A rule-breaking public artwork, but it’s just plain broken
The video screen installed on the side of Moscone West supposedly “explores how space functions in our culture.” Only problem: It’s been nonfunctioning since its 2003 installation.
http://sfgate.com/bayarea/place/art…
George Lucas says museum could land in L.A. if Chicago falls through
George Lucas discusses his plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago in 2014.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
It Takes a Village: Restoring Santa Monica’s Civic Center
‘Santa Monica Moved Towards that Rare Event in Los Angeles – A Pedestrian-Oriented Place’
http://multihousingnews.com/in-focu…
Architecture for Humanity Files for Bankruptcy
Though the non-profit organization is closing due to a lack of funding, chapters around the world have expressed their desire to continue to stay active.
http://architectmagazine.com/pro-bo…
Q+A> GREG CASTILLO
Greg Castillo discusses the intersection of modern design and 1960s radicalism.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
D.C. Historic Preservation Board to Review MLK Memorial Library Renovation Project
A look at the latest, though not final, designs for the renovation of the only library ever designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
http://architectmagazine.com/archit…
The Forgotten History of Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Memorial Library
Looking back at the making of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library helps to explain its future.
http://architectmagazine.com/archit…
Designing for Past and Future
The updated Cooper Hewitt museum makes 21st-century technology mesh with a Neo-Georgian building.
http://wsj.com/articles/designing-f…
A Leader in Socially Conscious Architecture Is Closing Amid Financial Woes
Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit design group that sought to repair the world with socially conscious construction in places like Kosovo, Haiti and hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, has abruptly closed its San Francisco headquarters and plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
http://nytimes.com/2015/01/18/arts/…
Shape Shifter
A reflection on a half century of architect Michael Graves’s work spans failures and triumphs.
http://metropolismag.com/December-2…
Swanke Hayden Connell Files for Bankruptcy
The architecture and interior design firm, known for its work on the Fifth Avenue Trump Tower in Manhattan and restoring the Statue of Liberty in the 1980s, claims it is unable to collect more than $2 million from an assignment in Russia.
http://architectmagazine.com/busine…
Civic Duty
An architect returns to Italy.
http://newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
The Remarkably Intimate Houses Of Father-Son Architects Eliel And Eero Saarinen
A new book focuses on the small-scale projects of the Finnish-American architecture family.
http://fastcodesign.com/3040687/the…
The Failures of Architecture Criticism
Many architects are out of touch, but so are architecture critics.
http://huffingtonpost.com/lance-hos…
Village Health Works Staff Housing / Louise Braverman
Embedded in mountainside of the rural village of Kigutu, the 18-bed Village Health Works Staff Housing is a romance between East African elemental aesthetics and inventive off-the grid sustainability.
http://archdaily.com/584768/village…
From World War II To Woodstock And Beyond: The History Of Volkswagen In 2 Minutes
Watch how Volkswagen's famous wheels have been parked at the front of many important moments in world history.
http://fastcompany.com/3037164/from…
Behemoth on the Beach
Christian de Portzamparc's massive, much-maligned Cidade das Artes is a grandiose emblem of Rio's ambitions.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
