Cisco Meraki
Studio O+A revisits its original design for the offices of a fast-growing tech company.
Remaking a Roller Coaster into a Home for Birds at Lion Mountain
Our pals Kuth/Ranieri on turning a roller coaster into an aviary.
Architects can still learn from Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an unrepentant hater of Modernist architecture.
What Do International Preservation Standards Say About New Architecture in Historic Places?
Historic structures and context.
Why Architecture Isn’t Art (And Shouldn’t Be)
Lance Hosey argues that the concept of architecture as a form of art is not only misleading to the public, but also potentially damaging to society.
Architecture’s Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi puts the focus on people
“What is architecture? It is not an object,” says Balkrishna Doshi. “It is like a living thing and it is an entity to contain life.”
What do architecture critics think of the state of architecture criticism today?
Thoughts from Mark Lamster, Alexandra Lange, Witold Rybczynski, Frances Anderton, Barry Bergdoll, Oliver Wainwright, and Justin Davidson.
How architecture can rebuild itself post #MeToo
In order for the architectural field to progress, it needs to embrace an era of democratic practice.
Arne Jacobsen–Designed Hotel in Copenhagen Gets a Contemporary Refresh and Restoration
Local firm Space Copenhagen restored aspects of the building’s original design while carefully adapting its spaces for the hotel’s present-day needs.
Dynamic, responsive and nurturing: Dive into today’s workplace
Our pal Primo Orpilla on workplace design.
Design as civic duty
Elizabeth Timme, co-director of LA-Más, believes that architecture needs to rediscover its political imperative.
The Singular Magic of Maira Kalman
As I have said before, I love Maira Kalman. Thanks to Liz Ross for posting this wonderful profile.
Restoring Warnecke’s Asilomar Additions: A Conversation with Andrew Wolfram and Bridget Maley
TEF teamed up with architectural historian, preservation planner, and writer Bridget Maley to create a series of historic structure reports primarily focusing on John Carl Warnecke’s 1950s and 1960s additions.
A visit with Olafur Eliasson’s art and architecture workshop, Studio Other Spaces
the “culture sector in our society is more likely to create change than the public sector, the politicians, or the private sector.”
MoMA’s Design Chief: VR Needs Fewer Gamers, More Castiglioni
Four insights from MoMA’s senior design curator Paola Antonelli about what a much-hyped medium could learn from design.
America’s first memorial to victims of lynching opens in Montgomery
On April 26, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the first memorial in the U.S. dedicated to African American victims of lynching and continued discrimination, will open to the
A New Look at the New Deal’s Legacy of Public Housing
A review of Ben Austen’s new book, “High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing”