Meet The Visionaries Who Transformed This Historic Building Into A Cosmopolitan Downtown Napa Restaurant
Architectural Resources Group joins the collaborative effort to bring a historical space back to life.
https://forbes.com/sites/chelseadav…
Six Feet Apart and Closer Than Ever
In the spirit of service our pals at Studio O + A have added a section to their website to help us figure out what the virus means for design.
https://o-plus-a.com/covid-19-six-f…
Welcome to Zoom Space
Aaron Betsky on the new realities of social distancing.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
The world’s top 10 new architecture projects
Making a virtue out of global lockdown, The Guardian's critic takes a virtual tour of the world’s best new architecture projects.
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/m…
Parks and Houses for the People
In Sweden, at the turn of the 20th century, the Social Democrats created a network of radically communal spaces. These deserve new attention as a usable past that can inform our own contentious times, especially as we contend with a pandemic.
https://placesjournal.org/article/s…
David Baker Architects receives the 2020 AIA California Firm Award
The award joins David Baker Architects' already crowded trophy chest.
https://archpaper.com/2020/05/david…
New revelations tell why a socialist commune failed in Dallas. (Hint: It wasn’t the socialism)
From the failed commune department.
https://dallasnews.com/arts-enterta…
Beyond Refugee Housing: 5 Examples of Social Infrastructure for Displaced People
Throughout human history, the movement of populations–in search of food, shelter, or better economic opportunities–has been the norm rather than the exception. Today, however, the world is witnessing unprecedented levels of displacement.
https://archdaily.com/919496/beyond…
“The cruelness of demolishing LACMA when Angelenos are unable to bear witness should not be ignored”
Pal Mimi Zeiger on LACMA.
https://dezeen.com/2020/05/04/mimi-…
Firms Open Up About Pandemic-Induced Layoffs, Furloughs, and Pay Cuts
With global stay-at-home orders and construction halts during the COVID-19 crisis, architecture firms large and small have been enacting a sweeping suite of cost-saving measures to shore up their businesses.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
A Textural Patchwork—and Grove of Redwoods—Takes Up Residence in San Francisco
855 Brannan, a mixed-use complex by David Baker Architects, generously makes the most of outdoor living for tenants and the public alike.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
The house on Magnolia Street
The story of Oakland in one house.
https://sf.curbed.com/2020/4/29/212…
In appreciation of Sally Byrne Woodbridge
Pal John Parman on one of our leading architectural historians.
https://archpaper.com/2020/04/sally…
Interview: ‘People fell under its spell’: Shelley Klein on growing up in one of Britain’s finest modernist houses
Textile designer Bernat Klein found solace in High Sunderland, his minimal 1950s house in the Scottish Borders. In her memoir, his daughter recalls returning to her childhood home.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
From ‘officles’ to giant sneeze guards: How COVID-19 will change your open office
Coronavirus won’t kill the open office. But experts share how you should expect it to change.
https://fastcompany.com/90498002/fr…
Mr. Menking and His Little Paper
Bill Menking.
https://commonedge.org/mr-menking-a…
Managing a Remote Workplace
VDT’s Principals discuss how they’re managing an office in times of uncertainty.
https://buildordie.com/vdta-blog/ma…
Contract Multivitamin: Samantha Rose of TEF Design
A dose of Samantha Rose's design musings in her own words.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
LACMA is beloved. Its design never was.
Pereira's LACMA was never great but when the water features went away and the HHP addition was attached it lost what glamour it had. Mies would have given LA something that had nothing to do with LA. Pereira gave it an aspirational building, a little tacky but kind of fun, like a movie set. Although I am no big fan of Koolhaas, his solution from 2001 would have solved the problem of too many cooks. I love Peter Zumthor, but like Mies he does not understand Los Angeles. It's about
https://la.curbed.com/2020/4/23/212…
The Contract Multivitamin: Joe Lawton of Valerio Dewalt Train
A dose of Joe Lawton's design musings in his own words.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
Commentary: Past pandemics changed the design of cities. Six ways COVID-19 could do the same
Pal Sam Lubell on what might happen next.
https://latimes.com/entertainment-a…
Artists Are Hunkered Down, but Still Nurturing Their Inner Visions
Artists and architects may be sheltering at home, but their creativity still flows — and the results surprise even them. Here’s what 10 famous makers are looking at, reading, and sketching now.
https://nytimes.com/2020/04/21/arts…
Classic Skyscrapers Define New York. Take a Virtual Tour.
The epitome of the ‘Mad Men’ era, the sleek midcentury buildings of Park Avenue glimmer. NYT's critic strolls with the architect Annabelle Selldorf.
https://nytimes.com/2020/04/22/art…
Is it Time to Redesign Earth Day?
Local writer Alison Arieff looks at Earth Day.
https://metropolismag.com/sustainab…
Smart lifts, lonely workers, no towers or tourists: architecture after coronavirus
Is the open-plan office dead? Can skyscrapers survive? Will our phones control everything from the lights to ordering coffee? Meet the architects already shaping the post-Covid-19 world.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
Studio O+A Revamps McDonald’s Chicago-Area Research Compound
Bold graphics impose a fun aesthetic on the lab, where the fast-food giant tests its equipment innovations.
https://metropolismag.com/interiors…
