Camp Code
How to navigate a refugee settlement.
https://placesjournal.org/article/c…
How West Elm Became An Unlikely Incubator Of Independent Design
Through the Local program, West Elm is supporting independent designers—and building its own brand to boot.
http://fastcodesign.com/3058099/how…
Zaha Hadid, Friend
Architect and critic Joseph Giovannini remembers the wonderful force of nature known as Zaha Hadid.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
http://nybooks.com/articles/2016/04…
American Enterprise Group National Headquarters Renovation / BNIM
I love this building.
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.
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.
http://archdaily.com/784511/one-res…
Disappearing Act: 7 Architectural Projects That Evade the Eye
A collection of “invisible” architecture.
http://architizer.com/blog/invisibl…
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…
Ed Ruscha on Marcel Duchamp: ‘He was a guiding light’
LA is a Duchampian city.
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…
