Lucas reaps bitter fruits of arrogance as Chicago museum plan collapses
Now maybe Lucas will bring an improved attitude to Treasure Island?
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
Norman Foster
The Pritzker-winning architect.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Is the U.S.’s Biennale Pavilion actually the Quicken Loans Pavilion?
Corporate society and culture.
http://archpaper.com/2016/06/us-bie…
Dieter Rams Is Finally Getting The Feature Film He Deserves
Helvetica filmmaker Gary Hustwit is training his camera on the revered German designer who influenced Apple. It's about time.
http://fastcodesign.com/3061113/die…
Christo and Jeanne Claude’s “Floating Piers” Nears Completion
More Christo and Jean-Claude!
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
The Long-Lost Study That Tried To Quantify Creative Personalities
Our pal Pierluigi Serraino's new book is in Fast Company!
http://fastcodesign.com/3060634/evi…
Design for the One Percent
Contemporary architecture is more interested in mega projects for elites than improving ordinary people’s lives.
https://jacobinmag.com/2016/06/zaha…
The Future Of Branding Is Debranding
Instead of brands, real people and real tones of voice will become the interface between consumers and products.
http://fastcodesign.com/3060658/the…
Capilla San Bernardo / La Playosa, Argentina
Saint Bernard´s Chapel (the local patron saint) rises in a small grove, originally occupied by a rural house and its yards, both dismantled in order to reuse their materials, especially its one-hundred-year-old bricks.
http://architizer.com/projects/capi…
Cracks in Cuba’s revolution revealed through a languishing art school campus
From John Loomis, author of "Revolution of Forms"
http://ilmanifesto.global/cracks-in…
A Tale of Two Lobbies
Comparing the waiting-room mentality of SFMOMA’s new lobby with its museum brethren.
http://curbed.com/2016/5/12/1165584…
Getting Under the Hood: Is the TWBTA Renovation Really As Bad As Critics Claim?
The Tod Williams Billie Tsien renovation of the Hood Museum has spurred considerable controversy. But does the proposal truly deserve the criticism it's inspired?
http://metropolismag.com/Getting-Un…
“Is architecture really as guileless as Aravena’s Biennale suggests?”
Mimi Zeiger reviews the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016.
http://dezeen.com/2016/06/01/opinio…
Eight Alternative Careers for Architects
Transitioning to a new vocation isn't as difficult as you might think
http://architectmagazine.com/practi…
Albion Street Residences / Kennerly Architecture & Planning
Owen Kennerly's three new condominiums.
http://archdaily.com/788129/albion-…
Alejandro Aravena’s Venice architecture biennale: ‘We can’t forget beauty in our battles’
The Chilean architect pitches activism against starchitecture and uncovers the architect’s role in drone warefare – leaving Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano distinctly out of place.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
In Union Square, Apple Store is spiffy but plaza needs work
John King on San Francisco's grand new Apple store.
http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/plac…
Sunset Magazine
Eva Hagberg Fisher checks out Sunset's new offices by RMW.
http://contractdesign.com/projects/…
The Bargain That Revived Bell Labs
A plan to save Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
