Architects can still learn from Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an unrepentant hater of Modernist architecture.
https://archpaper.com/2018/05/archi…
What Do International Preservation Standards Say About New Architecture in Historic Places?
Historic structures and context.
http://commonedge.org/may-is-preser…
Why Architecture Isn’t Art (And Shouldn’t Be)
Lance Hosey argues that the concept of architecture as a form of art is not only misleading to the public, but also potentially damaging to society.
https://archdaily.com/783412/why-ar…
Adobe Town Hall
Valerio Dewalt Train reconfigures a former tool factory.
http://pages.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/h…
Architecture’s Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi puts the focus on people
“What is architecture? It is not an object,” says Balkrishna Doshi. “It is like a living thing and it is an entity to contain life.”
https://theglobeandmail.com/arts/ar…
What do architecture critics think of the state of architecture criticism today?
Thoughts from Mark Lamster, Alexandra Lange, Witold Rybczynski, Frances Anderton, Barry Bergdoll, Oliver Wainwright, and Justin Davidson.
https://archpaper.com/2018/05/criti…
How architecture can rebuild itself post #MeToo
In order for the architectural field to progress, it needs to embrace an era of democratic practice.
https://curbed.com/2018/5/21/173610…
Piazza Hospitality and David Baker Architects
A mini hospitality empire in Sonoma County.
http://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/hd/2018…
Residential: David Baker Architects
Five88 San Francisco, CA.
https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublic…
Arne Jacobsen–Designed Hotel in Copenhagen Gets a Contemporary Refresh and Restoration
Local firm Space Copenhagen restored aspects of the building's original design while carefully adapting its spaces for the hotel's present-day needs.
http://metropolismag.com/architectu…
How Do Architects Get Work?
I answer some of the basic questions.
https://kennethcaldwell.com/ask-ken…
Dynamic, responsive and nurturing: Dive into today’s workplace
Our pal Primo Orpilla on workplace design.
https://frameweb.com/news/dynamic-r…
What Marchers Today Can Learn From the May 1968 Protests in Paris
Plus ça change plus c’est pareil.
http://commonedge.org/what-todays-m…
Design as civic duty
Elizabeth Timme, co-director of LA-Más, believes that architecture needs to rediscover its political imperative.
https://archleague.org/article/desi…
The Singular Magic of Maira Kalman
As I have said before, I love Maira Kalman. Thanks to Liz Ross for posting this wonderful profile.
https://thecut.com/2018/04/profile-…
Restoring Warnecke’s Asilomar Additions: A Conversation with Andrew Wolfram and Bridget Maley
TEF teamed up with architectural historian, preservation planner, and writer Bridget Maley to create a series of historic structure reports primarily focusing on John Carl Warnecke’s 1950s and 1960s additions.
https://tefarch.wordpress.com/2018/…
A visit with Olafur Eliasson’s art and architecture workshop, Studio Other Spaces
the “culture sector in our society is more likely to create change than the public sector, the politicians, or the private sector.”
https://archpaper.com/2018/04/studi…
Why Designers in Chicago are Building Forts
Forts!
https://buildordie.com/vdta-blog/re…
MoMA’s Design Chief: VR Needs Fewer Gamers, More Castiglioni
Four insights from MoMA’s senior design curator Paola Antonelli about what a much-hyped medium could learn from design.
https://fastcodesign.com/90169649/m…
America’s first memorial to victims of lynching opens in Montgomery
On April 26, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the first memorial in the U.S. dedicated to African American victims of lynching and continued discrimination, will open to the public in Montgomery, Alabama.
https://archpaper.com/2018/04/natio…
The end of the architect profile
It’s time to stop perpetuating the myth of the lone genius.
https://curbed.com/2018/4/19/172430…
A New Look at the New Deal’s Legacy of Public Housing
A review of Ben Austen's new book, “High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing”
https://nytimes.com/2018/04/13/book…
Architecture, Aesthetic Moralism, and the Crisis of Urban Housing
Developer-driven gentrification.
http://commonedge.org/architecture-…
Technology Special: The Future of the Workplace
Metropolis invited O+A to guest edit the April issue of the magazine and assemble a special section on the impact of technology on interiors. The four stories that were selected can be read below.
http://o-plus-a.com/how-oa-became-m…
Why Technology Can Be the Enemy of the Creative Workplace
This article is part of the “tech x interiors” special section that was guest-edited by Studio O+A in Metropolis's April 2018 issue.
http://metropolismag.com/interiors/…
Here’s How You Design for Living and Working in Outer Space
This article is part of the “tech x interiors” special section that was guest-edited by Studio O+A in Metropolis's April 2018 issue.
http://metropolismag.com/interiors/…
