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.…
Kengo Kuma Exhibits Two Mobile Pavilions At Design Miami
Acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has exhibited two mobile pavilions at the 2015 edition of Design Miami. Presented by the french gallery of Philippe Gravier, both structures seek to expand on the legacy of ancient Japanese culture with bold contemporary forms.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Yves Béhar-Backed Social Good Accelerator Reveals Inaugural Projects
The startups from Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda address a range of social issues that affect adolescent girls in their local communities.
http://fastcodesign.com/3054197/yve…
Peter Zumthor Different Kinds of Silence
We visited Peter Zumthor – one of the world’s leading architects – in his studio in Switzerland. In this extensive and rare biographical video interview he tells the captivating story of his childhood, his studies in NYC and his parents’ strong influence.
https://vimeo.com/147308260
How We Design Inequality
The editors of a new report on architecture and real estate discuss why affordability isn't the solution to the housing crisis.
http://metropolismag.com/November-2…
What It’s Like to Live in a Frank Lloyd Wright Home
It seems fitting an architect would be attracted to a Frank Lloyd Wright home, especially this dramatic design from 1950 with a steeply slanted red roof.
http://curbed.com/archives/2015/11/…
Sorry about last week. I was in bed with a bad cold. Back in the saddle (an old Eames office chair to be precise).
Design for Social Good: 7 Affordable Housing Projects in Spain
These are models of social inclusion that go beyond mere housing.
http://architizer.com/blog/spanish-…
The Case for Calling Brutalism ‘Heroic’ Instead
A conversation with the creators of Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston, which explores the city’s remarkable urban renewal legacy.
http://citylab.com/design/2015/11/b…
Felipe Assadi rests getaway lodges on the scenic hillside in Patagonia
Perched on the hillside of a private reserve and directly overlooking the idyllic Torres Del Paine mountains and lake Sarmiento in Chile, Felipe Assadi Arquitectos were charged with constructing ‘Awasi Patagonia’.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Living the dream: an idyllic California cul-de-sac – in pictures
The Marin County homes where the spirit of the 60s lives on.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Refugee camps are the “cities of tomorrow”, says humanitarian-aid expert
Governments should stop thinking about refugee camps as temporary places, says Kilian Kleinschmidt, one of the world's leading authorities on humanitarian aid.
http://dezeen.com/2015/11/23/refuge…
Does architecture need to be original?
An in-depth symposium in New York discussed the vexed question of authenticity in architecture through the lens of copyright law.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
A Hidden Architectural Treasure in San Diego’s Mission Valley
A cluster of modernist buildings is in Mission Valley.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
Preservation Today
A Conversation with David Wessel, Charles Chase, and Naomi Miroglio of Architectural Resources Group.
http://news.theregistrysf.com/prese…
What is the REAL future of architectural publishing?
Two London-based designers-cum-critics have crowdfunded a new architecture magazine, the Real Review. Phineas Harper discusses the publication with founders Jack Self and Shumi Bose.
http://architecturefoundation.org.u…
Juerg Judin Converts A 1950s Gas Station Into An Urban Oasis
The gas station-cum-residence of gallerist slash and art collector Juerg Judin.
http://frameweb.com/news/juerg-judi…
U.S. Embassy Finland
Coupled with a renovation, Moore Ruble Yudell crafts a new chancery as a beacon of light in Helsinki.
http://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contrac…
