Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism—Be Excited To Build What Comes Next
Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binaries.
John Portman (1924-)
His hotels may have soft centres but the architecture of John Portman is as brutal as the late American capitalism that created it.
Building A Blank Canvas
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects designs a beautiful white box for the San Francisco Art Institute.
Design Postcard
When we got back home after two months away, there was a lot of snail mail. Anything that didn’t look like a real letter or that didn’t have to do
A Year After Ghost Ship Fire, Writer and Activist Jaime Omar Yassin Reflects on City’s Response
A year after the Ghost Ship fire.
The Ugly Pet
Sustainability should be revolutionary to architectural form. But it hasn’t been, at least not yet.
Apple Is Building “Town Squares” Now, Because Somebody Has To
The tycoons of America’s second gilded age inherit the intellectual and civic spaces of its first.
Apple and Amazon take two paths to the same conclusion — that tech companies owe nothing to the American city
Amazon’s bakeoff.
Experts warn £414m Scottish Parliament building might not last 40 years
Architect says “over-engineered” building won’t stand test of time like old parliament building which was completed in 1639.
Remember When They Wanted to Build a Parking Lot Over the Hudson?
The NY Times loves our pal Sam’s show.
These Obsessive Men of MoMA Furnished Your Modernist Home
“Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson,” at the Grey Art Gallery in Washington Square, is the story of two men and a whole country.
A Fortuitous Shadow
What makes a work of architecture American? In architecture as in politics, debates about identity — regional, national, international — are fraught.
History Made Visible: Bryan Stevenson on Lynching and Memorialization
We have to understand our original sin.
The Art of Architectural Storytelling, or How to Present a Building
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in this business, visuals alone rarely persuade.
What makes a creative city?
What can cities do to encourage cultural experiments and investment? And what kind of spaces do artists need for creativity to flourish?
Nobu Ryokan Hotel / Studio PCH, Montalba Architects and TAL Studio
Renovation of a 1950’s era motel in Malibu, CA.
How Columbus, Indiana, Became a Mecca for Modernist Architecture
Columbus owns dozens of architectural masterworks by internationally renowned designers from the era. Eliel and Eero Saarinen, and more than a handful of Pritzker Prize Laureates, including I.M. Pei, Richard
What Should Be Done with America’s Abandoned Malls?
As the number of vacant retail centers around the U.S. continues to swell, the question of what to do with the spaces grows more acute.
Richard Rogers: ‘I would never dream of doing the Pompidou now’
The architect talks about his wartime childhood, most celebrated projects – and offers forthright views on Grenfell and architectural responsibility. Plus, an extract from his new memoir.
Uniqlo Is Rethinking Japanese Work Culture–Through Office Design
Allied Works Architecture and Fast Retailing think Western work spaces could be big in Japan. Can design help change the nation’s hierarchical work culture?