Tour a Striking All-Black Home in San Francisco
The house, which was remodeled by a creative couple’s architect friends and features not one but two disco ball moments, stands out among the neighborhood Victorians.
https://architecturaldigest.com/gal…
Dansk and the Promise of a Simple Scandinavian Life
A new monograph documents how Scandinavian design charmed America.
https://newyorker.com/culture/cultu…
The Education—and Miseducation—of an Urban Planner
Urban planners take pride in knowing, not feeling, communities. Emotion is generally not part of their toolkit.
https://commonedge.org/the-educatio…
It’s Time for Africa to Chart Its Own Climate Change Agenda
Last November, the annual climate conference COP 27 came to a close in Sharm el-Sheikh with a tentative agreement, reached at the last moment, to set up a “loss and damage” climate fund for Africa and other developing countries.
https://commonedge.org/its-time-for…
Is The Dig the Most Important Podcast on the Left?
A conversation with Daniel Denvir about how his podcast became an essential feature of a radical education, the challenges facing leftist organizers, and much more.
https://thenation.com/article/world…
How Can Architecture Create and Preserve Black Spaces?
Peter Robinson, the Center for Architecture’s new vice chair, talks with deputy editor Kelly Beamon about the condition of racialized spaces and the important process of Black memory work.
https://metropolismag.com/viewpoint…
Frances Anderton Tells the Story of the Los Angeles Apartment Building
In her new book, Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, the architecture writer and broadcaster takes readers on a tour of the city’s most exciting apartment buildings and complexes.
https://metropolismag.com/viewpoint…
Can a museum embody environmental justice?
Storm King, the celebrated outdoor sculpture collection in upstate New York, is overhauling itself in a bid to improve accessibility and landscape protection.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
What Became of the Oscar Streaker?
After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene, in the orbit of Robert Mapplethorpe and Harvey Milk.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2023…
Fifty Years of “Learning from Las Vegas”
The cool appraisal of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi’s revolutionary book has a lot to inspire the architects of today.
https://newyorker.com/culture/cultu…
Sacralized Space: Theaster Gates on the Practice of Placemaking
Place. It’s the ability to locate oneself where one belongs. Place is the manifestation of care.
https://deemjournal.com/stories/the…
The architecture does matter in the storming of the National Congress
On 8 January, supporters of defeated Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro swarmed the heart of the nation's capital, Brasília, in a mass protest that turned into a rampage of vandalism.
https://dezeen.com/2023/01/26/archi…
The Case for Truly Public Housing
A municipal authority in Massachusetts has deftly negotiated the privatization and deregulation of the housing market.
https://placesjournal.org/article/t…
America, the Bland
Across the country, new developments are starting to look the same, raising fears that cities are losing their unique charm. But in the current housing crisis, does that matter?
https://nytimes.com/2023/01/20/real…
Natural Light / Symbiosis Exhibition
John Priola’s exhibition of ten recent photographic prints, Natural Light / Symbiosis, slyly exemplifies such moments, eliciting slow and careful looking.
https://squarecylinder.com/2023/01/…
Practice With Purpose: How to Radically Redesign the Practice of Architecture
Architecture isn’t about one or two things—it’s about everything.
https://commonedge.org/practice-wit…
Watching What’s Next: Architectural Record’s Cathleen McGuigan on Her Tenure, Evolution, and Mentorship
In her interview with Julia Gamolina, she talks about her focus during her time at Architectual Record and what’s next, advising those just starting their careers to find mentors across generations.
https://madamearchitect.org/intervi…
How should we think about our different styles of thinking?
Some people say their thought takes place in images, some in words. But our mental processes are more mysterious than we realize.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2023…
Frank Auerbach: Artist Friends
In this candid interview with Richard Calvocoressi, the painter Frank Auerbach reminisces on his friendships with Michael Andrews, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud.
https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2022…
How the Artist Kehinde Wiley Went from Picturing Power to Building It
His portrait of Obama sparked a nationwide pilgrimage. Now he’s establishing an arts empire of his own.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2023…
There’s More Than One Way to Define Context
Bauer Wurster Hall is the home of the school’s College of Environmental Design (CED). Originally, it housed the departments of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and design.
https://commonedge.org/theres-more-…
Under the Influence
Playing with the tension between photography and design, two architects create a novel form of image making.
https://issues.aperture.org/article…
Witold Rybczynski on The Story of Architecture
Witold Rybczynski’s latest book—he’s written 22 now, at last count—is The Story of Architecture (Yale University Press), and it’s as comprehensive as the title implies.
https://commonedge.org/witold-rybcz…
The Iterative States of America
In a political era defined by dysfunction, can design play a role in engaging voters—and even help them believe in democracy again?
https://eamesinstitute.org/kazam-ma…
How Much Would It Cost to End Homelessness in California for Good?
About $8 billion per year, according to a new housing needs assessment — or less than 3% of the state budget.
https://bloomberg.com/news/articles…
Mike Kelley: the Fine Art of Dropping Out
Mike Kelley’s interest in architecture peaked in 1990, when he collaborated with Frank Gehry on a design proposal for the offices of the Chiat/Day ad agency.
https://eastofborneo.org/articles/t…
