Happy New Year 2023
Happy New Year. I started to gather miscellaneous items for my Best of 2022, but in the end I didn’t pull it together. I have been sad. Not so depressed
Under the Influence
Playing with the tension between photography and design, two architects create a novel form of image making.
Witold Rybczynski on The Story of Architecture
Witold Rybczynski’s latest book—he’s written 22 now, at last count—is The Story of Architecture (Yale University Press), and it’s as comprehensive as the title implies.
The Iterative States of America
In a political era defined by dysfunction, can design play a role in engaging voters—and even help them believe in democracy again?
How Much Would It Cost to End Homelessness in California for Good?
About $8 billion per year, according to a new housing needs assessment — or less than 3% of the state budget.
A Conversation with Artist Bryan Camillo
Bryan Camillo is one of those artists who work in a variety of mediums: still photography, fiction, sketch art, and short films. He felt like an outsider growing up, a
Conversations in Tucson
When I first started working at Whisler-Patri Architects in the early 1980s, AI stood for Atelier International.
Mike Kelley: the Fine Art of Dropping Out
Mike Kelley’s interest in architecture peaked in 1990, when he collaborated with Frank Gehry on a design proposal for the offices of the Chiat/Day ad agency.
Lessons from my dying therapist: care less, have fun – and accept the inevitable
In watching my beloved counsellor die, I finally learned how to live.
Mark Van Proyen on Joan Brown
Twenty-two years have passed since the last Joan Brown retrospective was held in two parts at the University Art Museum at Berkeley and the Oakland Art Museum.
Field Notes on Design Activism: 2
This is the second installment of a narrative survey in which several dozen educators and practitioners share perspectives on the intensifying demands for meaningful change across design pedagogy and practice
Tom Stoppard Fears the Virus of Antisemitism Has Been Reactivated
“There are lines in the play,” says Tom Stoppard, thinking back to a few years ago, when he was working on “Leopoldstadt,” “that land in a very different way now.”
An Architecture Critic’s Street-Level Take on a Restless Metropolis
In “The Intimate City,” Michael Kimmelman takes readers on a series of history-laden strolls through a New York City that never stops changing.
Walter De Maria: The object, the action, the aesthetic feeling
The definitive monograph on the work of Walter De Maria was published earlier this fall.
Move over Sydney Opera House – there’s a new superstar in town
It has been called the most significant cultural addition to the Australian city for 50 years.