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…
BAR Architects Nestles A Winery Into A Hilly California Landscape
San Francisco-based BAR Architects has completed a California winery designed to match the colours and textures of its natural surroundings.
http://dezeen.com/2015/07/31/bar-ar…
A Different Kind of Hero
The Chicago Housing Authority has finally released a plan for the redevelopment of the Cabrini-Green site, signaling an end to the grand promises of urban renewal. What architecture needs more of now are smarter, smaller-scale solutions to knit our communities back together.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Landscape Great Dan Kiley Is Subject Of Retrospective In Dallas
The exhibition will be shown at the Dallas Center for Architecture from July 20-September 18.
http://dallasnews.com/lifestyles/ar…
Deep Dive: Swimming And Rehab Pools Around The World
For much of the northern hemisphere, pools signify summertime. But for many firms, including several of our Healthcare Giants, they represent design opportunities in the healthcare and wellness sectors.
http://interiordesign.net/articles/…
Crafting Authenticity for Retail Destinations
ELS Architecture and Urban Design principal, Sean Slater on describing the appeal of “authenticity” in the urban landscape.
http://urbanland.uli.org/planning-d…
Park Reform
San Francisco's Boeddeker Park is a green refuge.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
Walking the Walk: Putting Equity Into Practice
Over the years, each of us has experienced or seen firsthand organizations practicing social impact design with the best of intentions, but with unsustainable and sometimes outright unethical practices towards their own staff and collaborators.
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/wa…
Upward Mobility
District of Columbia experiments with new housing model for the homeless.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
New Orleans Goes with the Flow
Ten years after Katrina, the city learns to live with water.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
