Column: Fighting to save the Thompson Center with a movie camera
Advocating for saving a PoMo building! What has the world come to? But this is one worth saving.
Designing for people, not profit: The story behind a multi-residential housing model changing the way we live
News from Down Under.
The first issue of Ed, Archinect’s new print journal
After 20 years of publishing only digitally Archinect’s publishes a print mag.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Delights, Real and Imagined
“Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Urban Projects” opened last month and runs through February 2018.
Tradition for Sale
With their new architecture, universities all too often abdicate leadership in promoting artistic innovation as they pander to plutocratic donors.
Top architecture reads for the October Revolution’s 100th anniversary
Architecture and Revolution from Matt Shaw.
Architects Come Together to Assess Losses, Aid Communities After California Fires
Our pal Lydia Lee covers the fire for Architectural Record.
Eavesdropping on the design icons who made Washington’s Metro
Harry Weese and the Brutalist Metro System.
Symbol of a New San Francisco: Soaring Salesforce Tower reflects a changing city
John King on Salesforce and its power.
Seeing the Future: Why Norman Foster Is the Perfect Architect for Apple and Bloomberg
Pal William Hanley writes about Norman Foster.
John Portman is a “Renaissance Architect,” Says Harvard GSD’s Mohsen Mostafavi
Not sure I agree with this. But worth noting.
A lost utopian housing project in Paris captured from the inside out
Your window on the world is a portal. A different kind of ship.
With Pacific Standard Time, Getty finally climbs down from hilltop oasis it built 20 years ago
The Getty Center comes down off the hill.
Deray McKesson: Here’s What Designers Can Do To Advance Social Justice
“If you can’t imagine it, you can’t fight for it.”
The Proust Questionnaire: Steven Holl
Steven Holl discusses his love of hybrid buildings, enjoying one’s work, and dying at the drawing board.
High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown
Social housing in the UK.
Hanged, Burned, Shot, Drowned, Beaten
In a region where symbols of the Confederacy are ubiquitous, an unprecedented memorial takes shape.