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…
The Winding Saga of the Restoration of the Narkomfin, an Icon of Soviet Constructivism
The building in central Moscow, which pioneered an experimental communitarian lifestyle but had fallen into severe disrepair, has been restored courtesy of its mastermind’s architect offspring.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
A brief history of opposition branding, a tradition as American as apple pie
Opposition branding a longstanding American tradition.
https://fastcompany.com/90545495/a-…
Deem Journal Is The New Magazine Centering Design as a Social Practice
Just received my first issue!
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/deem-j…
Gómez Platero unveils design for world’s first large-scale memorial to the victims of COVID-19
"World Memorial to the Pandemic"
https://archinect.com/news/article/…
Beauty and destruction: Beirut’s design community struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of explosions
With dozens of historic buildings and modern high rises in ruin following the Beirut blast of August 4, the Lebanese vow to rebuild what is left of their great city. Find out ways to help.
https://wallpaper.com/design/beirut…
Remembering legendary Brazilian modernist Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020)
Retracing the ‘succession of miracles’ from Jorge Zalszupin, an icon of Brazilian design who has passed away at age 98.
https://wallpaper.com/design/in-mem…
Whack-a-Mole Urban Planning in Los Angeles Is Not Working
Los Angeles’ persistent urban challenges: affordable housing, equity injustices, gentrification, traffic, air pollution, climate change.
https://commonedge.org/whack-a-mole…
Rethinking the Architecture of a Racist Legal System
With the conversation on race and justice coming to the forefront, it’s worth thinking through how architecture can contribute to change.
https://buildinggreen.com/news-anal…
Post-COVID, More Office Designs Include Permanent Outdoor Workspaces
Designers are building zones with the WiFi, power, and shading elements for conducting tasks and meetings entirely outdoors.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
