Q&A: Paul Goldberger on Frank Gehry’s Life and Work
The architecture critic on Gehry's peculiar psyche, his triumphs and disappointments, and giving reporters the finger.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cl…
Remembering Matriarch of Modern Design Journalism, Olga Gueft
A memorial to the late editor in chief of Interiors magazine and lifelong design advocate.
http://metropolismag.com/October-20…
Fendi moves headquarters into iconic Mussolini-commissioned building
Italian fashion house Fendi has moved into its new headquarters at Rome's Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – a building commissioned by dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943 that has been renovated by local architect Marco Costanzi.
http://dezeen.com/2015/10/27/fendi-…
Hippie Modernism
How Bay Area design radicals tried to save the planet.
https://placesjournal.org/article/h…
The Robert Moses Vs. Jane Jacobs Opera Is Almost Here
It’s a love triangle—with both figures “vying for the love of the city.”
http://citylab.com/politics/2015/10…
The Wrestlers
DS+R's McMurtry Building at Stanford intertwines art and art history.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Architecture is finally moving beyond a homogeneous status quo
Opinion: the Chicago Architecture Biennial's diverse range of participants and mediums offers hope for the future of the discipline, despite protestations from self-appointed "gatekeepers" of the profession like Patrik Schumacher, says Mimi Zeiger.
http://dezeen.com/2015/10/16/mimi-z…
Saul Bass On His Approach To Designing Movie Title Sequences
Graphic designer and Oscar-winning director Saul Bass worked with some of the most creative filmmakers in Hollywood to set the tone for their work through his unique title sequences for films ranging from Psycho to Goodfellas.
In 1977, Bass sat down with Herbert Yager to discuss his process and the theories behind his signature contribution to film: the title sequence.
https://medium.com/art-science/saul…
Saving a Cold War Era Building in Seattle
The Nuclear Reactor Building was completed in 1961, the year before the Century 21 Exposition opened in Seattle. The building is small, but its dynamic form embodies the forward-looking spirit of its time.
http://docomomo-us.org/news/saving_…
London’s first electric black cab approved for fare-paying passengers
A "zero-emission" electric black taxi design has been approved to operate on London's roads and could replace the city's famous diesel-fuelled cabs.
http://dezeen.com/2015/02/17/london…
The World of Charles and Ray Eames review – prodigious and abundant talent
Their vision of America was too good to be true, but no one delivered style and genius like design’s perfect couple.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
From Freeway to Boulevard
Innovating Hayes Valley.
http://urbanland.uli.org/infrastruc…
A Radical Design Movement Is Growing in New Orleans
What happens when activists, architects and artists team up to change their city?
https://nextcity.org/features/view/…
Burntwood School Wins 2015 Stirling Prize – And Offers Lessons For All
With light-flooded classrooms and a sharply chamfered concrete facade, this building is a symbol of a bygone age.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Book Review: Clarifying The Art of Layering Space, or How Architects Outdo Superman’s X-Ray Vision Daily
A local author publishes a book on layering space.
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored?
Michael Sorkin wraps up the Whitney Season.
http://thenation.com/article/why-ha…
Opinion: “Grace Farms is a trophy building, not a light-on-the-land wilderness retreat”
Opinion: SANAA's new river-inspired building in New Canaan may be beautiful, says Alexandra Lange, but it is still unclear whether its community-focussed program will be useful to anyone.
http://dezeen.com/2015/10/14/alexan…
Review > Doodling In The Grid
Aaron Betsky finds a chorus of ad-hoc proposals in the sprawling Chicago Biennial.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Q+A > Frank Gehry
Don't Look Back: Gehry on art, legacy, and hydrology.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Ethics And Architecture: Where Do You Draw The Line?
While Zaha Hadid’s treatment by BBC Radio 4’s Today programe brought sympathy from fellow architects, the interview has prompted a discussion of architects’ moral responsibility, reports Richard Waite.
http://architectsjournal.co.uk/news…
Chicago Architecture Biennial Secures The City’s Place As A Mecca For Building Buffs
With the police stations of tomorrow and $9,000 extendable homes, Chicago’s first Biennial is a diverse pick’n’mix of architecture today. But why won’t it engage with the city in a more meaningful way?
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Zaha Hadid Is “Resentful And Wronged” Says Stephen Bayley
Design critic Stephen Bayley has attacked architect Zaha Hadid, describing her as aggressive, intractable and bitter. Writing for The Spectator last week, Bayley rounded on Hadid after she terminated a BBC radio interview when the interviewer questioned her about problems with her stadium projects in Tokyo and Qatar.
http://dezeen.com/2015/10/05/zaha-h…
TWA Flight Center at Kennedy Airport to Briefly Open to Public
This month may be your last chance to see Eero Saarinen’s T.W.A. Flight Center at Kennedy Airport in its current form before the building is redesigned as part of a hotel.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2…
Jewellery Exhibition Focuses On Early Work By Harry Bertoia
An exhibition at the Cranbrook Museum of Art outside Detroit examines the jewellery of the mid-century American sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia.
http://dezeen.com/2015/10/01/jewell…
Frank Gehry’s Urban Renewal
Throughout "Frank Gehry" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the repeated and insistent message is that his work "distinguished him as an urbanist," as if trying so hard to convince us that it's true. The curator doth protest too much.
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Constraints and Creativity Shape Affordable Housing for Seniors in Oakland, California
In the first two weeks after Lakeside Senior Apartments in Oakland opened its application process for residency last year, more than 2,400 applications poured in. Constructed to house very-low-income and formerly homeless seniors, the building had just 91 units to offer.
http://urbanland.uli.org/planning-d…
