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/…
Youth Centre Proposals Shortlisted For Brutalist Preston Bus Station Refurbishment
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed five possible designs for a youth centre that will form part of the £23 million redevelopment of Preston's Brutalist bus station, which was recently saved from demolition.
http://dezeen.com/2015/07/17/presto…
Utopia Rules at Sea Ranch, a Community Born of ’60s Idealism
With its gentle footprint on the California coast, simple wood houses and almost dictatorial aesthetic strictures, it feels as modern today as it did 50 years ago.
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/…
What Japanese Etiquette Can Tell Us About Good UX Design
This is worth reading.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048651/inn…
The Radiant City
"La Cité Radieuse" by Le Corbusier, in Marseille, France is the project which is often credited with (or blamed for, depending on your point of view) popularizing both brutalism and high density social housing.
http://modernistarchitecture.blogsp…
6 Principles Of Digital Design For Civic Innovation
How the San Francisco business portal embraced human-centered design to encourage entrepreneurship.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048560/inn…
The World’s Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks
Photographer Seph Lawless braves alligators and cops to capture images of abandoned amusement parks around the world.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048310/the…
The Writing’s on the Walls: 7 Remote Writer’s Retreats
I was dreaming of a writers retreat. Then this popped up. Imagine my surprise when a studio belonging to some friends of mine showed up!
http://architizer.com/blog/writers-…
Striptease Exhibition Showcases Cal Poly Architectural Work On Interactive Displays
The final presentation of undergraduate architectural thesis projects from the 2014-2015 jackson studio at the Cal Poly College of architecture and environmental design culminated in the interactive exhibition ‘striptease’.
http://designboom.com/design/cal-po…
Want To Reclaim The Word “Brand”? Ban It From Your Vocabulary
Overusing terms like "brand" and "design" saps their meaning. Here are three ways to re-instill value in these essential concepts.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048262/wan…
Biography of Harriet Pattison
Pattison’s first position was in the office of landscape architect George Patton, where she stayed until 1970. From the outset, Pattison was given major design responsibilities in the firm’s various projects, from playgrounds to estate design.
http://tclf.org/pioneer/harriet-pat…
Director John Waters On How To Live A Creative, Disruptive Life
The Pink Flamingos director gives RISD grads sage advice: "go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully."
http://fastcodesign.com/3047929/dir…
Why Are Design Firms Stagnating?
As design goes in-house, the future of independent firms is murky. Here are four reasons why growth isn't a given.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048192/why…
Artist Olafur Eliasson On How Urban Design Impacts Our Psyche
From a distance Cirkelbroen (circle bridge) on Christianshavns canal in Copenhagen, Denmark, takes on the guise of illuminated ships. Created by artist Olafur Eliasson and set to open on August 22, the bridge is the last link needed to make the entire perimeter of the city's harbor accessible to pedestrians and cyclists.
http://fastcodesign.com/3048184/sli…
Designboom Goes Inside The Paris Studio Of Ronan + Erwan Bouroullec
Since 1997, brothers Ronan and Erwan Bourouollec have been working together, focusing their creative energies on developing objects and furniture that while being utilitarian in their approach, offer an artistic and high-quality craftsmanship, with a fine attention to detail.
http://designboom.com/design/ronan-…
On the Grid: Two New Books About Agnes Martin
Read the books. Put them down. Find the nearest museum with a Martin on its walls. Slowly. Look. You will be happy you did.
http://nytimes.com/2015/06/28/books…
Nader Tehrani Appointed Architecture Dean At The Cooper Union
Iranian-American designer Nader Tehrani has been made dean of architecture at The Cooper Union in New York, one of the most prestigious art and design universities in the United States.
http://dezeen.com/2015/07/01/nader-…
After The Freeway
Mark Hogan walks us through the San Francisco neighborhood that has sprung up in place of the demolished Central Freeway.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
