Why are architecture’s major professional organizations silent on the immigrant detention debate?
Plans for two migrant detention centers in California have been shelved, but where does the architecture profession stand on the issue?
https://archpaper.com/2018/06/archi…
The Genius, Heart and Humility of Indian Architect B.V. Doshi
Doshi’s persona—communicator and visionary—are the qualities which are both undervalued and desperately needed in contemporary design culture.
http://commonedge.org/the-genius-he…
Theaster Gates: ‘The male, Caucasian world as we’ve known it is over’
Theaster Gates linking art and planning.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
University of California, Berkeley – Legends Aquatics Center
ELS Architecture and Urban Design.
https://educationsnapshots.com/proj…
A Glasgow Architect’s Masterpiece Is Damaged, but Not His Magic
Worth a trip to Scotland! Pal Sam Lubell reminds us that there is still a lot of Mackintosh left to see.
https://nytimes.com/2018/07/02/trav…
Mark Ulriksen’s “Downtime”
Local lad does well!
https://newyorker.com/culture/cover…
Architecture: ‘People from social housing should build cities’
With 95% of British architects white and 75% male, a new campaign is encouraging diversity in the profession.
https://theguardian.com/education/2…
In Portland, a neighborhood designs its own solution to displacement
Right 2 Root, a community-created plan, offers a blueprint for pushing back against displacement and disinvestment
https://curbed.com/2018/6/26/175060…
What Will Happen to the Glasgow School of Art?
A second fire in four years has left the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece a smoldering shell. The battle over the building's future is just beginning.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Spotlight: Álvaro Siza
"Poetic modernism."
https://archdaily.com/393446/happy-…
Good design is good policy
Can you redesign an entire generation? Leave it to Tishaura Jones, the first female treasurer of St. Louis, to try.
https://fastcodesign.com/90177059/g…
Tiny home communities: housing solution or gentrified trailer parks?
Like many US cities, Austin is facing an affordable-housing crisis. Can the burgeoning Instagram- and tech-friendly tiny home movement help solve it?
https://theguardian.com/cities/2018…
The new normal: exercises in American citizenship
Mimi Zeiger on how architecture is political.
https://architectural-review.com/es…
Community Engagement: Hotel Sebastopol
Curiosity and sincere conversation.
https://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blo…
Modernist Restoration A Span flat in Parkleys, Ham
Fun in London!
http://modernistestates.com/post/17…
Once Home to Soldiers, Former Presidio Fort Will House New Residents
Fort Winfield Scott.
https://nytimes.com/2018/06/19/busi…
Ford Aims to Revive a Detroit Train Station, and Itself
By renovating a symbol of the city’s decline, the company hopes to create a magnet for the talent needed to prevail in the next automotive era.
https://nytimes.com/2018/06/17/busi…
Skyscraper Garden Bridge
We shouldn’t abandon the cities we have for some amenities in the clouds.
https://curbed.com/2018/6/14/174606…
Preston bus station review – a glorious reprieve
Earmarked for demolition just six years ago, the brutalist gem that is Ove Arup’s Preston bus station has been sympathetically renovated, right down to the route numbers.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
At SFO, a 1960s Airplane Hangar Conceals a Working Design Office
Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects design a temporary workplace constructed inside an SFO airplane hangar.
http://metropolismag.com/interiors/…
Kuth Ranieri Architects transforms an abandoned roller coaster into an aviary in China
Adaptive reuse for the birds!
https://archpaper.com/2018/06/kuth-…
The Hidden Women of Architecture and Design
Designing for children.
https://newyorker.com/culture/cultu…
Why the Field of Architecture Needs a New Business Model
Architects are still paid far less than comparable professionals of equal education and import...
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Olafur Eliasson completes his first building, Fjordenhus, in Denmark
Fjordenhus (Fjord House) is the first building designed entirely by Olafur Eliasson and the architectural team at Studio Olafur Eliasson. Located in Vejle, Denmark, Fjord House is set to open on June 9th.
https://archinect.com/news/article/…
Can minimalist design save Target?
Target’s latest attempt to recapture its design credibility is more Muji than Michael Graves. Will consumers bite?
https://fastcodesign.com/90174275/c…
Want to make great art? Stop making art
The case for doing nothing.
https://fastcodesign.com/90174167/t…
