Tough Cell: architects’ involvement in prison design
The American Institute of Architects has rejected proposed ethical policy changes which would prevent US practices designing facilities for torture.
http://architectural-review.com/com…
Caroline Baumann: At Home in the Design Museum
The Cooper Hewitt director on the museum's expanded exhibition spaces, new curatorial focus, and bringing the institution into the digital age.
http://metropolismag.com/Caroline-B…
Crumbling Classic: A Louis Kahn to Call Your Own, for Less Than $300,000
A 3-bedroom residential property designed by the legendary American architect.
http://architizer.com/blog/crumblin…
PoMo Redux
Inside the decision to save Michael Graves' Portland Building, and why there's still life in Postmodernism.
http://architectmagazine.com/arts-a…
Architecture for Humanity Board of Directors Issues Official Statement on Closure
The board confirms that international chapters and U.S.-based volunteer directors will continue Architecture for Humanity's work.
http://architectmagazine.com/pro-bo…
What’s Next For Architecture For Humanity?
Where the architecture nonprofit went wrong, and where volunteers hope to take it now.
http://fastcodesign.com/3041234/wha…
At Home With Maira Kalman
Walking into the New York City home of author and illustrator Maira Kalman is like stepping into the pages of one of her beautiful books.
http://designsponge.com/2014/12/at-…
Desert Oasis
Palm Springs Art Museum opens architecture and design center.
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.…
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…
