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Talking Gordon Drake

The Architect’s Newspaper, May 12, 2011

William Stout Publishers recently reissued California Houses of Gordon Drake by Douglas Baylis and Joan Parry, with a new preface by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt and a new introduction by architect and author Pierluigi Serraino.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Ross Bleckner

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, April 1, 2011

Ross Bleckner’s work moves between representational and abstract, sometimes in the same piece.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Kerry James Marshall

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, January 1, 2011

Kerry James Marshall employs the conventions of European painting to cast a wide net of political and cultural commentary.

Building Christ the Light: a Conversation with Craig Hartman & Father Paul

AIA, arcCA 10.4, October 2010

The new Cathedral of Christ the Light on the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt has been widely published.

Review> Inside Stories of Handcrafted Space

The Architect’s Newspaper, December 3, 2010

Every now and then, a book arrives which is not just a handsome presentation of information, but also a completely satisfying aesthetic object.

Urban Field Notes: Eight Bay Area landmarks make the case for concrete

The Urbanist (SPUR), October 28, 2010

When I was growing up, anti-urbanists spoke about concrete as if it were the material of the devil: "concrete jungle" or "ribbons of concrete" or "cold as concrete."

Review> Ben Thompson’s Retail Love Affair

The Architect’s Newspaper, October 8, 2010

The iconic D/R store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, opened in 1969, made a powerful urban statement while signaling the future of seductive retail design.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Shaun O’Dell

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, October 1, 2010

It’s been five years since Shaun O’Dell visited Paulson Bott Press.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Christopher Brown

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, August 1, 2010

Chris Brown is an optimist who reworks material that celebrates ambiguity.

Berkeley’s Many Revolutions

The Architect’s Newspaper, August 6, 2010

A review of Design on the Edge: A Century of Teaching Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, 1903–2003

Barry Elbasani, FAIA, 1941-2010

ArchNewsNow, July 9, 2010

A recent conversation with the gruff optimist and realistic urbanist about his history, inspirations, and aspirations.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Clare Rojas

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, July 1, 2010

Clare Rojas’ journey can get a little complicated.

Water: Reordering the Paradigm

AIA, arcCA 10.2, pp. 31-33, April 2010

Bill Wilson is a jack-of-all-trades water guy, an environmental engineer, water resources advocate, and finance and development consultant.

Kenneth Caldwell Interviews Edgar Arceneaux

OKTP, Paulson Press Newsletter, November 1, 2009

Edgar Arceneaux is well known for his videos as well as his exquisitely detailed drawings.

Art in the Time of Recession

The Registry (theregistrysf.com), July 2009

Purchasing art for public spaces requires balancing an authentic aspiration to support the visual arts against the prosaic need to fill a specific interior space.

David Sokol interviews Kenneth Caldwell

Architonic, June 2009

Over the years, I’ve fielded queries from designers hunting for a public-relations agent.

CAMP Notes: Forget Don Fisher. Do we want the art or not?

ArchNewsNow, April 1, 2009

More and more articles keep appearing about the new design for the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio (CAMP) in San Francisco, intended to house Gap founder Donald Fisher’s art collection.

Ask an Urban Historian

Next American City (americancity.org), Summer 2009

San Jose, Calif. and London, England find themselves in a similar historic preservation predicament: Both cities are deciding whether to save or demolish large libraries built in the Brutalist style.