in

The firm unveils its design for a performance art training camp in upstate New York. Image courtesy OMA Click the image above to view renderings and drawings for OMA's Marina Abramović Institute. Marina Abramović goaded a man to insert his head into the base of an architectural model at an event to unveil the design for the artist’s new institute for performance art. After some hesitation, he obliged, and a group of photographers gathered to snap photos of the illuminated mock-up now capping his suddenly prone body. Image © Architectural Record Abramović shows off a model for the project. The