How to design the end of a studio’s life
The promising young studio Hawraf is shutting down. The four partners decided to go out by publishing comprehensive documents about how they ran their business.
https://fastcompany.com/90315699/ho…
Arata Isozaki on “Ma,” the Japanese Concept of In-Between Space
Japanese architect and theorist Arata Isozaki’s studio new video series, Time-Space-Existence.
https://archdaily.com/882896/arata-…
Tiny house villages spark interest outside of Seattle—but scrutiny at home
Other cities and counties are studying Seattle’s tiny home model.
https://seattle.curbed.com/2019/2/2…
New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer?
Kings Crescent Estate in the Hackney borough of London. Hackney has been upgrading its public housing stock — or what in Britain are called council housing estates.
https://nytimes.com/2019/03/01/arts…
The Lodge at the Presidio Gives Guests A Historic Lodging Experience Overlooking The Golden Gate
The adaptive reuse project, completed by Architectural Resources Group is a hotel housed by the northernmost of five historic 19th-century former military barracks, Building 105, within San Francisco’s Presidio.
https://contractdesign.com/projects…
Ask Kenny
After participating in a panel discussion about messaging I thought it was time to ask some of my pals in communications within the design industry about social media and the digital world.
https://kennethcaldwell.com/ask-ken…
Malls, Talls, and Pseudo-Culture Halls: Hudson Yards’ Failed Urban Forms
More on Hudson Yards.
http://commonedge.org/malls-talls-a…
Dig We Must: What Hudson Yards Gets Wrong
Fred Bernstein's take on Hudson Yards.
https://metropolismag.com/cities/hu…
More on Machine Madness
Aaron Betsky explains why he is less interested in process than in experience.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Interview with Frank Gehry on a Milestone Birthday
Frank at 90.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Confusion of the Vanities
Why architectural style-wars are becoming irrelevant.
http://commonedge.org/confusion-of-…
Jasper Johns and the Question of Meaning
The painter is a riddler, even—or especially—when his themes are blatant.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2019…
I Have a Feeling We’re Not in New York Anymore
Hudson Yards is a billionaire’s fantasy city and you never have to leave — provided you can pay for it.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019…
The Modern Furniture Maven: Appreciating Florence Knoll
Aaron Betsky on Florence Knoll.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
The Surprising Tale of One of Frank Stella’s Black Paintings
A chat with Frank Stella.
https://nytimes.com/2019/02/17/art…
An Amazon Correction: The City Won—and the Company Isn’t Going Anywhere
More on Amazon and Long Island City...
http://commonedge.org/an-amazon-cor…
New Spaces And Products For Our Time
Studio O+A’s Food for Thought Truck travels to various underserved communities and engages the public on how design can be a force for good.
https://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contra…
‘Paradise at the end of the world’: An oral history of the Sea Ranch (Part I)
A two-part oral history mining the origins and controversies surrounding California’s most bucolic planned community—and forecasting its future.
https://curbed.com/2019/2/20/182315…
‘Paradise at the end of the world’: An oral history of the Sea Ranch (Part II)
Part II.
https://curbed.com/2019/2/21/182321…
A guide to the work of Stanley Saitowitz
San Francisco’s most polarizing designer.
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/27/175…
WeWork Is Retraining a Generation of Architects to Think in Terms of Data
Data influences WeWork’s real estate deals, construction sequence, and design choices. There’s a sense that acquiring data literacy makes architecture relevant in a tech-dominated era.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
Brutal beauty: how concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept
After a generation in the doghouse, concrete is more fashionable than ever. So why don’t we take better care of our brutalist architecture?
https://theguardian.com/cities/2019…
New Spaces And Products For Our Time
How hybrid spaces, mash-ups, and creative collaborations are changing how we work, live and play.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
IA Interior Architects and Studio O+A Collaborate on McDonald’s New Chicago Headquarters
Corporate culture redesign.
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
Metro Bike Hub at Los Angeles Union Station
Architectural Resources Group creates a modern structure that complements the terminal’s historic language and materiality.
https://archello.com/project/metro-…
SFMOMA’s Sea Ranch exhibition dwells on an idealized past
John King weighs in on The Sea Ranch exhibit at SFMOMA.
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/ar…
