Will the White House Order New Federal Architecture To Be Classical?
While the country was riveted by the President’s impeachment trial, a Washington rumor was quietly bubbling about a potential executive order that, if implemented, would profoundly affect the future of federal architecture.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Signs of Good Times
A wayfinding project enhances identity in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
https://urbanland.uli.org/planning-…
The Ambiguous Urban Legacy of Ed Logue
The struggle to renew urban America in the suburban age.
https://commonedge.org/the-ambiguou…
Litchfield: the Other Connecticut Modernist City
A gorgeous blog about Litchfield CT.
https://darrenbradleyphotography.co…
Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong
In cities, many people think “density” means crowded neighborhoods and greedy developers, but a new show at the Skyscraper Museum tells a different story.
https://nytimes.com/2020/01/28/arts…
5 top designers imagine the workplace of 2040
Looking forward to changes in the workplace. Pal Verda Alexander comments in Fast Company.
https://fastcompany.com/90450052/5-…
A Space of Perceptual Stillness: How Ezra Stoller Photographed Modernity
My interview with pal Pierluigi Serraino.
https://metropolismag.com/design/ar…
Come On, Get Happy!
Happy Mod in Palm Springs.
https://palmspringslife.com/jim-ise…
Pioneering Architect Judith Chafee and Her Unique Desert Modernism Are the Subject of a New Book
Powerhouse: The Life and Work of Architect Judith Chafee (Princeton Architectural Press).
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
What the Fractured Media Landscape Means for Architecture
The life and death of print publishing.
https://commonedge.org/what-the-fra…
Climate change means the US must start building big things again
Pal James Temple advocates for infrastructure.
https://technologyreview.com/s/6150…
“Too much is at stake to leave architecture to architects”
The emotional and economic impacts of cities are closely connected, but this is lost in a proliferation of meaningless phrases like "healthy placemaking" and "human-centric design", says Reinier de Graaf.
https://dezeen.com/2020/01/20/place…
10 Questions With IIDA’s Cheryl Durst
One of design world’s most vibrant and vocal cheerleaders.
https://interiordesign.net/articles…
How a studio embedded a California city’s heritage into commercial interiors
Studio O+A revamps an Oakland office.
https://frameweb.com/news/2201-broa…
Comparing Social Housing in Countries Around the World
Identifying six systems from countries around the world, complete with architectural examples.
https://archdaily.com/932075/compar…
The Carolina School: Distinct Modern Architecture in the Triangle
A chance encounter between architects Frank Harmon and Harwell Hamilton Harris became the genesis of our genre of regional modernism.
https://waltermagazine.com/home/car…
Oscar Niemeyer’s French Communist Party Headquarters Brings a Sensual Brazilian Lilt to Paris
Georges Pompidou on the French Communist Party headquarters: "...was the only good thing those Commies have ever done."
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
It’s past time for interior designers to make climate commitments
Our pal Verda Alexander on climate change.
https://fastcompany.com/90450290/it…
If You Are Serious About Sustainability, Social Equity Can’t Be Just Another Add-On
Social impact was supposed to be central to sustainability from the start. What happened?
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
A Layered History: The Rebirth of a Napa Icon
Naomi Miroglio discusses their latest historic preservation project in Napa.
https://californiapreservation.org/…
Palette cleansers: our photography, art and architecture picks for 2020
I would be happy to get to just a few of these shows. I would have loved seeing the Sheila Hicks show!
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
“What I Really Like Is Speed”: In conversation with Odile Decq
An interview with Odile Decq.
https://archdaily.com/931493/what-i…
