LA’s Broad Museum: A Downtown Destination Fit for the Instagram Age
In this edition of Alexandra Lange's monthly column, she journeys west to ogle the brand new Broad Museum in Los Angeles.
http://curbed.com/archives/2015/09/…
Nonprofit Youth Organization and Market-Rate Housing Share a Site in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley
The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF), a nonprofit organization that offers young people afterschool programs, wanted to replace its outdated 1950s-era clubhouse in the Haight district with a new one closer to the populations it serves. A parcel in the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood, on Fulton Street, had been freed up after the Central Freeway was torn down. The city sold it to the BGCSF with the agreement that a portion of it would be used for housing.
http://urbanland.uli.org/economy-ma…
Zaha Hadid: from Baghdad to global ubiquity (and the RIBA gold medal)
One of the most sought-after architects in the world, Iraqi-born London-based Hadid is first woman to be awarded prestigious Riba gong in her own right.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
The Architecture of Liminal Spaces
Columnist Aaron Betsky re-examines public spaces, and the roles of architects and citizens in shaping them.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Can Big Data Bridge The Gap Between Biophilia Hypothesis And Spatial Design
Biophilic design at a fundamental level, it is the adoption and conceptualization of principles we find in nature into building and landscape design that many studies have shown to increase occupant wellbeing. Biophilia is a tricky construct to convey, let alone capture in a design. Somewhere between a social science and life science, biophilia – an instinctive bond between ourselves and living systems – poses a unique challenge but also holds many opportunities – from competitive advantage to supporting human health.
http://terrapinbrightgreen.com/blog…
Robin Day’s Works in Wood Displayed On Assemble’s “Forest” Of Columns At The V&A
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition designed by Turner Prize-nominated architecture collective Assemble at the V&A museum celebrates the heritage of late British furniture designer Robin Day.
http://dezeen.com/2015/09/22/robin-…
The Problem With The Broad Is The Collection Itself
The newly built museum in Los Angeles recaptures the spiritual drama of the monumental museums of yesteryear.
https://washingtonpost.com/entertai…
Winds Of Change At Dyson
Can the pioneering vacuum maker transform itself into a full-blown tech company? An exclusive peek inside the house that suction built.
http://fastcodesign.com/3050256/inn…
Experiencing Architecture Through ‘Hippie Modernism’ and Retrospectives
In 1965, four artists bought seven acres in southeastern Colorado, intending to make live-in works of art. Their communal project came to be known as Drop City, where residents lived in zonohedron domes of their own creation, sometimes constructed of automobile roofs and other scavenged materials.
http://nytimes.com/2015/09/13/arts/…
An Interview with David Weeks
Based in New York, David Weeks creates objects through a sculptural, artistic approach. Most famous for his lighting fixtures, he captures a modern feel with an artist’s hand-crafted touch. Kelly Waters sat down with David to catch up on his work, thoughts, and Tribeca studio.
http://o-plus-a.com/an-interview-wi…
SOS Children’s Village In Djibouti / Urko Sanchez Architects
From the architect. Djibouti is located in the Horn of Africa, which suffers from persistent droughts and severe scarcities. We were approached by SOS Kinderdorf to design a residential compound of 15 houses where to run their family-strengthening programmes.
http://archdaily.com/773319/sos-chi…
Silicon Valley Reinvents the Mall
As malls die off around the country, and more people shop online, new shopping center models are desperately needed. In Silicon Valley, the source of so much game-changing innovation, the mall appears to be the next format to get a reboot. “Starchitect” Rafael Viñoly and landscape architects at OLIN are transforming Cupertino’s struggling mall into the 50-acre Hills at Vallco, a hybrid retail, commercial, and residential hub, all covered in what they promise will be the “world’s largest green roof.”
