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The American Institute Of Architects’ Outreach Campaign Is Doomed To Fail

"As well-intended as it is, the AIA’s I Look Upcampaign is, like Modernist architecture, doomed to failure."
external linkhttp://forbes.com/sites/justinshubo…
 

Last-ditch bid launched to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition

A high-profile campaign to save the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London has been revived.
external linkhttp://dezeen.com/2015/03/17/robin-…
 

The Future Was Latin America

Note Barry Bergoll's comment, "At that time, there was a very close relationship between the exhibition policies of MoMA and, through Rockefeller, the politics of the Office of Inter-American Affairs."
external linkhttp://metropolismag.com/March-2015…
 

A New Life for Dead Malls

Developers have had to to get creative when it comes to salvaging America's failing shopping centers, turning them into hospitals, churches, and even parks.
external linkhttp://theatlantic.com/business/arc…
 

Dieter Rams: If I Could Do It Again, “I Would Not Want To Be A Designer”

The lauded Braun designer reveals how architecture has influenced his work, what Apple gets right, and the kind of design he truly hates.
external linkhttp://fastcodesign.com/3043815/die…
 

Next Progressives: SurfaceDesign

San Francisco-based SurfaceDesign finds inspiration in cultural elements excavated from the sites upon which the firm works.
external linkhttp://architectmagazine.com/practi…
 

New Wing at Corning Museum of Glass Invites the Light

The new $64 million wing at the Corning Museum of Glass opens on March 20. Its three facades are entirely composed of oversized, almost seamless glass sheets, made opaque with a layer of white or gray silicone sandwiched in the middle.
external linkhttp://nytimes.com/2015/03/15/arts/…
 

Cookie Tin Humanism


external linkhttp://designobserver.com/feature/c…
 

4 Reasons Why Design Is Taking Over Silicon Valley

VC design partner John Maeda says that the most successful tech companies of the future will really be design companies. Here's why.
external linkhttp://fastcodesign.com/3043740/4-r…
 

Cultural Venue Cubed

Colgate University to build $21 million Center for Art and Culture by David Adjaye.
external linkhttp://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
 

The Case Against Open Design Competitions

Open design competitions might seem democratic, but they're a lot of wasted work by a lot of talented people.
external linkhttp://fastcodesign.com/3043286/the…
 

Hate Your Soulless Office Tower? Blame The Seagram Building

Mies Van Der Rohe's famed New York city skyscraper is the mid-century modernist equivalent of the gigantic hit record.
external linkhttp://fastcodesign.com/3042844/hat…
 

Michael Graves, Prolific Architect, Dies at 80

Michael Graves was first associated with the New York Five, a group of prominent architects that achieved cultish stature by helping to redefine modernism during the 1970s.
external linkhttp://nytimes.com/2015/03/13/arts/…
 

It’s Time for Architecture to Celebrate Diversity

Metropolis's editor in chief looks forward to a more diverse architectural field.
external linkhttp://metropolismag.com/Its-Time-f…
 

In San Francisco, Affordable Housing with Imagination

Local firm, David Baker Architects converts a derelict motel into affordable and sustainable housing for people who were formerly homeless in the city’s needy Bayview neighborhood.
external linkhttp://azuremagazine.com/article/sa…
 

TriBeCa Synagogue’s Memorable Building and Stubborn Architect

The TriBeCa Synagogue's potbellied sanctuary was designed by the architect William N. Breger.
external linkhttp://nytimes.com/2015/03/12/nyreg…
 

Sarasota Museum of Art Names New Executive Director

Anne-Marie Russell, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, Arizona, has been named executive director for the Sarasota Museum of Art.
external linkhttp://artforum.com/news/id=50606
 

Frei Otto Wins The 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize

The 89 year old architect and engineer known for his daring glass and steel superstructures including the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium.
external linkhttp://blog.archpaper.com/2015/03/f…
 

Architect Visit: The Medieval Mist and Mystery of Big Sur

San Francisco-based architect Anne Fougeron designed a three-bedroom house with dramatic views (and the requisite walls of glass) and Marin-based landscape architect Eric Blasen surrounded it with a garden that thrives on medieval morning mist.
external linkhttp://gardenista.com/posts/archite…
 

L.A.’s Longest Building Fits An Entire Neighborhood Under One Roof

Architect Michael Maltzan's latest housing development is a social experiment stretched over a quarter of a mile.  
external linkhttp://fastcodesign.com/3043236/sli…
 

Legislators Fail to Save Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center

A vote to save Paul Rudolph's Orange County Goverment Center in Goshen, N.Y., was unsuccessful.
external linkhttp://architectmagazine.com/preser…
 

Architectural Renderings Reveal Narrow Vision Of The Future

In tomorrow’s San Francisco, every adult who matters looks as if he or she arrived on a Google bus. The men are stylishly scruffy. The women are lissome and poised. These are people who drink single-origin coffee and listen to vinyl at home.
external linkhttp://sfgate.com/bayarea/article/A…
 

Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980


external linkhttp://archdaily.com/606178/latin-a…
 

Michael Kimmelman on Architecture Criticism and Dangers of Demolition

A government building in Goshen, N.Y., designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph, will be demolished unless legislators act this week.
external linkhttp://nytimes.com/times-insider/20…
 

The Shape of Things to Come

How an industrial designer became Apple’s greatest product.
external linkhttp://newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
 

Not Easy to Love

The 1960s style known as Brutalism has always been controversial. Now, Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center is facing destructive renovations—or even demolition.
external linkhttp://wsj.com/articles/not-easy-to…