Set Design: The Art of Impermanence
A different sort of creativity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Interview with James Wines: “The Point is to Attack Architecture!”
An interview with James Wines.
http://archdaily.com/783491/intervi…
Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Maira Kalman
Listen to a conversation with Maira Kalman.
http://designobserver.com/feature/m…
Mid-Century Schindler in Westwood On Market For First Time Ever Asks $1.7 Million
A knockout Schindler. Hope it gets preserved.
http://la.curbed.com/2016/3/6/11167…
Silicon Valley and the End of Architecture
Zach Mortice on the architecture of Silicon Valley.
http://wg420b.tumblr.com/post/11267…
Taking Stock of the New-Old Met Breuer
Alexandra Lange visits the Met Breuer.
http://ny.curbed.com/2016/3/3/11152…
Why we are Pro “Pro Bono”
Our pals at DBA are very pro bono!
http://dbarchitect.com/us/news_blog…
Michael Bierut Not Diving but Swimming
Michael Bierut on the new Met logo.
http://designobserver.com/feature/n…
Bruce Stahl
Memories from the son of CH “Buck” and Carlotta Stahl, who commissioned Case Study House #22 in Los Angeles from architect Pierre Koenig.
http://curbed.com/2016/3/1/11131758…
Skyscrapers and Subdivisions: The Battle Between Cities and Suburbs
Aaron Betsky as a suburbanist.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Welcome Home
A community for adults with autism shows the power of an understated landscape.
http://landscapearchitecturemagazin…
My Worst Project Never Killed Anyone
Our value is not just in the total square footage that we produce, but in the role we play in ensuring that the built environment is healthy, humane, beautiful, productive, and sustainable. Our contribution is defined by what we build, where we draw the limits of what we produce, and by what we don’t build.
http://commonedge.org/my-worst-proj…
Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport to become Germany’s largest refugee camp
Berlin is to extend the refugee camp at the decommissioned Tempelhof Airport, making room for 7,000 people in and around one of the German capital's most iconic buildings.
http://dezeen.com/2016/02/26/berlin…
Architect Laurence Quinn welcomes us to his renovated Barbican home
Here is an almost perfect apartment. I would add a few colorful rugs and some more art. But it's my kind of pad.
http://wallpaper.com/architecture/a…
Noe House / Studio VARA
Gorgeous photos by our pal Bruce Damonte of a local Noe Valley house by Studio VARA. I think they are one to watch.
http://archdaily.com/782754/noe-hou…
Bachor fills unsightly city potholes with vibrant glass and marble mosaics
About three years ago, Jim Bachor began to beautify the streets of his native Chicago by filling the city’s potholes with vibrant glass and marble mosaics.
http://designboom.com/art/bachor-po…
