How to Address Loneliness Through Co-Living Communities
Loneliness comes in different forms and has persisted throughout history; however, it hasn’t been quite as strong as the last few decades and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://frameweb.com/article/how-to…
Kristen Richards (1952–2021)
Kristen Richards, who as the editor of the website ArchNewsNow (ANN) for almost 20 years helped architects, architecture buffs, and her fellow architecture writers keep tabs on what was happening around the world, died yesterday. She was 69.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
California Continues to Rewrite the Rules of Design
Artists and designers in the state found their voices by breaking from modernist traditions and embracing the light, color, and playful attitude of the West Coast.
https://hyperallergic.com/654258/ca…
At the Intersection of Critical Race Theory & Urban Planning
Currently there are heated debates occurring in a number of statehouses over what role Critical Race Theory (CRT) should play in our public schools.
https://commonedge.org/at-the-inter…
How Do You Move a 30-Ton Diego Rivera Fresco? Very Carefully.
Diego Rivera’s rarely seen “Pan American Unity,” which celebrates the Americas, has been carefully extracted from its home at City College and moved to SFMOMA.
https://nytimes.com/2021/06/22/arts…
Queer Looks On Architecture: From Challenging Identity-Based Approaches To Spatial Thinking
A growing number of theorists and practitioners have been discussing the impact of gender and race on the profession and theory of architecture.
https://archdaily.com/963534/queer-…
The secret money trail exposing America’s racist monuments
With a $4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the art studio Monument Lab is creating a database of America’s monuments—including who funded them.
https://fastcompany.com/90563731/th…
Television cemented the idea that architecture was both a rarefied art and key to the good life
While the opening night of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center on September 23, 1962, was hailed as a watershed for the arts within New York City, it might have gone unnoticed by those living elsewhere.
https://archpaper.com/2021/06/telev…
A New Book Chronicles the History of Cranbrook Academy of Art
With Eyes Opened includes profiles of 200 artists associated with the influential art school over more than eighty years.
https://metropolismag.com/design/ar…
We Already Have Viable Models for Quality Affordable Housing
Historically, the housing shortage now experienced by many U.S. cities is not unique.
https://commonedge.org/we-already-h…
Architecture Out of the Closet
Architecture can be many things, also queer. Alongside many other transgressing words that carry different meanings and perspectives, this term triggers new insights into society and questions how we create architecture and urban planning projects, including their programs and activities.
https://archdaily.com/963117/archit…
Affordable by Design: A2 Apartments
Part of working to create more and better housing for people is identifying gaps in the housing market. Government subsidies help incentivize the creation of affordable housing, and there is a seemingly-endless catalog of luxury housing.
https://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blo…
When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair
Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up with Magazzino Italian Art to restore the midcentury artist’s legacy.
https://nytimes.com/2021/06/02/arts…
What Does “Queering Design Education” Actually Look Like in Practice?
Design educator Nicole Killian on creating a safe space for designers to get excited about design again
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/what-d…
Solving the World’s Problems at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The question: “How Will We Live Together?” The answers: Pavilions that resemble science-fair projects, conflict-resolution sites and flights of fancy.
https://nytimes.com/2021/06/02/arts…
Obituary: Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928–2021)
The Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha died on Sunday at 92.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Interview with Germane Barnes
For 35-year old Germane Barnes, winning Harvard Graduate School of Design’s prestigious Wheelwright Prize is just one of many achievements to celebrate in 2021.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Built in the 1950s to speed suburban commuters to and from downtown, Rochester’s Inner Loop destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, replacing them with a broad, concrete trench that separated downtown from the rest of the city.
https://nytimes.com/interactive/202…
Our Unwitting Autobiography
A geographer puts on her social-scientist bifocals to photograph the signs of public yearning macro and micro, near and far, in a summer of protest in Washington, D.C.
https://placesjournal.org/article/p…
Interview with Elizabeth Vereker
A great interview by Laura Guido-Clark with my pal Elizabeth Vereker.
https://lovegoodcolor.com/color-con…
A New $260 Million Park Floats on the Hudson. It’s a Charmer.
Little Island, developed by Barry Diller, with an amphitheater and dramatic views, opens on Hudson River Park. Opponents battled it for years.
https://nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts…
Help Wanted: Architecture Critics
When one asks guitarists who is best qualified to make an archtop jazz guitar in 2021 the answer is clear: Robert Benedetto.
https://commonedge.org/help-wanted-…
Architecture and the Stain of Modern Day Slavery
Exploring the question of slavery in Architecture, the building materials and the construction industry, Michael J. Crosbie interviews Sharon Prince, the women behind Design for Freedom, discussing the initiative's report "on the pervasive use of slavery in the design and construction industry, and how design professionals can respond".
https://archdaily.com/962116/archit…
The Principles of Art Gensler
Pal John Parman reviews some of Art Gensler's key thoughts on practice.
https://commonedge.org/the-principl…
Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval talks urban planning and architecture criticism
It was his 2013 book Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace that pushed Saval toward architecture and design writing.
https://archpaper.com/2021/05/penns…
Obituary: Art Gensler, 1935–2021
Art Gensler, who founded the world’s largest architecture firm, died on Monday at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 85.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
