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SF skyline’s new LinkedIn addition is built by, for New Yorkers

The newcomer serves as a cautionary tale showing what can happen when out-of-town developers and architects have their own vision of what a city like San Francisco should be.
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http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/plac…

An Artist’s Tribute to Creatives Who Died From AIDS

For the past year, the interior designer and artist Doug Meyer has created 50 “portraits” — busts, statuettes, intaglios, multimedia sculptures — of creative people who died of AIDS and AIDS-related causes in the ’80s and ’90s.
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http://nytimes.com/interactive/2016…

Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016

Remembering early drawings from the start of Zaha Hadid's career, Aaron Betsky recalls her journey into the realm of spatial continuity.
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http://architectmagazine.com/design…

The Social Art of Zaha Hadid, Architecture’s Most Engaging Presence

The architect, whose designs sought to engage with the public around them, broadened what was possible with the form.
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http://vanityfair.com/culture/2016/…

A Push to Rebuild a Modernist Gem by Mies

A group of German architects and planners have started a campaign to rebuild the Wolf House, widely seen as a link between Mies’s early, more conventional designs and his later buildings, like the Barcelona Pavilion and the Farnsworth House.
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http://nytimes.com/2016/04/01/arts/…

The Craving for Public Squares

The twenty-first century is the first urban century in human history, the first time more people on the planet live in cities than don’t.
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http://nybooks.com/articles/2016/04…

American Enterprise Group National Headquarters Renovation / BNIM

I love this building.
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http://archdaily.com/783730/america…

Why Reston, Virginia, Still Inspires Planners 50 Years Later

A new documentary traces how the D.C. suburb’s pedestrian-centric, mixed-use approach came to dominate urban design.
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http://citylab.com/design/2016/03/r…

One Resident’s Argument to Save London’s Central Hill Housing Estate

In this short film by British filmmaker Joe Gilbert, the estate is viewed through the narration of a long-term resident, Clifford Grant, who discusses its history and argues for its future security.
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http://archdaily.com/784511/one-res…

Disappearing Act: 7 Architectural Projects That Evade the Eye

A collection of “invisible” architecture.
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http://architizer.com/blog/invisibl…

Set Design: The Art of Impermanence

A different sort of creativity.
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http://pfaulong.com/set-design-the-…

Review > The newly opened $4-billion World Trade Center transit hub is overwrought and underwhelming

The World Trade Center transportation hub designed by Santiago Calatrava strains for higher meaning on a site where architectural memorials compete. Its ribbed interior can seem like the belly of a whale.
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http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…

Op-Ed > A Tiny Roof Over One’s Head Is Better Than None

In the face of an unabating housing crisis, tiny houses could be part of a system that supports rather than criminalizes those who fall into homelessness.
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http://latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la…

The Unknown Girard

A new exhibition sheds light on the famous designer’s rich, multidisciplinary career and interests.
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http://metropolismag.com/March-2016…

Crit > Gordon Parks Arts Hall

Valerio Dewalt Train's Gordon Parks Arts Hall samples styles and forms from its architecturally diverse surroundings.
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http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…

The Stealth Modernist: Carlo Scarpa

With subtle touches and elegant lines, the late designer built his own legacy of modern Italian design.
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http://nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/0…

Saving America’s most architecturally stunning homes

Created by the masters of modernism, the mid-century homes of California are too small for today’s super-rich – hence a conference about how to preserve them.
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http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…