In Metro DC, a Dead Mall Now Provides Housing for the Homeless
The transformation of Alexandria’s Landmark Mall.
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018…
Partners
Since their first project at RISD Byron Kuth and Liz Ranieri have grown together - both professionally and personally.
https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz…
Bangkok Brutalism
An interesting piece on Brutalism in Bangkok.
http://art4d.com/2016/07/bangkok-br…
A Traveler’s Perspective on Housing Affordability
David Baker reflects on his travels and the housing crisis.
https://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blo…
Paul Rudolph at 100: The Mischief Maker in a New Light
He was one of the most acclaimed — and confounding — architects of the 1960s; then his reputation tanked. But Rudolph’s concrete and Plexiglas buildings are winning new love.
https://nytimes.com/2018/12/20/arts…
Madame Critic
Alexandra Lange on building a foundation and developing her voice.
https://madamearchitect.org/home/20…
Why Won’t Architects Talk About Succession?
Pal Eva Hagberg Fisher writes about succession.
https://architectmagazine.com/pract…
The rise of the architect-developer
A good mention for our pals at David Baker Architects.
https://dbarchitect.com/project_det…
Where Are All the Female Architects?
Nearly half of architecture students are women. Why are so few sticking with the industry after graduation?
https://nytimes.com/2018/12/15/opin…
Vik Muniz: My advice to fellow artists in the face of grim political times
Brazil’s cultural sector must respond to hard-right politics by reconnecting with the wider community.
https://theartnewspaper.com/analysi…
Philip Johnson, The Man Who Made Architecture Amoral
How a giant of twentieth-century architecture escaped—and enacted—his far-right past.
https://newyorker.com/culture/dept-…
Co-op City at 50
The largest cooperative apartment complex ever built has a fascinating history.
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/12/5/181…
Victor Lundy: Artist Architect
John Morris Dixon reviews the new book.
https://docomomo-us.org/news/victor…
To Celebrate His Centenary, A 1988 Interview with Paul Rudolph on His Most Controversial Project
Art & Architecture building at Yale University (now called Rudolph Hall).
http://commonedge.org/to-celebrate-…
In Miami, Embracing the Bold and Brilliant in Architecture
Our prolific pal Sam Lubell checks into Miami!
https://nytimes.com/2018/12/04/arts…
Sarasota Modern: Paul Rudolph and beyond
Modernism celebrations and conferences are becoming more numerous. After such an event gains a certain amount of local awareness, the challenge for organizers is to make it continue to appeal to a range of interested parties, from docents in Pucci dresses to scholars in button-down shirts. How do you avoid devolving into a love of style over substance? How do you keep bringing back the style groupies, the design professionals, and the scholars? SarasotaMOD Weekend, an annual midcentury modern architecture festival in Sarasota, Florida, just held its fifth program this November
https://archpaper.com/2018/11/saras…
Riding the Cycle of History
The Bike Hub at Los Angeles Union Station.
https://argsf.com/blog/bike-hub/
How a group of radical ’60s architects designed the future
How the Archigram architectural collective, profiled in a comprehensive new book, designed for a more radical, and random, future.
https://curbed.com/2018/11/26/18113…
The (Still) Dreary Deadlock of Public Housing
Catherine Bauer never wavered in her conviction that government had not only the power but also the responsibility to fix the housing system.
https://placesjournal.org/article/c…
The problem with invisible branding
Average consumers typically have no idea they’re interacting with–or being manipulated by–an algorithm. That’s a branding problem.
https://fastcompany.com/90271423/th…
Sea Ranch, Spread Out
The story of how Sea Ranch was conceived and built.
https://landscapearchitecturemagazi…
Building Our JUST Practice
How a new transparency platform spurred DBA to keep “walking the talk”—and where we go from here.
https://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blo…
