Michael Sorkin, 71, Dies; Saw Architecture as a Vehicle for Change
Mr. Sorkin, who died of the coronavirus, promoted social justice in his prodigious output of essays, lectures and designs.
https://nytimes.com/2020/03/29/arts…
AVOW
Architectural Resources Group.
https://archello.com/project/avow
Oscar Niemeyer apartment building in Berlin captured by Pedro Vannucchi
These photographs by Brazilian architect Pedro Vannucchi capture an experimental apartment building Oscar Niemeyer completed in Berlin, Germany in the 1950s.
https://dezeen.com/2020/03/21/oscar…
Visual Paradox
Pal Sally Scopa is interviewed about her recent paintings.
https://eveleibegallery.com/editori…
The Constellation of Frank Stella
The artist’s Minimalist abstractions helped change the direction of painting at the start of his career. Now at the end of it, the 83-year-old artist looks back to his beginnings.
https://nytimes.com/2020/03/18/t-ma…
The Shape of Things
Art Matters. Some thoughts from Paul Crabtree.
http://paulcrabtree.net/writing/the…
How Two Children Are Keeping Their Father’s Design Legacy Alive
The Nakashimas you don't see.
https://nytimes.com/2020/03/16/t-ma…
A Panorama of Design
Ot/tra, our pals Adam and Sofia Zimmerman furniture offshoot is featured at the end of this article.
https://nytimes.com/2020/03/12/styl…
How Architecture Firms Are Responding to COVID-19
Our pal Liz Ranieri responds to Architect's questions about the Covid 19 virus.
https://architectmagazine.com/pract…
Olympic Games—The Design Documents Over a Century of Olympic Visual Identities
New book shows how Olympic design encapsulates global politics and culture; in doing so, it serves as a de facto history of 20th-century graphic design.
https://metropolismag.com/design/ar…
Russia and America cross-pollinate at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
Building a New New World, Americanizm in Russian Architecture runs through April 5.
https://archpaper.com/2020/03/russi…
Live Oak School
The expansion of Live Oak School by TEF Design.
https://archello.com/project/live-o…
Upwardly Mobile
Studio O+A designs a third floor for LiveRamp's San Francisco headquarters.
https://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contra…
Edwina Benner Plaza / David Baker Architects
Another great project from our pals at David Baker Architects.
https://archdaily.com/934992/edwina…
What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like?
Designing for social justice right here in Oakland!
https://nytimes.com/2020/03/06/arts…
Happy Furniture: On the Media Environments of the Eames Chair
A thoughtful look at the Eameses.
https://placesjournal.org/article/h…
The LACMA Debacle Keeps Getting Worse
How did one of the world's best architects design this?
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Irish women win Pritzker prize, architecture’s highest honour
Well deserved award for Grafton Architects. They are the fourth and fifth women to win the prize in its 41-year history.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
Fallout from a Disastrous Federal Proposal
Cathleen McGuigan spot on.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Paraguay’s Response to Modernist Architecture? Clay, Mud and Timber
A new generation of builders is devising daring structures that celebrate natural materials, push for eco-consciousness — and argue for a more democratic future.
https://nytimes.com/2020/02/14/t-ma…
