Lower Sproul Redevelopment
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners.
http://archdaily.com/870467/lower-s…
8 Ways We Can Improve the Design of Our Streets for Protest
Once largely viewed as a fringe activity belonging to passionate extremists, protest is now—in the wake of a controversial new administration’s ascension to power in the US and a heightened interest in politics globally—a commonplace occurrence.
http://archdaily.com/873608/8-ways-…
If You Care About Cities, Apple’s New Campus Sucks
Meet yourself.
https://wired.com/story/apple-campu…
Usonia Now
Is this experimental Frank Lloyd Wright community now just another Westchester suburb?
https://curbed.com/2017/6/8/1574234…
A ‘Lost’ John Lautner House Is Found and Restored
Trina and Mr Turk move in on Sea Ranch!
https://nytimes.com/2017/06/07/fash…
Tattoos and Tombs: Carlo Scarpa’s Great Small Architecture
Betsky on Scarpa.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Camila Reyes Alé – The Form of Dissent
Dissent!
http://averyreview.com/issues/24/fo…
The Contemporary Arts Center, MASS MoCA, Expands Within Its Historic Campus
Joann Gonchar checks in from MASS Moca.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
The case for preserving and improving Brutalist architecture
Few U.S. cities have as many prominent examples of brutalist architecture as the District.
https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyl…
Great Teachers of Architecture and Design Teach the Art of Looking
Deep learning involves the personal touch.
http://commonedge.org/great-teacher…
Pacific Pointe Development
New 100-percent-affordable apartment complex takes root on remediated land in San Francisco.
https://archpaper.com/2017/05/pacif…
Vitra’s Raphael Gielgen Predicts Our Workplace Future
In conversation with our editors, Raphael Gielgen, head of research and trend scouting at Vitra, discusses how identity and technology will shape the offices of tomorrow.
http://metropolismag.com/interiors/…
Gaudí’s Casa Vicens to Reopen as Museum
A must see beginning in the fall!
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Meet the Flower Bandit Turning NYC Trash Cans into Giant Bouquets
The world will be saved by beauty.
https://domino.com/lewis-miller-flo…
Building the Future of Retail
The leaders of ELS’s retail studio got together to talk about the trends they’re seeing.
http://elsarch.com/building-future-…
How to Bring More Artists Into City Planning
Mary Miss has worked at the intersection of sculpture, public installation, and landscape design for decades, and she believes that artists are a resource city agencies aren’t tapping effectively.
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/in…
One-on-One: Interview with Vito Acconci
In this never-before published Q&A from 2015, the late Acconci revealed his highly personal way of imagining his architecture as a pursuit of creating a total work of art that is at once poetry and architecture.
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Historian honors Detroit architect in new book
Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture.
http://greatlakesecho.org/2017/05/1…
Their Public Housing at the End of Its Life, Residents Ask: What Now?
Cairo, Ill., has a population of fewer than 3,000 people. A plan to demolish two public housing developments would force many residents to leave and cut the school enrollment in half.
https://nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/c…
MASS in Context
Innovative nonprofit MASS Design Group has taken on the status quo and become undisputed leaders in public interest architecture worldwide. As the firm approaches the 10-year mark, it’s aiming even higher, bringing its model of purpose-driven design back home and to a broader audience.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Building Madness: How the Boom and Bust Mentality Distorts Architecture
Only architects are psychologically validated by booms and crushed by busts
http://commonedge.org/building-madn…
Local History: Donald Judd Furniture
The development and production of Donald Judd’s furniture resulted partially from necessity.
http://juddfoundation.org/article/l…
Vernacular Modernism: 7 Contemporary Homes in Rural Mexico
Eye candy.
https://architizer.com/blog/rural-m…
Multifamily visionary: The life and work of architect David Baker
For 35 years, architect David Baker has been a spirited voice for affordable housing, in San Francisco and beyond.
https://bdcnetwork.com/multifamily-…
Elizabeth Gordon’s International Style
Connecting the dots.
https://curbed.com/2017/5/10/155926…
Peter Zumthor Interview
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has attracted a cult following over his five-decade career, but kept a famously low profile in the media. He spoke to Dezeen about trying to dispel his mysterious reputation by taking cues from media-shy tennis star Roger Federer.
https://dezeen.com/2017/05/12/peter…
