Architecture’s Biggest Prize Was Just Awarded to Someone You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Alejandro Aravena of Chile, whose work is modest, practical, and exceptionally elegant, has been awarded the 2016 Pritzker Prize.
http://vanityfair.com/culture/2016/…
Changing Skyline: Turning Richards Labs into the building Louis Kahn wanted it to be
The history of 20th-century architecture abounds with buildings that critics love and users hate, but there aren't many that have suffered such extreme public mood swings as the Richards Medical Research Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania.
http://philly.com/philly/columnists…
SHoP Architects Will Build 50 Resilient Schools In Nepal (And Share The Designs)
The structures are easy to construct, adaptable and designed to survive future natural disasters.
http://fastcodesign.com/3055124/sho…
Design by Accident
A new retrospective champions the architect-designer Josef Frank's philosophy of "Accidentism."
http://metropolismag.com/Design-by-…
In Memoriam: Important Buildings Lost in 2015
It was a brutal year for concrete architecture.
http://citylab.com/design/2015/12/t…
Laurent Kronental’s Souvenir d’un Futur photos show Paris’ monumental housing estates
French photographer Laurent Kronental has spent four years capturing the "grands ensembles" housing projects in Paris, juxtaposing the huge buildings with their elderly occupants.
http://dezeen.com/2016/01/03/lauren…
The Artist’s Artist: Robert Irwin Continues to Create and Inspire
With multiple works on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Dia: Beacon in New York and a 13,000-square-foot installation in Marfa, Texas, 15 years in the making, the 87-year-old artist shows no signs of slowing down.
http://wsj.com/articles/the-artists…
A Brutalist Acropolis in the Great White North: Simon Fraser University
Looking at Burnaby through the eyes of Canadian architect Arthur Erickson.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
The Best Architecture of 2015: Their Modesty Becomes Them
Invisible architecture.
http://wsj.com/articles/the-best-ar…
The Goodsill Residence
Honolulu architect Vladimir Ossipoff.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
Architects Ernest and Esther Born’s work: lessons in urban design
I don't entirely agree with King's assessment of the Borns. Although the public housing in North Beach was run down when it was replaced it had some aesthetic merits. What it did not have was maintenance by the SFHousing Authority on either the buildings or the landscape. To overlook the incredible accomplishments of a talented couple because of a single compromised project isn't the full story.
http://sfchronicle.com/72hour-sale-…
Concrete in Paradise: The East-West Center at the University of Hawaii
A collection of buildings on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
A Filtered View #3: Socially Progressive, Architecturally Conservative: A San Francisco Paradox
This is the third in a new series of musings by San Francisco-based architect Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA.
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Oscar Niemeyer Through the Lens of Haruo Mikami
Oscar Niemeyer’s most important works in Brasília through the eyes of architectural photographer, Haruo Mikami.
http://archdaily.com/778850/oscar-n…
Should We Save Mid-Century Modern Icons That Hurt The Environment?
An important conversation.
http://fastcodesign.com/3054647/sho…
Knoll Showrooms: 1951-1961
Archival photographs showcase a decade worth of work by Florence Knoll Bassett.
https://knoll.com/knollnewsdetail/k…
What should be done with Palace of Fine Arts? For starters, think big
Three contenders are in the running to restore and revive the century-old structure, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that the ideal solution is one that we haven’t yet seen.
http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/plac…
Crit > Petersen Automotive Museum
Inspired by automotive styling and aerodynamics, the Petersen Automotive Museum stops traffic on Wilshire Boulevard.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
It Looks Like A 200-Year-Old Crumbling Home, But Inside It’s A Different Story
Buchner Bründler Architekten completed this unique restoration that basically involved building a home within a home. They left the exterior more or less untouched, and built a fresh interior shell using a minimalist design approach.
http://archfly.com/homes/modern-con…
Heatherwick Studio to redesign the home of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has been chosen to lead the renovation of the Lincoln Center’s largest concert hall, the home of New York’s Philharmonic Orchestra.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Charles and Ray Eames
As a major retrospective of the lauded designers' work opens at the Barbican, we reveal ten little-known facts about their life and creative practice.
http://anothermag.com/design-living…
New Tower at the U.S. Air Force Academy
A recent addition threatens the integrity of Walter Netsch’s landmark campus.
http://architecturalrecord.com/arti…
How Stronger Cities Could Help Fix Fragile Nations
The most fragile states, which often breed terrorism, are also among the least urbanized.
http://citylab.com/politics/2015/11…
CatalyticAction Designs Playgrounds for Refugee Children in Bar Elias, Lebanon
“Within humanitarian responses, programmatically, children often become invisible” (Marc Sommers). This project seeks to challenge this notion and expand the remit of what is deemed necessary in emergency situations.
http://archdaily.com/778318/catalyt…
The Jean Charlot Residence
A beautiful blend of historical and regional design, as adapted to a truly modernist aesthetic.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
School Spirit
A revived Sproul Plaza complex supports student life and activities.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
