Columbus, Indiana: A Modernist Oasis
The brilliance of great design.
https://o-plus-a.com/columbus-india…
Educating Architects in a Post-Pandemic World
What the future of architectural education in the current university system might be.
https://commonedge.org/educating-ar…
AIANY speaks out against designing places of incarceration
The AIANY has announced a series of social justice-related initiatives.
https://archpaper.com/2020/10/aiany…
Remnant Schools
At Tulane, faculty are repurposing the legacy of Jim Crow across Louisiana
https://archpaper.com/2020/09/tulan…
Richard Rogers: An Appreciation
We may not soon see another Centre Pompidou or Lloyd’s, but Rogers’s influence will be long-felt.
https://archpaper.com/2020/09/remem…
Wayne Thiebaud’s Water City gets refresh at landmark modernist building in Sacramento
Rehabilitation of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Headquarters building.
https://archpaper.com/2020/09/wayne…
The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II
Three artists, a curator and a writer came together to discuss the pieces that have not only best reflected the era, but have made an impact.
https://nytimes.com/2020/10/15/t-ma…
Designer Rush Jackson on Making Work that Expands and Shapes the Black Cultural Lexicon
Jackson’s practice centers on providing design services to Black, Brown, and queer initiatives and communities.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/design…
Commentary: Designing to Divest
Pal Garrett Jacobs co-authors this month's Commentary in Architectural Record.
http://digital.bnpmedia.com/publica…
The Iconoclast Remaking Los Angeles’s Most Important Museum
Will the new LACMA building be Peter Zumthor’s masterpiece or a fiasco?
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2020…
The Future of San Francisco’s Transbay District
Transbay District.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Hidden Figures: The Historic Contributions of Black Architects
An interview with Paul Wellington.
https://commonedge.org/hidden-figur…
The Demolition of LACMA: Art Sacrificed to Architecture
The East Campus will soon be a bowl of dust.
https://nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/0…
The Humble Revolution: Kengo Kuma’s Fight Against “Arrogant, Alienating” Architecture
“Architecture should not be the protagonist of the environment,” argues Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
https://architizer.com/blog/practic…
Mid-century Uruguayan Graphic Design Proves that Creativity Flourishes With Limitations
Gráfica Ilustrada del Uruguay showcases rare work from the ’60s through the ’80s that mixed expressive illustration styles with polished design.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/mid-ce…
Does the Long Road to Licensure Impede Diversity in the Profession?
The quest for equity has resurrected a recurring debate over the elaborate, years-long licensure process
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Three Architects Discuss Whiteness and Racism in the Built Environment
As part of that ongoing conversation to explore racism in the profession and the built environment, RECORD convened a panel of three professionals in practice and education.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Architecture Firms Begin to Grapple with Discrimination
In the aftermath of Floyd’s death, many firms and AIA groups expressed solidarity with Back Lives Matter and vowed to make changes. What has evolved since then?
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
“I Grew Up Where Architecture Was Designed to Oppress”: Wandile Mthiyane on Social Impact and Learning from South Africa
Q&A with Wandile Mthiyane.
https://archdaily.com/947507/i-grew…
Mark Bradford Reveals New Paintings Quarantined in a Grain Tower
Mark Bradford reflects on the enforced solitude of lockdown in three new paintings at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles.
https://nytimes.com/2020/09/08/arts…
Architectural Workers
Architect and educator Peggy Deamer talks with editor Nancy Levinson about her life as an activist, cofounding The Architecture Lobby, and about the rise of labor consciousness in the design disciplines.
https://placesjournal.org/article/a…
Douglas Stuart Reads The Englishman
I loved Douglas Stuart's first novel, Shuggie Bain. In the Sept 14, 2020 issue of The New Yorker you can find his most recent story. It is a treat to hear him read it.
https://newyorker.com/podcast/the-a…
Design Stream Evolves
Dear Friends. We are planning to evolve the content we share with you each week. Seems like the times demand it! So, the current plan is to share more articles about art and literature. We will keep it short and sweet though.
The End of the Beginning
This week I want to share my pal Anne Kenner's memoir that is also about our times.
http://columbiajournal.org/the-end-…
Ava Duvernay Interviews Angela Davis On This Moment And What Came Before
Perhaps you have seen Amy Sherald's cover for Vanity Fair that features a powerful portrait of Breonna Taylor. Ta-Neshi Coates is this month's guest editor. He wrote the piece entitled "A Beautiful Life" about Ms. Taylor. It's heartbreaking. The whole issue is worth reading. A short interview in the same issue worth checking out is Ana Duvernay's conversation with Angela Davis. Ms. Davis has, for a long time, linked racism and capitalism.
https://vanityfair.com/culture/2020…
The Amy Sherald Effect
It is worth going back a year to read Peter Schjeldahl's piece on artist Amy Sherald.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2019…
