Missing Buildings: Thom and Beth Atkinson document the scars left on London by the Blitz
What's missing is what's there.
http://dezeen.com/2016/02/14/missin…
I have a special connection to this project. My father toiled in this building for many years! It has a new life which touches its old life.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Close Up: David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street Project
David Wessel and his team at ARGCS put back together a piece of art and architecture.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Architects Look Forward and Back at Boston City Hall and Plaza
Boston City Hall architect Michael McKinnell and others debated possible futures for Boston City Hall and its adjacent plaza at a recent BSA forum.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Modernity and the Monument: Renovating the Ford Foundation
A legendary landmark of architecture showcased in RECORD in 1968 faces a controversial interior renovation.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
MoMA’s New Expansion Plan: Another Reality Check for Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Once again, with the recent revisions to the Museum of Modern Art’s expansion plans, Diller Scofidio + Renfro‘s transgressively creative but farfetched architectural follies have been (mercifully) abandoned.
http://artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/…
Blair Kamin on the Chicago Biennial, George Lucas, and the magic of Jeanne Gang
Martin Pedersen talks with Chicago Tribune's architecture critic Blair Kamin.
http://commonedge.org/blair-kamin-o…
The Bad Deed That Robbed Compton Avenue Of Its Most Iconic Church
An amazing story about a church designed by RM Schindler.
http://atlasobscura.com/articles/th…
Estate of Grace: Confronting Privilege and Possibility at SANAA’s Grace Farms
Grace Farms a New Canaan, Connecticut architectural treasure.
http://averyreview.com/issues/13/es…
PG&E Mission Substation
TEF Design revitalizes a PG+E substation and returns it to its original glory.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
Up in Arms: Sarah Galo interviews Molly Crabapple
Using the visual to resist.
https://guernicamag.com/interviews/…
Turn Up The Base
A revitalized Fort Mason amps up Bay Area arts and culture.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Gordon Parks Arts Hall
A link between old and new makes the cover of Architect magazine. Photo credit: Steve Hall / Hedrich Blessing
http://architectmagazine.com/projec…
Crit> Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Mimi Zeiger takes a look at Diller Scofidio + Renfro's new design and adaptive reuse of a historic printing plant.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Q+A: Kengo Kuma on His Design Approach
The Japanese architect discusses plans for Tokyo’s new National Stadium, his second career in academia, and the inspiration that sparked his interest in architecture.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Q+A: Marvin Malecha on Architecture and Architectural Education
The NewSchool of Architecture & Design president and chief academic officer discusses the future of the profession.
http://architectmagazine.com/practi…
Ai Weiwei Hangs Bamboo + Paper Kite Creatures In Paris’ Le Bon Marché Department Store
Ai Wei Wei in Paris.
http://designboom.com/art/ai-weiwei…
What is good design?
An existential kind of question.
http://ft.com/cms/s/2/1dbb7868-b46e…
Little House on the Ferry – Vinalhaven Maine
There is something delicious about these little Maine Monopoly cottages.
http://architizer.com/projects/litt…
Modern Relics: Exploring the Aging Icons of Ai Weiwei’s Abandoned Architecture Park
Jinhua Architecture Park, planned and curated by dissident artist Ai Weiwei. It is approaching a decade since 17 experimental pavilions were completed on the banks of the Yiwu River, each embodying the explorative spirit of contemporary practice and hinting at an urban future that would never come to pass.
http://architizer.com/blog/jinhua-a…
L.A.’s Larchmont Charter High School
A Lesson in Adaptive Reuse and Urbanism.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/la…
Preserving David Ireland’s Home in All Its Marred Glory
Buying, stabilizing and preserving 500 Capp Street, the longtime home and studio of the Conceptual artist David Ireland, along with its unruly contents.
http://nytimes.com/2015/12/20/arts/…
Steven Holl: “Architecture Needs to be Rekindled with the Other Arts”
Steven Holl on bringing architecture and the arts back together.
http://archdaily.com/780337/steven-…
David Cameron pledges to demolish UK’s “brutal” council estates
David Cameron is just using negative feelings about Brutalism to get the UK out of social housing. What this means is that government will end up subsidizing the middle class and the rich (as they do in the US through interest exemptions) and screwing the poor. Same old Cameron. Same old Conservatives.
http://dezeen.com/2016/01/11/uk-pri…
A tale of two brutalist housing estates: one thriving, one facing demolition Colin Wiles
More on brutalism in the UK.
http://theguardian.com/housing-netw…
Architects “are never taught the right thing” says 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena
Exclusive interview: universities are failing to give architects the training that will enable them to find solutions for an imminent global housing crisis, says 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena.
http://dezeen.com/2016/01/13/alejan…
