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…
The Lyon-Martin House Preserves the Story of Lesbian Advocates Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin
The story of the Lyon-Martin House in San Francisco, California, is about a window. In 1955, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin bought a home together, and like many other couples, Lyon and Martin preferred to have a picturesque view.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/th…
Lonnie Holley’s Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation
Lonnie Holley’s Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation
https://nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts…
Repairing Generations of Trauma, One Lotus Flower at a Time
The lotus flower, blooming out of muddy waters, has long been a symbol of rising above suffering. In the wake of Anti-Asian attacks, spiritual leaders hope it can help heal the trauma of racial violence in the U.S.
https://nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/a…
Architecture and design activism strives for a better future
Climate action, inclusion and diversity, and workers’ rights are some of the critical fields covered by these dynamic architecture and design activism initiatives, networks, campaigns, and advocacy and support groups, working collectively towards positive change and a hopeful future.
https://wallpaper.com/architecture/…
The Biden Approach to Infrastructure: Creating a Culture of Maintenance
With the long-awaited arrival of the Infrastructure Plan—at $2 trillion dollars, no small sum—it might be worth asking how we got $2 trillion dollars behind on our infrastructure housekeeping in the first place.
https://commonedge.org/the-biden-ap…
Slip of the Pen
A new book about architecture and capitalism reveals the problem with today’s mode of criticism.
https://archpaper.com/2021/04/icebe…
Urban Land features Tahanan Supportive Housing
This August, if things go as planned, 145 new apartments for formerly homeless adults will open in San Francisco, one of the country's most expensive housing markets.
https://kennethcaldwell.com/wpkc/wp…
A Design Expert Makes Space for Tools and Memories
Our pal Yosh Asato placed this.
https://nytimes.com/2021/05/04/real…
“We See from Where We Stand”
A survey of artworks created in prison is informed by debates about the systemic inequities of the American criminal justice system, from the cops to the courts to the penitentiary cages.
https://placesjournal.org/article/r…
