At SFMOMA, Stairways to Creative Heaven
Julie Iovine on the addition to SFMOMA.
http://wsj.com/articles/at-sfmoma-s…
Richard Florida on the Enduring Legacy of Jane Jacobs
A good piece for you urbanists out there!
http://commonedge.org/richard-flori…
Whispers of Louis Kahn’s Vision at the Yale Center for British Art
I want to hear the whispers!
http://nytimes.com/2016/05/01/arts/…
SFMOMA’s new extension – a gigantic meringue with a hint of Ikea
Oliver Wainwright weighs in.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
San Jose’s new Whole Foods is one of America’s greenest supermarkets
Whole Foods wins an AIASF Award for Urban Design and a shout out in Inhabitat.
http://inhabitat.com/san-joses-new-…
Discovering Modernism in the Jewel of the Inland Empire
The modernist work of architect, Clare Henry Day.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
Reviving San Francisco’s Cinema History With A Contemporary Twist: New Mission Theater
Architectural Resources Group revives the New Mission Theater / Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
https://argsf.com/blog/new-mission-…
AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten 2016 Winners
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects wins two awards in the AIA/COTE 2016 Top Ten Green Projects!
http://aiatopten.org/
George Lucas-sponsored building at University of Chicago better than proposed museum
Blair Kamin weighs in on the new University of Chicago building by our pals at Valerio Dewalt Train.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
The stories of Harriet Pattison, landscape architect and companion of Louis Kahn
Harriet Pattison’s life and work.
http://archpaper.com/2016/04/the-st…
Inside the Proposed Changes to the Landmarked Ford Foundation
A look inside the revered postmodern office tower with Ford Foundation president Darren Walker.
http://ny.curbed.com/2016/4/18/1145…
Robert Irwin’s Light-Filled Moment
Now 87, the artist expands on his visionary work with architecture, unveiling two new installations at the Hirshhorn Museum and Chinati Foundation.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
The First Modern Couple
Alvar Aalto and Aino Marsio.
http://metropolismag.com/April-2016…
What is the Future for Architecture and Design at MoMA?
More on yet another MoMA fiasco.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Leawood Speculative Office / El Dorado
A speculative office to attract high-tech companies.
http://archdaily.com/785670/leawood…
Dallas architecture is a joke (but it doesn’t have to be)
Pseudo-contemporary blocks has become the de facto standard of Dallas residential architecture development (but it doesn't have to be).
http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2016…
Stanley Anderson Interviews Celia Bertoia (Part II)
Celia Bertoia talks about overseeing her father Harry Bertoia's monotypes, writing his biography, and setting up a foundation to extend his legacy.
http://moorerubleyudell.com/journal…
Stanley Anderson Interviews Celia Bertoia (Part I)
Stanley Anderson interviews Celia Bertoia.
http://moorerubleyudell.com/journal…
A ’60s Architecture Collective That Made History (but No Buildings)
Italy’s legendary radical design group Superstudio never actually finished a building, and yet its hallucinogenic visions are still making waves.
http://nytimes.com/2016/04/04/t-mag…
Touring Marcel Breuer’s Bronx Community College Campus, a Hidden NYC Gem
More Breuer. More Alexandra Lange!
http://ny.curbed.com/2016/4/13/1141…
Review: The restored Met Breuer (formerly the Whitney) has a new energy as well as a lived-in look
Christopher Hawthorne on the Met Breuer.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Geographies of Uncertainty: Space and Territory in the Operational Logic of UPS
The United Parcel Service (UPS) resiliency and acute performance within the tides of uncertainty.
http://archdaily.com/785422/geograp…
After Zaha, The Pritzker Chooses Civics Over Style
More than a decade after Zaha Hadid’s win, architecture’s biggest prize has shifted away from the world she built.
https://newrepublic.com/article/132…
Bertjan Pot Uses NIKE’s Flyknit Technology And Tire Tubes To Create Furniture
At NIKE’s ‘the nature of motion’ event for Milan Design Week 2016, German designer Bertjan Pot experiments with materials, techniques, structures, patterns and colors, which leads him to surpass conventional production boundaries with textiles and weaving techniques.
http://designboom.com/design/bertja…
