In Japan, History Has No Place
Despite its reverence for tradition, Japan has an ambivalent — and unsentimental — relationship with its Modernist architecture. Why preparing for the future sometimes means destroying the past.
http://nytimes.com/2015/08/11/t-mag…
Q+A: Charles Birnbaum, President and CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation
The founder of the Washington, D.C.–based foundation discusses the ongoing design competition for a new World War I memorial at the existing Pershing Park, and how the submissions threaten the integrity of the site.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
The Quiet Revolution In British Housing
Architects are fighting back. After their cause was hampered by the ill-conceived high-rises of the 60s and 70s, followed by the dire ‘traditional’ building of the Thatcher era, imaginative and sustainable housing is in the ascendant.
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign…
John Puttick Associates Wins Competition Cor £13 Million Preston Bus Station Overhaul
New York practice John Puttick Associates has won the competition to redevelop the Brutalist 1960s bus station in Preston, England, with a design that features a rooftop football pitch, a climbing wall and a skate park.
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/17/john-p…
Open Call: Redesign the Burning Man City Plan
Open to all internationally, the competition seeks a new city plan that will fit within the existing pentagonal boundaries of the event space, and that will center The Man and The Temple at its focus. Designs should additionally incorporate large open spaces to accommodate art installations, as well as ample camping space.
http://archdaily.com/771869/open-ca…
Miró Foundation’s Sculptural Roof Informs Typography For 40th Anniversary
The distinctive shapes of Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert's Joan Miró Foundation building in Barcelona are interpreted as a set of graphic symbols in celebration of the organisation's four decades of operation.
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/13/joan-m…
Zen and the Art of Dying Well
What if the most promising way to fix the system is to actually do less for the dying? That’s what the not-for-profit Zen Hospice Project has been trying to prove through a fascinating, small-scale experiment in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.co…
Cai Guo-Qiang Sends Flaming Sky Ladder Soaring 500 Meters In The Air
Off the shore of Huiyu island — a small and picturesque fishing village the Chinese city of Quanzhou — artist Cai Guo-Qiang has realized the explosion event ‘sky ladder’ in his hometown, a project he has attempted three times over the past 21 years.
http://designboom.com/art/cai-guo-q…
Restoring Eileen Gray’s E-1027
Gray's seaside retreat survived Le Corbusier's act of vandalism and decades of neglect. Now this midcentury icon shines again.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Review: Touch the Earth Lightly
Gillian Darley reviews an exhibition of Glenn Murcutt’s work at the Lighthouse in Glasgow.
http://architectsjournal.co.uk/cult…
House> Doblin House
Twin renovations turn a post-industrial bachelor pad into a modernist nest.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Pigalle Duperré Is A Colourful Basketball Court Tucked Between A Row Of Parisian Apartments
Ill-Studio has collaborated with French fashion brand Pigalle to create a multicoloured basketball court between a row of buildings in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/12/pigall…
Plans For Renovating The MLK Library Have Changed To Meet Preservation Standards
The approved plans have changed a lot from the scheme that the design team, Mecanoo and Martinez+Johnson, won the project with.
http://greatergreaterwashington.org…
Revisiting The Architectural Landmarks Of Past World’s Fairs
Some aged gracefully. Others not so much.
http://fastcodesign.com/3049669/exp…
Postmodern Architecture: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art by Mario Botta
Pomo summer: Mario Botta's monumental San Francisco Museum of Modern Art was the architect's first building in the US, but was frostily received by critics. Now undergoing a major extension project led by design firm Snøhetta, the building is the next in our summer series on Postmodernism
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/10/postmo…
Flock Together
Barbara Bestor's Blackbirds in Los Angeles proves that good, dense housing isn't a flight of fancy.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Mies Van Der Rohe’s Lafayette Park Complex In Detroit Was Just Named A National Landmark
More than 50 years after its construction, the single-largest collection of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‘s built work is now a national landmark.
http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/08/m…
Politician Calls For Immediate Demolition Of Robin Hood Gardens After Listing Bid Fails
The latest bid to grant listing status to the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has failed and the local MP has called for it to be "brought down ASAP".
http://dezeen.com/2015/08/05/politi…
Edinburgh Urged To Scrap Plans For ‘Ribbon’ Hotel
Officials fear the unusual design, proposed as part of the redevelopment of the St James Centre, could "damage" the city's skyline.
http://telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotel…
The Price of Thomas Heatherwick’s Imagination
Pier 55, proposed for Hudson River Park and for which the city will put up $17 million of an estimated $130 million.
http://nytimes.com/2015/08/02/arts/…
Crit> Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Rafael Vinoly's thoughtful design of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute elevates the Boston site, and complements the adjacent JFK Library.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Builders Battle California City Ordinance Making Them Pay For Public Art
Artists fear a victory for the firms challenging a new law to include art funding in construction projects will deal a blow to culture in the city.
http://theguardian.com/us-news/2015…
Kengo Kuma Designs Cultural Village for Portland Japanese Garden
Plans have been unveiled for Kengo Kuma's first public commission in the US. The Portland Japanese Garden has commissioned Kuma to design a new "Cultural Village" to accommodate the garden's growing popularity.
http://archdaily.com/771402/kengo-k…
Pershing Park on Pennsylvania Avenue Is Threatened
Located along Washington, D.C.’s Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, Pershing Park, which opened in 1981, is among the most significant extant works by Modernist landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg.
https://tclf.org/node/64729
The Privatisation Of Cities’ Public Spaces Is Escalating. It Is Time To Take A Stand
In the first of a series on the changing nature of urban space, academic geographer and gonzo urbanist Bradley L Garrett discusses ‘Pops’ – privately owned public spaces – and asks who our cities are really for.
http://theguardian.com/cities/2015/…
Los Angeles Luxury Penthouse Interior With Expansive Views, Designer Furniture, Aquarium
Creating the perfect nest from an empty white shell is a frequent challenge for architects and designers working on a new apartment. And it is even more of a challenge when it's a 6,000 sq ft luxury two-story penthouse at the top of the Ritz-Carlton Residences, one of the highest buildings in Los Angeles.
http://archive.trendsideas.com/Arti…
