The Strange Beauty Of Brutalist Architecture, Mid-Demolition
A new exhibition collects stark photos of important architecture as it’s being razed–a phenomenon that’s as wasteful as it is heartbreaking. Heavy at every turn.
https://fastcodesign.com/90167445/t…
A Glass House renovation
Philip Johnson’s masterpiece replaces its ceiling with wood (and plaster).
https://curbed.com/2018/4/10/169807…
A Radical Proposal to Save Union Carbide
Karrie Jacobs on how we should fight the impending demolition of this Natalie Griffin de Blois-designed skyscraper.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Why Factories Aren’t Tourist Attractions Anymore
For a long time, American factories were symbols of technology and modernity. They symbolize something very different now.
https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/b…
Milton Glaser: “Art and design are not the same thing”
A book of over 400 of his posters from the last six decades.
https://designweek.co.uk/issues/12-…
Beyond LEED-Achieving True Sustainability
Ophelia Wilkins on the the Living Building Challenge.
http://kuthranieri.com/blog/beyond-…
A Historic Hotel Helps The Homeless
Lisa Yergovich and David Wessel discuss renovating the historic Jessie Hotel into ATC’s new home.
https://argsf.com/blog/historic-hot…
Continuing Education: Wildfire-Adapted Design
Our pals at Kuth Ranieri are trying to figure out solutions for the fire zone.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Yamasaki’s Regret
The sad decline of Minoru Yamasaki after Pruitt-Igoe.
https://citylab.com/design/2018/03/…
Natalie de Blois: a pioneer of postwar corporate modernism
An appreciation of the trailblazing architect behind some of Park Avenue’s most iconic buildings.
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/3/8/1709…
Blair Kamin on Writing and Reporting on Architecture’s #metoo Moment
Eva Hagberg Fisher chats with Blair.
http://commonedge.org/blair-kamin-o…
What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them
Our pal Liz Ogbu's Ted Talk!
https://ted.com/talks/liz_ogbu_what…
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
The old pier structure was restored and transformed into an expansion for the San Francisco Art Institute.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Finding architectural solutions to LA’s homelessness crisis
David Martin FAIA has provided the seed money for this important effort.
https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/16/171…
‘This is the house that we built’: homeless people on their makeshift residences
When you have to build your own.
https://theguardian.com/us-news/201…
This dire Battersea Power Station development is genuinely dystopian
It follows all the Urban Renaissance precepts, yet this scheme is as grim as the 80s Docklands that Rogers was reacting against, says Owen Hatherley
https://architectsjournal.co.uk/opi…
How did a modernist landmark end up covered in plywood and graffiti?
The Mercantile Library at 1021 Chestnut St.
http://philly.com/philly/columnists…
Poor Need Homes, Not Monuments
Pritzker Winner Balkrishna Doshi's vision should be heeded across the developing world.
https://bloomberg.com/view/articles…
How To Stop Sexual Harassment In Design Right Now
When will #MeToo hit architecture and design?
https://fastcodesign.com/90164118/h…
Why LA’s public design matters: An interview with Christopher Hawthorne, the city’s first chief design officer
The Los Angeles Times architecture critic explains his move to City Hall.
https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/13/171…
Matching Architecture to People’s Needs, by Listening to Them First
“We’re starting to design with the people and thinking what are the needs of the people — not in terms of a bedroom and bathroom and kitchen and a toilet and a sink,” she said, her ideas tumbling forth. “In terms of what are the needs of really living, like the areas of rest, the areas of retreat, the areas of exposure, the areas of intimate sharing of things, the less-intimate sharing with family.”
https://nytimes.com/2018/03/07/arts…
