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…
In another surprise choice, Pritzker Prize honors 90-year-old Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
The first Indian architect to win the Pritzker.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Column: The dilemma of development: Will Obama center hurt those it’s supposed to help?
Displacement of low-income people caused by well-intentioned public works is one of the most vexing urban-planning problems of our time.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
What We Will Lose When the Union Carbide Building Falls
As precise as the building itself.
https://nytimes.com/2018/03/01/opin…
Zaha Hadid (1950-2016)
Zaha Hadid was an explosion of fearless, impolite, aggressive talent onto a profession terrified of itself.
https://architectural-review.com/re…
The “Transcendent” Nature of Preserving African American Places
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, the largest fundraising and historic preservation campaign ever undertaken on behalf of black history by a private nonprofit.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/th…
Reading the City
What’s your favorite book about cities? Urbanists offer their suggestions.
http://spur.org/publications/urbani…
Why SOM’s modernist Union Carbide building is worth saving
Renovation is always a better use of resources than demolition and replacement.
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/2/22/170…
