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…
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-…
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…
To Fix Architecture, Fix the Design Crit
Empirical evidence and design decisions.
http://commonedge.org/to-fix-archit…
Drawing and Design Are Intertwined
Anthony Grand on drawing as a way into design.
https://elsarch.com/idea/drawing-de…
The Office of the Future: Designing a space worthy of your company’s potential
Primo Orphilla and Joe Valerio (among others) talk about workspace design.
https://bizjournals.com/phoenix/new…
Microsoft Envisioning Center Innovation Lab – Redmond
A flexible and reimagined innovation lab designed by Studio O+A!
https://officesnapshots.com/2018/06…
5 Workplaces Welcome Lively Decorative Touches
Blend Labs by Studio O+A!
http://interiordesign.net/articles/…
Cisco Meraki
Studio O+A revisits its original design for the offices of a fast-growing tech company.
https://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contra…
Remaking a Roller Coaster into a Home for Birds at Lion Mountain
Our pals Kuth/Ranieri on turning a roller coaster into an aviary.
http://kuthranieri.com/blog/remakin…
