New Orleans by Martin Pedersen
Martin C. Pedersen, executive director of Common Edge, is an editor and critic who writes about architecture, design, and urbanism. After a decade of living in New Orleans, he and his wife moved back to New York in July.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Los Angeles by Christopher Hawthorne
Christopher Hawthorne, former architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times, is the first Chief Design Officer of the City of Los Angeles, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2018. Hawthorne has led design initiatives aimed at some of the city’s most critical issues, which he discussed with RECORD contributing editor Sarah Amelar.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
The Roots of Joan Mitchell’s Greatness
A retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art tracks how the painter’s signature style extended the contours of Abstract Expressionism.
https://nytimes.com/2021/09/02/arts…
IBM Perfected the Art of the Anti-corporate Corporate Poster
A new book documents the stories behind the company's archive of clever mid-century posters.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/how-st…
A Joe Brainard Show in a Book
A new collection of zines and book jacket designs highlights the material aspects of the artist’s hand, his graphic design sensibility, and use of the space of the page.
https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/ar…
Ten projects that showcase Kengo Kuma’s “unexpected and innovative” approach
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed significant projects around the world including the Japan National Stadium and V&A Dundee.
https://dezeen.com/2021/08/30/kengo…
History, Public Space, and Urban Interventions Along the US-Mexican Border
Mexico, a North American country spanning over 1,964,375 km2, features a vast mosaic of different cultures that extends far beyond its geographical boundaries.
https://archdaily.com/966871/histor…
The curse of Mies van der Rohe: Berlin’s six-year, £120m fight to fix his dysfunctional, puddle-strewn gallery
The modernist maestro had carte blanche to build a great museum. The result? A breathtaking icon hopeless for displaying art. British architect David Chipperfield relives his gargantuan repair job.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
The secret trick that makes networking suck so much less
In addition to finding his current job, Zapier’s Justin Pot says in general, “connecting with people improves your life, but it’s hard, especially online. If you don’t know how to start, you might think that you’re being a huge creep. You’re not.”
https://fastcompany.com/90668870/th…
Cultured Collections with Michael Boyd
At home in Santa Monica—in Oscar Niemeyer's 1964 Strick House, The Brazilian architect's only completed residential project in the United States—collector Michael Boyd has curated a lively and livable selection of 20th-century design objects.
https://culturedmag.com/cultured-co…
The Rebirth of Gio Ponti’s Denver Art Museum Tower
How Machado Silvetti and Fentress Architects rehabbed the Italian architect's only U.S. building.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Mid-Century Britain
From festivals to schools, cathedrals, and bomb sites: The story of mid-century modernism in Britain
https://archpaper.com/2021/08/mid-c…
Re-evaluating Critical Regionalism: An Architecture of the Place
In his 1983 now-classic essay Towards a Critical Regionalism, Six Points of an Architecture of Resistance, Kenneth Frampton discussed an alternative approach to architecture, one defined by climate, topography and tectonics, as a form of resistance to the placeness of Modern Architecture and the gratuitous ornamentation of Postmodernism.
https://archdaily.com/966401/re-eva…
Why Architects Struggle With Architectural Criticism
I remember thinking it was a strange object, the first time I saw it.” Bill was looking past me and talking about his impression of a new arts center at Rice University. “I’ve been back several times since then, but I still can’t figure out what the building is supposed to be.”
https://commonedge.org/why-architec…
A House of Cards: The Miami Condo Collapse Exposes a Dehumanized Mindset in the Built Environment
On June 24th, 2021, the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Miami collapsed, killing 98 people.
https://archinect.com/features/arti…
Shelter Architecture: The Subjective Aspects of Migrant and Refugee Settlement Projects
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million in 2020, which is more than one percent of humanity.
https://archdaily.com/966887/shelte…
How Yale Professor Robert Reed Built Equity in Art and Architecture Classrooms
A former student reflects on her mentor’s celebration of cognitive diversity and the way the late Yale University of Art professor brought design to a broad group of learners, ahead of his time.
https://metropolismag.com/design/de…
Future-Proofing Cities Against Climate Change
Recent extreme weather events and the acceleration of climate change, paired with decarbonization efforts that are not on track, make climate-related disruption unavoidable for urban environments, raising the issue of climate-risk adaptation.
https://archdaily.com/966045/future…
Can Underused Malls Help Build Healthy Communities?
A design research competition at DLR Group yields a plan to transform a shopping mall into a center for community health.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
Why it’s so hard to design an Olympic logo
In 1913, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, created one of the most recognizable logos in the world. The symbolism of the five colored interlocking rings, representing the participating continents and the “flags of all nations” united in sporting endeavor, is simply conveyed and easily grasped.
https://fastcompany.com/90662428/wh…
The Latest Summer Reads for Architecture and Design Lovers
From landmark monographs to thought-provoking inquiries, these new releases explore every aspect of the design world.
https://azuremagazine.com/article/t…
Getting Real About Sea Level Rise: Landscape Architecture, Policy, and Finance
Over the next hundred years, average global sea levels are expected to rise faster than they have in the last 8,000 years.
https://dirt.asla.org/2021/08/04/ge…
The Epic Style of Kerry James Marshall
The artist, a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, history painting, and other genres of the Western canon since the Renaissance, can do anything.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2021…
An Interview with Ron Nyren
Necessary Fiction publishes Kenneth Caldwell's interview with Ron Nyren.
http://necessaryfiction.com/blog/An…
LANDSCAPE: Oakland Museum of California Renovation
A revitalized Oakland Museum of California opens its gardens to us all.
http://digital.bnpmedia.com/publica…
12 Design Industry Podcasts You Should Be Listening To
When it comes to finding design inspiration, the experience doesn’t always have to be visual to spark creativity.
https://interiordesign.net/articles…
