A Love-Hate Relationship
Results of the Architectural Record/Van Alen Institute Design Competition Survey are in.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
How Urban Planning Failed Kathmandu
Haphazard urbanization and rampant building code violations in Nepal pushed up the earthquake death toll.
http://citylab.com/housing/2015/04/…
Q+A: Public Architecture Founder John Peterson
Peterson was named the new Loeb Fellowship curator at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, but even though he's moving across the country for the new position, he will remain on the board of the organization he founded in 2002.
http://architectmagazine.com/practi…
Editorial > Design Orgs Need To Meet The Street
William Menking urges design organizations to keep their street side presence to better engage the public.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
AD Classics: German Pavilion, Expo ’67 / Frei Otto and Rolf Gutbrod
I remember it like yesterday.
http://archdaily.com/623689/ad-clas…
How Legendary Illustrator Maira Kalman Stays Creative
We caught up with the whimsical illustrator about productivity, creativity and why her spirit animal is a "tiny, delusional bird."
http://fastcodesign.com/3045020/how…
The Craig Ellwood Bobertz Residence: a Man And His House
With no formal training in architecture, design or landscape solutions, Keith York(the current owner of the Craig Ellwood Bobertz house) never foresaw becoming a devoted proponent of all three in the city of San Diego which he loves so dearly.
http://midcenturyhome.com/craig-ell…
Whitetail Woods Regional Park Camper Cabins
Nestled into the hillside of a new regional park within the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, three new camper cabins - built by county employees with the aid of high school students in a vocational training program - weave their way into a stand of pine trees.
http://architizer.com/projects/whit…
The 7 Lamps of Architecture Criticism
What is the "serious criticism" of architecture?
http://huffingtonpost.com/lance-hos…
AIA Announces 2015 Housing Awards
Check out David Baker's Bayview Hill Gardens affordable housing and the other great 2015 Architect magazine Housing Awards
http://architectmagazine.com/awards…
Florida’s Mecca for Midcentury Modernism Welcomes a New Center for Architecture
The newly renovated Center for Architecture Sarasota opened last month in a 1960 Sarasota Modern landmark, which was once a furniture store.
http://metropolismag.com/Point-of-V…
How Midcentury Architect Gregory Ain Mixed Social Responsibility With Great Design
Many architects pay lip service to the idea that good design can and should ennoble the lives of average people not blessed with bountiful wealth.
http://architecturaldigest.com/blog…
Will S.F.’s Market Street Be Redesigned Into a Place for Play?
Arena/Play, as the installation was called, was one of the hits of last week’s Market Street Prototyping Festival, a three-day trial run of more than 50 projects vying to become permanent additions to the city’s most prominent thoroughfare ahead of its planned reconstruction in 2018.
http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/mar…
The New Whitney Marks a Change in Museum Design
The Whitney Museum reopens on May 1 in a vast space designed to wow artists as much as audiences.
http://wsj.com/articles/the-new-whi…
Vitra and G-star RAW Present Prouvé RAW Office Edition
Jean Prouvé is considered one of the most important designers and engineers of the 20th century. During the 2015 Salone Del Mobile, Vitra and G-star RAW debut the limited Prouvé RAW office edition — a 10-part edition comprising furniture and lamps.
http://designboom.com/design/vitra-…
The Golden Ratio: Design’s Biggest Myth
In the world of art, architecture, and design, the golden ratio has earned a tremendous reputation. It's bullshit.
http://fastcodesign.com/3044877/the…
Build Up or Build Out? Spoiler Alert: The Answer is Neither
The world’s population is going through the proverbial roof, set to surpass 9.5 billion by 2050.
http://architizer.com/blog/build-up…
The Sea Ranch at 50
An Earthly Paradise: In planning, design, and sustainability, the Sea Ranch, now 50 years old, was far ahead of its time.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
The Met Breuer Opens March 2016
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces its inaugural programming at the former Whitney Museum of American Art building designed by Marcel Breuer.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Shulman Home & Studio (Raphael Soriano/Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects)
Picture Perfect: A photographer's midcentury house, little changed over the decades, is sensitively restored for a young family.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
The Style of Substance
A look at recent work from Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners and an exploration into what makes the firm so special.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Roote Angles Two-Storey Family Residence On An Inclined Plot In Japan
Positioned on an inclined tract in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, Roote Architects has completed a timber-clad family residence.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Suit Filed to Save Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center
As preparations to demolish part of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center continued, lawyer Michael Sussman awaited his day in court.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
Talking to the Man Who Introduced Danish Modern Design to America
A talk with furniture designer, Jens Risom.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/04/jen…
Little-Known Legends from the Bauhaus
A special exhibition at the Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates the museum's newest acquisitions.
http://metropolismag.com/Little-Kno…
8 Projects That Showcase African Innovation
Although the Western media tends to focus on the humanitarian side of architecture in Africa, the continent is home to amazing design of all varieties.
http://architizer.com/blog/african-…
