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…
Bad design kills: Why COVID-19 spread like wildfire at one of America’s worst prisons
Poorly designed architecture has exacerbated the spread of COVID-19 at San Quentin, where more than two-thirds of inmates have been infected.
https://fastcompany.com/90539380/ba…
Column: Mies van der Rohe’s workhorse tower gets a vibrant remake as a dorm at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology
Master modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
https://chicagotribune.com/columns/…
An Image of Our Post-Covid Future
Aaron Betsky on how a photograph from the protests in Detroit can serve as a guidebook for the profession.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Interview with Walter Hood on History and Race in Landscape Design
Cathleen McGuigan interviews Walter Hood about his forthcoming book, Black Landscapes Matter (written with Grace Mitchell Tada), and how his design work increasingly is inspired by his identity as a Black man and by history.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Jones and Emmons: Modernism for the Las Vegas Masses
For you A. Quincy Jones fans. A community in Las Vegas.
https://docomomo-us.org/news/jones-…
Architecture of the sun as a solution to post-pandemic urban design
At the origins of modernism there was also the intention to promote a healthy lifestyle and bring man closer to nature, even through naturism. A lesson forgotten and to be recovered, if we want to put back health at the centre of design.
https://domusweb.it/en/architecture…
The 1964 Olympics Certified a New Japan, in Steel and on the Screen
The world’s elite athletes would have been in Tokyo right now if not for the coronavirus pandemic. When they went half a century ago, they discovered a capital transformed by design.
https://nytimes.com/2020/07/30/arts…
Design Schools, Now Is the Time to Answer: Who Are We For?
Design and architecture schools have been far slower to make commitments than they were to offer sweeping public statements. In this void, students are reclaiming the political, visionary legacy of design schools in years past.
https://hyperallergic.com/579888/de…
Social Practice
Milton Curry, Dean of the School of Architecture at USC, speaks with Deem’s founders about the meaning of social practice.
https://deemjournal.com/stories/mil…
How Bernie Sanders Built a New Visual Language for Democratic Socialism
Sanders' logo is distinctly Americana.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/how-be…
Three Scholars Discuss Racism and Whiteness in the Built Environment
Architectural Record reaches out to architects and designers to explore racism in the profession and the built environment.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Growing Up With Contract
Our pals at O + A remember Contract magazine.
https://o-plus-a.com/growing-up-wit…
Renewed hope for Cardross seminary after church finds new owner
A new owner has been found for Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s derelict 1967 St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, near Helensburgh.
https://architectsjournal.co.uk/new…
Tiffany Brown: Dismantle and Rebuild
The executive manager of the National Organization of Minority Architects describes why she is her "ancestors' wildest dreams."
https://architectmagazine.com/pract…
Luis Barragán’s Forgotten Works, Revisited
After moving to Mexico City in 1935, the architect set about designing a series of obscure functionalist residences that he would later disown.
https://nytimes.com/2020/07/24/t-ma…
A Second Look at Edith Farnsworth and Her Mies van der Rohe–Designed Retreat
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House House with Edith's furniture.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Anne Fougeron on Creating Good Urban Spaces and Being a Woman Architect
Pal Anne Fougeron!
https://archdaily.com/943414/anne-f…
Apple’s Bay Area affordable housing initiatives begin to take shape
As part of a $2.5 billion funding commitment made by computer giant Apple to help fund additional affordable housing initiatives, the company has allocated $400 million toward a series of first-time homebuyer and affordable housing efforts.
https://archinect.com/news/article/…
See inside the lost archive of celebrated Black architect Paul Williams
The archive, originally thought lost in a fire during the 1992 uprising in Los Angeles, sheds new light on Williams, who designed everything from airports to public housing to mansions for Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball.
https://fastcompany.com/90524111/se…
Can a City Be Feminist?
Upon the release today of her new book Feminist City, Leslie Kern catches up with Metropolis on how cities can be more equitable for all genders.
https://metropolismag.com/cities/le…
Is Architectural Licensing Necessary?
Pal John Parman weighs in on licensing and its complexities.
https://commonedge.org/is-architect…
Celebrating Geoffrey Bawa’s delightful buildings and gardens on his 101st birthday
Always good to hear about Bawa and his work.
https://stirworld.com/inspire-peopl…
Imagining an Eco-Friendly Post-Pandemic Downtown
Radio post! Byron Kuth and Liz Ranieri discuss their visionary thinking for downtown San Francisco with Mel Baker of San Francisco Public Press.
https://sfpublicpress.org/imagining…
The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark
Seven years after her death, Ruth Asawa is finally being recognized as an American master. What can we learn from this overdue reappraisal?
https://nytimes.com/2020/07/20/t-ma…
Design Firms Share Their Office Reopening Strategies
Pals Studio O+A share their thoughts on reentering the workplace.
https://officesnapshots.com/article…
