It’s past time for interior designers to make climate commitments
Our pal Verda Alexander on climate change.
https://fastcompany.com/90450290/it…
If You Are Serious About Sustainability, Social Equity Can’t Be Just Another Add-On
Social impact was supposed to be central to sustainability from the start. What happened?
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
A Layered History: The Rebirth of a Napa Icon
Naomi Miroglio discusses their latest historic preservation project in Napa.
https://californiapreservation.org/…
Hacker Architects marries contextualism with material efficiency
Good work from Portland.
https://archpaper.com/2020/01/hacke…
Palette cleansers: our photography, art and architecture picks for 2020
I would be happy to get to just a few of these shows. I would have loved seeing the Sheila Hicks show!
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
“What I Really Like Is Speed”: In conversation with Odile Decq
An interview with Odile Decq.
https://archdaily.com/931493/what-i…
Mark Wigley on Why Gordon Matta-Clark Matters
Passing Through Architecture: The 10 Years of Gordon Matta-Clark. The Power Station of Art will host the exhibition November 7th, 2019 to February 16th, 2020.
Have We Finally Caught Up With Andrea Fraser?
For over 30 years, the artist has waged a conceptual battle against the murky ethics of the art world. Now, finally, the larger culture is taking cues from her.
https://nytimes.com/2019/12/03/t-ma…
The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses
A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house. Could this be part of the global housing solution?
https://fastcompany.com/90440406/th…
Modern Japanese houses inspiring minimalism and avant-garde living
From inventive interiors in central Tokyo to clever constructions in Kyoto, here we define the best modern residential Japanese architecture designed by international and local architects.
https://wallpaper.com/gallery/archi…
Sacred Architecture Isn’t Disappearing—It’s Changing
The best alternative to secular use is to keep sacred places economically sustainable and operating.
https://commonedge.org/sacred-archi…
Balboa Park Pool
A joint venture of ELS Architecture and Urban Design and Kuth Ranieri Architects.
https://world-architects.com/en/arc…
The 2019 Monterey Design Conference was as rowdy as it was informative
The overdue report from Monterey.
https://archpaper.com/2019/12/t2019…
The 14 most important design ideas of the decade, according to the experts
Designers and curators from Apple, Adobe, Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Cooper Hewitt, and more consider their industry’s legacy in the 2010s.
https://fastcompany.com/90442092/th…
The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design
Three designers, two journalists and an interiors photographer gathered to make a list of history’s most enduring and significant spaces. Here are the results.
https://nytimes.com/2019/12/09/t-ma…
Stevenson School Library
Studio O+A redesigns Stevenson School's library for the digital age.
https://educationsnapshots.com/proj…
“A Castiglioni:” A Video Brings To Life A Retrospective Of Italy’s Most Famous Designer
A video by COCO and MAXIMILIAN honoring the exhibition "A Castiglioni," a retrospective of the designer Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002).
https://pinupmagazine.org/articles/…
A Great Carbon Reckoning Comes to Architecture
Practitioners have finally begun taking a more nuanced approach to the carbon emitted by new buildings. Are they too late?
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
Impressions of the James Castle Shed and Trailer
Artist residences conservation.
https://argcs.com/2019/12/impressio…
Mid-Century Modernism in the UAE: A Tale of Three Cities
Seems unlikely that I will make it to the UAE in this lifetime. Glad that three of my pals did!
https://darrenbradleyphotography.co…
Stevenson School Library
Our pals Studio O+A.
https://archdaily.com/929011/steven…
An Architect Who Never Designed a Hospital Gives a Doctor Just What He Ordered
Designing in Uganda.
https://commonedge.org/new-york-arc…
Fugitive Libraries
Public libraries may be a democratic commons, but they have often excluded Black voices and perspectives. Communities have responded by creating their own independent, itinerant libraries — spaces for learning together and building futures together.
https://placesjournal.org/article/f…
California Architects Push the State for Emissions-Free Buildings
Pals Martin Pedersen and Bill Leddy chat about the future.
https://commonedge.org/california-a…
Megalo-MoMA
Martin Filler weighs in on the new MoMA.
https://nybooks.com/articles/2019/1…
An Alamo Midcentury Home Gets a New Lease on Life
Pal Chad DeWitt renovates a gorgeous Henry Hill house.
https://spacesmag.com/stories/remod…
