The Designers We Lost in 2017
A farewell to the design greats who passed away this year.
http://interiordesign.net/articles/…
Matt Kahn Residence, Stanford, CA
My longtime friend and frequent collaborator David Wakely has launched a blog. Some of the delicious visual morsels include the Matt Kahn House (by A Quincy Jones) and the Barragan House. A good way to begin 2018.
https://davidwakely.com/matt-kahn-r…
Work as If Immortal: A Review of Wendy Lesser’s “You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn”
Pal John Parman reviews the new Kahn biography.
http://arcadenw.org/article/work-as…
Interview with Christiaan Dinkeloo
Suzanne Stephens talks to Christiaan Dinkeloo.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
2017 in architecture: The good, the bad, and the pink
Love those lists!
https://curbed.com/2017/12/18/16778…
Homage to Mexico: Josef Albers and His Reality-Based Abstraction
A radiant Guggenheim exhibition grounds the proto-Minimalist abstract paintings of Josef Albers in the geometric grandeur of Mesoamerican monuments.
https://nytimes.com/2017/12/14/arts…
Apple Park Cupertino Campus
Alexandra Lange reflects on Apple's latest icon.
https://curbed.com/2017/12/14/16777…
Successful replacement for decrepit but beloved funky-art Howard Street site
John King reviews Bill Sorro designed by Owen Kennerly.
http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
Designing for Access
Allison Arieff on an important topic.
https://nytimes.com/2017/12/14/opin…
The top 10 architecture and design events of 2017
News from the other side of the pond.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
Tod Williams And Billie Tsien Dallas Home Tour
A modern architecture lover taps Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to build her dream house in Dallas.
https://curbed.com/2017/12/12/16731…
This Designer Quit His Federal Job. Now He’s Working To Elect More Women
The website Project 100 aims to get 100 women elected to Congress.
https://fastcodesign.com/90154069/p…
London’s new US embassy: a very diplomatic America on Thames
London’s new US embassy may be just a glass cube with disguised fortifications, but it is also restrained, efficient, green… the antithesis of Donald Trump.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
From Brownfields to a New Transit-Oriented Downtown
David Baker Architect's modular development in Northern California.
https://urbanland.uli.orgelopment-b…
How 5 Technology Companies in NYC Are Incorporating Design Into Their Workspaces
Pal Primo Orpilla gets a shout-out in the Huffington Post.
https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/ho…
How A Lost Internment Camp Became A National Monument
Honouliuli.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/lo…
Paul Goldberger Reflects on Vincent Scully’s Legacy
Paul Goldberger on the passing of Vincent Scully.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
9 Things You Might Not Know About Landscape Architect Dan Kiley’s Enduring Milwaukee Legacies
A local (Milwaukee) piece on Dan Kiley.
https://milwaukeemag.com/landscape-…
Richard Rogers’ Wimbledon House Gets a New Lease on Life
22 Parkside, the experimental London home architect Richard Rogers designed for his parents in the late 1960s, has been converted to a research and event space.
http://metropolismag.com/architectu…
How Muji, Japan’s Most Famous Anti-Brand, Plans To Win America
My kind of brand!
https://fastcodesign.com/90152917/h…
Richard Meier on the Getty Center as it turns 20
The Getty at Twenty. Chris Hawthorne talks to Richard Meier.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Potrero 1010 Combines Mixed-Income With Neighborhood-Serving Space in San Francisco
David Baker Architects designs a new infill concept for a public–private partnership.
http://multifamilyexecutive.com/des…
After the fires, the Monterey Design Conference offers a chance for reflection
Your loyal correspondent reports on the Monterey Design Conference.
https://archpaper.com/2017/11/natur…
Off the Grid on Hawaii Island
Pal Lianne Yu discovers some Hawaiians living off the grid. There might be more models there than we think.
http://hawaiibusiness.com/off-the-g…
Publicity Stunt? “Working-Class Theme Park?” Questions Loom for the V&A’s Three-Story Robin Hood Gardens Fragment
The Victoria & Albert Museum is preserving a three-story chunk of the Peter and Alison Smithson–designed Robin Hood Gardens housing project.
http://metropolismag.com/architectu…
Pop-Up Placemaking: SPARC-It-Place
Brad Leibin on Interim Use.
http://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blog…
