Publications

Two Monographs Showcase Design that Does Good

Metropolis, October 26, 2023

West coast firms Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and David Baker Architects both have new monographs out with Oro Editions.

 

Tunnel Tops Park Heals San Francisco’s Presidio

Metropolis, January 4, 2023

Covering over Doyle Drive, a major traffic arterial, the new park connects the open space of the Presidio to the San Francisco Bay.

 

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Caroline Kent

OKTP, Paulson Fontaine Press, October 2022

The first time I looked at Caroline Kent’s mural installation at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), I felt a moment from childhood calling.

 

Spirits in the Material World: A Trip to the Eames Institute

Metropolis, June 3, 2022

Kenneth Caldwell visits the Eames Ranch in Petaluma, California to unpack the goals and secrets of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.

 

Wandering Through Uber HQ’s Secret Garden

Metropolis, May 18, 2022

Landscape architects Surfacedesign have created a surprisingly calming retreat for employees—and the public—tucked between the tech giant’s glassy new San Francisco buildings.

 

An Exhibition and Book Give Different Perspectives of Potter Edith Heath

Metropolis, May 9, 2022

At the Oakland Museum of California, Edith Heath: A Life in Clay, coincides with a new book on her, providing varying viewpoints on one of the most influential ceramics designers of Midcentury America.

 

The Berkeley Art Museum, a Modernist Landmark, is Reengineered and Redesigned

Metropolis, March 16, 2022

A team led by MBH Architects have shored up the seismically vulnerable building and threaded in new labs and offices to create the new Bakar BioEnginuity Hub.

 

An interview with Ron Nyren

Necessary Fiction, August 3, 2021

Kenneth interviews Ron Nyren on the occasion of the publication of Ron's book The Book of Lost Light.

 

A Space of Perceptual Stillness: How Ezra Stoller Photographed Modernity

Metropolis, January 28, 2020

Pierluigi Serraino, author of the new volume Ezra Stoller, shares insight into the legendary photographer’s work.

 

Landscape: Oakland Museum of California Renovation

Architectural Record, August 2021

A revitalized Oakland Museum of California opens its gardens to all.

 

Keeping the Conversation Going

The Q Magazine (The Registry), July/Aug/Sept 2019

Nine architecture firms provide insight on riding the economic cycle.

 

Another view on Sea Ranch and its SFMOMA exhibit

The Architect’s Newspaper, May 8, 2019

The exhibit The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) closes in a month.

 

Sarasota Modern: Paul Rudolph and beyond

The Architect’s Newspaper, November 28, 2018

Modernism celebrations and conferences are becoming more numerous.

 

Place is the secret sauce for selling wares

The Sea Ranch Soundlings, Spring 2017

First, the good news. Placewares is still Placewares.

 

Ernest and Esther Born

Architectural Record, May 1, 2016

Born to Design: A couple from the San Francisco Bay Area advanced the cause of modernism using architectural and graphic expertise.

 

Sea Ranch is 50: Kenneth Caldwell looks at the history and future of the iconic California site

The Architects Newspaper, May 26, 2015

When you hit middle age, it’s time for another checkup, and if you are a group of affluent nature-loving Northern Californian neighbors, perhaps a check-in.

 

Review > Pure Modernism

The Architect’s Newspaper, January 23, 2014

Bay Area architect and author Pierluigi Serraino provided several significant insights about architecture and culture in his book NorCalMod: Icons of Northern California Modernism.

 

Tauba Auerbach (Interview)

SFAQ, May-July 2013

I went to visit Tauba Auerbach at her studio in Brooklyn. A slight rain was falling, and I had no idea where I was.

 

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Isca Greenfield-Sanders

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, July 1, 2012

Isca Greenfield-Sanders uses discarded slides as her source imagery. They are the evidence of stories, now forgotten, but given another life through her art.

 

A Question and a Revision

Faith and Form Magazine, Vol. 45, Issue 2, June 1, 2012

“Can an atheist make great sacred art and architecture?”

 

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Gary Simmons

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, April 1, 2012

Gary Simmons smears, exquisitely. The magic is in the moment that you can’t quite get back.

 

Challenging Modernism

The Architect’s Newspaper, March 28, 2012

James Burnett’s desert landscaping and oasis-like water features harmonize seamlessly with Frederick Fisher’s new visitors center.The Architect’s Newspaper, March 28, 2012

 

Good Deeds: Multi-Service Center South, St. Vincent de Paul Society, San Francisco

ArchNewsNow, December 22, 2011

Q&A with Susie Jue, vice president of philanthropy for IIDA NC, about the Chapter's pro bono project to renovate the city's largest homeless shelter.

 

Working in San Francisco & Hawaii: An Interview with Craig Steely

TraceSF (tracesf.com), November 1, 2011

Earlier this year I went to the big island of Hawaii to see the lava landscape and the houses that San Francisco and Hawaii based architect, Craig Steely has put down on them.

 

Saving Difference

The Architect’s Newspaper, July 6, 2011

“Preservation on the Edge,” organized by the California Preservation Foundation (CPF) was an apt theme for the recent California Preservation Conference held in Santa Monica.

 

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Squeak Carnwath

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, July 1, 2011

Squeak Carnwath was one of the first artists to work with Paulson Bott Press and has made over twenty editions.

 
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