AN EXCLUSIVE: Getty Conservation Institute begins restoration of Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute
Restoring the luster of Louis Kahn.
http://archpaper.com/2016/09/exclus…
Robert Polidori on Making Pictures, DIY Cities, and the Pull of India
Martin Pedersen interviews Robert Polidori
http://commonedge.org/robert-polido…
Jane Jacob’s Street Smarts
This fine essay is about Jane Jacobs, but it's about Marx too.
http://newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Victoria Newhouse checks in on Renzo Piano's latest.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
The Rogue Element: A Review of Richard Fernau’s “Improvisations on the Land: Houses of Fernau+Hartman”
Missed this in June. Worth reading.
http://arcadenw.org/article/the-rog…
Stories Hide In The Design Of DC’s Newest Museum
Pal Sam Lubell weighs in.
https://wired.com/2016/09/stories-h…
David Baker Architects: Affordable Housing, Slower Streets
My pal Mark English posts an interview with another pal, David Baker.
http://thearchitectstake.com/interv…
A Modern Masterpiece, Restored — and Lived In
The L.A. designer Pamela Shamshiri recently brought her own historic R. M. Schindler house back to its original glory ... and maybe, even, improved it.
http://nytimes.com/interactive/2016…
Michael Murphy: Architecture that’s built to heal
This man talks about architecture in a way that makes sense.
https://ted.com/talks/michael_murph…
Review: D.C.’s new African American museum is a bold challenge to traditional Washington architecture
Chris Hawthorne weighs in on the newest important building in DC.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Renovated Opera House a boon for the Bayview, but work remains
Good work from TEF Design, Knapp Architects, and Walter Hood.
http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/plac…
Welcome to My House: Multifamily Housing
John King writes an essay on multifamily housing for Record. (Pal Owen Kennerly is mentioned!)
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Leddy Maytum Stacy covers entire roof of Berkeley design centre with photovoltaics
The new building on UC Berkeley's campus is a Maker Space for Interdisciplinary Design Innovation.
http://dezeen.com/2016/09/12/leddy-…
A Constellation of One-Room Cabins
I would camp here.
http://nytimes.com/2016/09/12/t-mag…
Has Jonathan Ive Designed Himself Out Of Existence?
He ushered in a great renaissance of industrial design—and helped accelerate its irrelevance.
https://fastcodesign.com/3063532/ha…
Elmgreen & Dragset on Using Their Spectacular Art to Set Off a Quiet, Quizzical Revolution
Where art and architecture meet.
http://artspace.com/magazine/interv…
10 of Tel Aviv’s best examples of Bauhaus residential architecture
Tel Aviv is home to one of the best-preserved collections of Bauhaus.
http://dezeen.com/2016/08/24/10-tel…
The Well-Worn Modernism of Montevideo
Betsky in Uruguay.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Studio O+A Creates Colorful Nooks for Kimball Office’s Chicago Showroom
Part III of the Kimball Office Chicago location.
http://interiordesign.net/articles/…
Architecture can feel like a paltry gesture in times like ours
Mimi Zeiger captures how I'm feeling.
http://dezeen.com/2016/08/18/opinio…
The Counselor: Roberto Burle Marx and the Ecological Modern
A long piece on Roberto Burle Marx.
http://averyreview.com/issues/17/th…
Across the Decades with Architectural Record
A trio of editors discuss the changing world as reflected in the magazine’s pages.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Pushing Prefabrication
Our pal Russell Fortmeyer writes about prefab and includes another pal, David Baker.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Making A Home For Black History
A museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience. Opening September 24, 2016.
http://newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
Forum Cuernavaca: Industrial Modernism & the Poetry of Ruins
Steve Lovell and Yann Taylor of Field Paoli Architects discuss transforming a shuttered garment factory in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico into Forum Cuernavaca, a 646,000-square-foot open-air retail center.
http://fieldpaoli.com/ideas/forum-c…
Australia’s iconic modern architect, Harry Seidler, rediscovered in new film
Harry Seidler documentary!
http://curbed.com/2016/8/25/1264946…
