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…
Inside Mark Rothko’s Former New York City Studio
The building—which was New York City’s first YMCA and housed such luminaries as Fernand Léger and William S. Burroughs—was where Rothko painted his famous Seagram murals.
https://architecturaldigest.com/sto…
50 Years After Design With Nature, Ian McHarg’s Ideas Still Define Landscape Architecture
Half a century ago, McHarg's Design with Nature linked landscape architecture and activism. As we face global climate crisis, his legacy is more important than ever.
https://metropolismag.com/cities/m…
Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot
Rising concerns about housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change are causing cities nationwide to re-examine their attachment to the detached house.
https://nytimes.com/interactive/201…
Studio O+A’s design for the Slack Headquarters puts employees’ heads in the clouds
O+A spreads the wonder of natural landscapes across six floors for Slack.
https://archpaper.com/2019/03/studi…
Inside Slack’s New San Francisco HQ
Studio O+A crafts the ultimate workplace for Slack by channeling life on the Pacific Crest Trail.
https://metropolismag.com/interiors…
Functionalist Paens for Formalist Buildings
Sculptural novelty.
https://commonedge.org/functionalis…
Design Communications: A Look Back
Pal John Parman gives the big view. Hope to hear more.
https://linkedin.com/pulse/design-c…
Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California wine country
Boutique eco-hotel in Healdsburg, CA.
https://dezeen.com/2019/06/12/harmo…
Sea Ranch, California’s Modernist Utopia, Gets an Update
Demographic shifts. Climate change. The internet. “Sea Ranch is changing, like our society,” said the architect Mary Griffin. “We simply can’t build the way we did even 20 years ago.”
https://nytimes.com/2019/06/11/arts…
