Anne Tyng and Her Remarkable House
She was known as Louis Kahn's muse but never really escaped his shadow. What Tyng's only surviving solo project says about her legacy.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
The NRA wants to “harden” schools into windowless bunkers
A diametrically different vision of school design.
https://archpaper.com/2018/02/nra-h…
The Death of a Skyscraper
The Union Carbide Building.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence…
Open House: Post-war architect Walter Greaves’ daughter on his modernist masterstroke in Chichester
A personal insight into the riverside post-war home her late father Walter Greaves designed.
https://themodernhouse.com/journal/…
Kengo Kuma’s Architecture of the Future
Kuma’s design for the Fujiya ryokan — his take on the traditional Japanese inn — at Ginzan Onsen, a secluded hot spring town in Yamagata Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Gorgeous!
https://nytimes.com/2018/02/15/t-ma…
Bill Sorro Community by Kennerly Architecture & Planning
200 Sixth Street in San Francisco.
https://dexigner.com/news/30740
The abstract artist taking on Luis Barragán’s famed modernist estate.
Sean Scully converses with Luis Barragán in a new exhibition.
https://wallpaper.com/art/sean-scul…
The Mission 66
Evaluating and rehabilitating Yosemite's midcentury modernist park buildings.
https://argsf.com/blog/mission-66-m…
Remembering Neave Brown
A champion of smart public housing.
https://archpaper.com/2018/02/remem…
Density’s Next Frontier: The Suburbs
According to a new study, the continuing low density of inner suburbs is a major cause of the housing crisis—and a potential solution.
https://citylab.com/equity/2018/02/…
ShanghaiTech University / Moore Ruble Yudell
The new campus for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
https://archdaily.com/887648/shangh…
Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art
Mr. Johns, who is now 87 and widely regarded as America’s foremost living artist, has a new retrospective at the Broad called “Something Resembling Truth.”
https://nytimes.com/2018/02/07/arts…
Apostle and Apostate: Josef Frank’s Modernist Vision
Left behind in the Internet era is a rich store of essays on design which have limited cultural presence because they are not online.
https://placesjournal.org/article/j…
Getty Assembles Experts for Conservation of Le Corbusier’s Only Three Museums
Le Corbusier's three museums.
https://archdaily.com/888093/getty-…
New book offers fresh look at work of scorned World Trade Center architect
At long last a new book about Yamasaki.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
San Francisco International Airport-The Big Idea Behind the Big Room at Terminal 1
A Conversation with Kuth Ranieri Architects.
http://kuthranieri.com/blog/san-fra…
2018 Legend: Joan Blumenfeld
Pal Kristen Richards profiles the 2018 Legend Award recipient.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
The Case for Putting Amazon’s HQ2 in the Suburbs
Will corporations look beyond short term returns?
https://citylab.com/design/2018/01/…
