The Confused and Impoverished State of Architectural Research
Architects are largely unschooled, untrained, and unaware of research fundamentals.
Quieting Down and Opening Up at VMware’s Palo Alto Headquarters
Valerio Dewalt Trains talks through reconfiguring and optimizing VMWare’s Palo Alto campus.
Balfron 2.0: how Goldfinger’s utopian tower became luxury flats
The sell off of Erno Goldfinger’s landmark building in Poplar is a central element of a new plan to transform London’s East End.
Why Can’t New York City Build More Gems Like This Queens Library?
The Hunters Point Community Library is one of the finest public buildings New York has produced this century. But it cost more than $40 million, took a decade and almost
10 Questions With Verda Alexander
Our pal Verda, Studio O+A co-founder and equal parts artist and designer.
A↔N: The Architecture-Neuroscience Divide Appears to Be Narrowing
Evidence based design neuroscience for architecture, urbanism & design.
Continuing Education Unit: Modular Construction
Our pal Brad Leibin of David Baker Architects is quoted in this piece from Architectural Record.
Column: Chicago shows how public housing and libraries can coexist and be visually stunning. Now we need more of them.
Three new Chicago buildings, which combine public libraries and public housing, are head and shoulders above the Robert Taylor Homes, Cabrini-Green and the rest of the city’s dehumanizing, now-demolished public
Park-topped Transbay transit center pays architectural dividends, past troubles aside
The transit center represents what 21st century urban infrastructure should be — public works that do their job while enhancing the larger public realm.
For the legendary Alexander Girard, design was in the details
Legendary designer Alexander Girard fused sleek modernism with playful folk art. At Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, “A Designer’s Universe” highlights Girard’s breadth of creativity, from mapping a
Where are the architects who will put the environment first?
Should we stop building airports? Return to mud and thatch? The climate crisis is an opportunity for creative thinking, but the values of architecture need a radical overhaul.
VMware Promontory Campus, Palo Alto
Valerio Dewalt Train renovates VMWare’s headquarters in a five building phased approach.
A Midcentury Pool Complex in San Francisco Gets a Modern Refresh
Kuth Ranieri Architects and ELS Architecture and Urban Design teamed up for the project, which tailored the aging facility to the needs of its present-day community.