Steve Nygren integrates European housing typologies in new Atlanta neighborhood
Residences that take cues from the canal houses in Belgium and the Netherlands, and minimal wood-clad homes in Scandinavia feature in this new development on the outskirts of Atlanta.
https://dezeen.com/2019/07/30/seren…
10 Design Cities You Should Know
From Jakarta to Tulsa, these locales each offer a standout example of architecture, urbanism, or design.
https://metropolismag.com/homepage/…
Alicia McCarthy
Interview with artist Alicia McCarthy.
http://paulsonfontainepress.com/wp-…
‘It didn’t matter if someone liked it’: six architects and designers revisit their first commission
From a beach cafe to a social housing ziggurat: this is where it all began for Norman Foster, Asif Khan and others.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
Cesar Pelli: The Architect as Gardener
Pal Michael Crosbie pens a personal tribute to Cesar Pelli.
https://commonedge.org/cesar-peli-t…
A Sense of Calm Reigns at a California Country Retreat by Pfau Long Architecture
Our friends at Pfau Long do such clear work. Art Gray captures it beautifully. If I were a zillionaire I would want a house like this (with a little more art and modernist clutter).
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
Cesar Pelli, Designer of Iconic Buildings Around the World, Dies at 92
Cesar Pelli RIP.
https://nytimes.com/2019/07/20/arts…
Beginning the Bauhaus
Julie Taylor on the Bauhaus (at the Getty).
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Masters of Design: at home with Richard and Ruth Rogers (VIDEO)
Architect Richard Rogers and chef Ruth Rogers at their house in Chelsea (video).
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Obf_Dhg…
19 New Architecture and Design Books For This Summer
The editors at Metropolis gather architecture and design books both past and present.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
CMG to bring back 1912 feel for San Francisco Civic Center overhaul
Backed by a supergroup design team that includes Kennerly Architecture + Planning, Gehl Studio, HR&A, and others, CMG’s proposal seeks to retool the multi-block plaza and pedestrian mall to better fulfill the original 1912 Beaux Arts plan.
https://archpaper.com/2019/06/cmg-1…
Witold Rybczynski on Charleston, Small Scale Development, and the Need for “Locatecture”
Charleston.
https://commonedge.org/witold-rybcz…
Let Christopher Alexander design your life
Alexandra Lange revisits "A Pattern Language."
https://curbed.com/2019/7/11/206864…
An Urban Oasis
How progressive design built Village Green, an affordable “garden city” in the heart of Los Angeles. I loved living here.
https://la.curbed.com/2019/7/11/187…
Green Design Moves at Cal Poly’s New yakɁitʸutʸu Residential Community
Sustainable strategies for student housing.
https://buildordie.com/vdta-blog/ca…
I’ve been designing offices for decades. Here’s what I got wrong
Our pal Verda writes for Fast Company!
https://fastcompany.com/90373440/iv…
Vincent Van Duysen: The Way to a Modest Architecture
Precise details.
https://archdaily.com/911731/vincen…
Does the Bauhaus Still Matter?
RECORD takes a long look into the short-lived school.
https://architecturalrecord.com/doe…
Modern design pioneer Ruth Adler Schnee reflects on life, career
Works by Ruth Adler Schnee, Alexander Girard, Ray Eames and others is featured in the Denver Art Museum exhibit “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America.” It’s up through Aug. 25.
https://gazette.com/ae/modern-desig…
On a Sixth of an Acre, Studio VARA Ekes Out an Elaborate Palo Alto Home
Smart space planning helped the San Francisco–based firm create a generously sized family residence on a small lot.
https://architecturaldigest.com/sto…
In Charleston, South Carolina, David Baker Architects Used Wood Porches to Add Warmth to Senior Housing
Willliams Terrace, a 41-apartment complex for residents age 62 and older.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
An Art-Filled House With an Eccentric Floorplan Sits on San Francisco Bay
A house with a pinwheel-shaped plan becomes a wide-open home for two art and design collectors.
https://dwell.com/article/lighthous…
The Ethics of Architecture and Other Contradictions
It's good to have this conversation. I disagree with what Tom says about modernism and glass boxes. Under capitalism it may have devolved to that condition, but its origins were in providing housing for everyone.
The brief interview doesn't mention the great contribution to challenging the ethics of architects (and the AIA!) that ADPSR and its president Rafael Sperry has brought forward. The larger question is how can architecture survive in late capitalism? The answer lies, at least partially, in Fisher's comment about architects saying, "No."
https://commonedge.org/the-ethics-o…
An Underappreciated Modern Master
Aaron Betsky recounts the ways that Stanley Tigerman was a truly great architect.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Council housing: it’s back, it’s booming – and this time it’s beautiful
Tiled stairwells, lush balconies, curvy roofs and coloured bricks – after a four-decade hiatus, council housing is sweeping Britain, with quality and design now a priority.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
10 Questions With Richard Saul Wurman
Richard sits down for a conversation with Interior Design.
https://interiordesign.net/articles…