http://dirt.asla.org/2015/09/03/sil…
Irving Harper, Creator of the Marshmallow Sofa, Dies at 99
Irving Harper, who pioneered Pop Art furniture design with whimsical mid-20th-century modernist classics like the marshmallow sofa, the ball clock and the sunburst clock, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 99.
http://nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/…
At UC Berkeley, Once Out-Of-Fashion Lower Sproul Plaza Gets A Remodel
John King returns to his alma mater, where out-of-fashion Lower Sproul Plaza gets a remodel.
http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
Talmon Biran Architecture Composes Immersive, Interactive Zen Garden In Quebec
At the international garden festival in Quebec, Canada, Tel Aviv-based studio Talmon Biran Architecture have realized ‘around-about’ — a ‘dry landscape’ installation informed by the concept of Japanese zen gardens.
http://designboom.com/art/talmon-bi…
Prairiefire: A Mixed-Use Center Meets T. Rex
Rob Anderson (Field Paoli) and Fred Merrill (Merrill Companies, LLC) discuss developing a mixed-use center in Kansas's, Overland Park.
http://urbanland.uli.org/planning-d…
Survey Results: Homophobia Remains Rife In Construction Industry
Exclusive: A new pan-industry survey of the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual employees reveals an ‘outdated’ approach to diversity. More than 80 per cent of gay men and women in some parts of the industry encountering homophobic comments in the workplace.
http://architectsjournal.co.uk/news…
Review: The new Broad museum, though efficiently designed, really only comes alive on the periphery
The newest addition to this uneven parade of high-rises, cultural buildings and still-empty parcels is the Broad, a $140-million museum of modern and contemporary art set to open Sept. 20 at the corner of Grand and 2nd Street.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Matali Crasset Colorfully Renovates French School With ‘Tiny Architectures’
The design of an educational space is fundamental in encouraging a child’s growth in learning, their creativity and imagination. In Matali Crasset‘s recent project, the french designer has revitalized and reorganized the Blé En Herbe School, located in the quaint village of Trébedan in Brittany.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Touring the Modern Architecture of Fire Island’s Pines
Ever since architect Christopher Bascom Rawlins finished Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction (Metropolis Books/Gordon de Vries Studio, 2013) he has been wondering what to do with the wealth of material he accumulated.
http://curbed.com/archives/2015/08/…
“When I Said Architects Should Get Involved In Humanitarian Issues, People Laughed At Me”
Exclusive interview: Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair describes the work he is conducting in Syria with his latest venture, and tells Dezeen that he'll "die happy" knowing that he will never win the Pritzker Prize.
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/27/camero…
L.A.’s Architecture + Design Museum Rethinks Housing
For the first exhibition in its newly minted facility, A+D commissions architects to propose new ways to shelter the city.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
Beyer Blinder Belle Restoring Marcel Breuer’s Whitney Building For 2016 Reopening Under The Metropolitan Museum
The Met Breuer will throw open its doors in March 2016 for the first season of contemporary art programming under the banner of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Breuer’s iconic building, formerly the Whitney Museum of American Art, is currently being “invigorated by renovations that will support a fluid, integrated experience of art and architecture,” as the Met’s press release proudly declares.
http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/08/b…
“Postmodernism Will Not Be Forgiven Lightly For What It Did To Architectural Culture”
Pomo summer: Postmodernism is still shaping contemporary architecture, says Owen Hatherley, but its impact on social housing is an unforgivable legacy.
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/20/postmo…
Architecture’s King of Tradition
Robert A. M. Stern sees himself as a vessel for old principles of American urbanism in a field too often swept up by novelty.
http://newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
The Finnish Touch: Contemporary Architecture From Finland
Last weekend, August 7–9, the 13th triennial Alvar Aalto Symposium took place in the Finnish architect's hometown of Jyväskylä, a few hours north of Helsinki. Founded in 1979, the event is not about the legacy of its namesake but rather the future of the profession the world over, and this edition included speakers from China, Brazil, and India, alongside local architects and several others.
http://architizer.com/blog/contempo…
