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Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings review – high-flying high priest of hi-tech

Exhibition showcases the austere architectural pioneer’s greatest hits.
external linkhttps://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
 

Relive the Radical Design Movement with Film Storyboards by Alessandro Poli

An exhibit dedicated to the Italian architect and artist's work is on display at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal until Jan. 20, 2019.
external linkhttps://architectmagazine.com/desig…
 

Learning from Robert Venturi

Aaron Betsky writes that the architect’s call for an inclusive and open architecture still rings true today.
external linkhttps://architectmagazine.com/desig…
 

Why Google is the most important design company of 2018

In an exclusive interview, CEO Sundar Pichai explains how Google got design.
external linkhttps://fastcompany.com/90227530/su…
 

Ethics

For this week's Design Stream we are sharing the entire issue of Architecture Boston's magazine.
external linkhttps://architects.org/architecture…
 

Cloudy Visions: SPUR Tries to Imagine the Bay Area’s Future

Aaron Betsky writes that the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association’s four scenarios are believable and interesting, but they don’t go far enough. What we need is both more serious research and true visions.
external linkhttps://architectmagazine.com/desig…
 

15 Projects in Mexico that Merge the Interior with the Exterior

Eye candy.
external linkhttps://archdaily.com/902092/15-pro…
 

Was that the Whittington estate in Bodyguard? A spotter’s guide to brutalism

It's an acquired taste.
external linkhttps://theguardian.com/cities/2018…
 

The Sordid Saga of Eileen Gray’s Iconic E-1027 House

Designed by the Irish architect and designer, the 1929 French Riviera villa was an obsession of Le Corbusier. Previously a ruin, a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration.
external linkhttps://metropolismag.com/architect…
 

Will Detroit Ever Fully Recover From John Portman’s Renaissance Center?

The sprawling complex of seven-interconnected skyscrapers poses some difficult questions for urban planners today.
external linkhttp://commonedge.org/will-detroit-…
 

How Michigan Became the Epicenter of the Modernist Experiment

A perfect storm of manufacturing money, ample space and robust industry created one of Modernism’s most fertile and important outposts in and around Detroit.
external linkhttps://nytimes.com/2018/09/06/t-ma…
 

Mark English Architects Updates a 1917 San Francisco Residence by Elizabeth Austin

“We felt honored to be tasked with protecting her vision, while at the same time adapting it to a new century of life.”
external linkhttps://homes.interiordesign.net/pr…
 

The single greatest work of 21st century American architecture will break your heart

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
external linkhttps://dallasnews.com/arts/archite…
 

Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter

By Elizabeth W. Garber.
external linkhttps://architecturalrecord.com/art…
 

Adobe San Francisco Town Hall by Valerio Dewalt Train

The historic Baker & Hamilton building now houses Adobe.
external linkhttps://dexigner.com/news/31322
 

Five Bay Area Women at the Forefront of Architecture

As the juggernaut of the women’s movement illuminates gender inequality across industries—from entertainment to politics to food culture—the field of architecture is also rousing to change.
external linkhttp://californiahomedesign.com/tre…
 

9 Historic Civil Rights Sites: Commemorating the March On Washington

Remembering the struggle for civil rights.
external linkhttps://savingplaces.org/stories/hi…
 

Naturally better: San Francisco’s Randall Museum gets a worthy upgrade

A collaboration, Pfau Long Architecture and Kuth Ranieri Architects.
external linkhttps://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/art…
 

A Cliffhanger in Pacific Palisades

Architects Jeanne Chen and Bob Dolbinski's house on a steep lot in the Rustic Canyon neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
external linkhttps://nytimes.com/2018/08/28/real…
 

A Critical Reassessment of John Portman? No, His Buildings Were Resolutely Anti-Urban

Roberta Brandes Gratz argues that Portman’s buildings were huge, alien islands, drawing the city’s lifeblood in.
external linkhttp://commonedge.org/a-critical-re…
 

The Modern Urbanism of Cook’s Camden

The council housing designed 50 years ago for a progressive London borough remains a potent symbol of the achievements of postwar social democracy.
external linkhttps://placesjournal.org/article/t…
 

Glassdoor Chicago Office

One of the latest from Valerio Dewalt Train.
external linkhttps://dexigner.com/news/31259
 

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Being a Client for Great Public Buildings

Martin Pedersen talks to Stephen Breyer.
external linkhttp://commonedge.org/supreme-court…
 

Designer Harry Bertoia’s Resonant Sound Sculpture Recordings Find a Crowdfunded Second Life

One of my favorite modern artists.
external linkhttps://metropolismag.com/architect…
 

Pair of new SF housing complexes display smart design

John King on David Baker's latest.
external linkhttps://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/art…
 

This “city” for people with dementia is the future of memory care

“It’s going back to how we did it before we institutionalized our way of treating elderly,” says one of the architects.
external linkhttps://fastcompany.com/90220683/th…