Jasper Johns and the Question of Meaning
The painter is a riddler, even—or especially—when his themes are blatant.
https://newyorker.com/magazine/2019…
I Have a Feeling We’re Not in New York Anymore
Hudson Yards is a billionaire’s fantasy city and you never have to leave — provided you can pay for it.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019…
The Modern Furniture Maven: Appreciating Florence Knoll
Aaron Betsky on Florence Knoll.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
The Surprising Tale of One of Frank Stella’s Black Paintings
A chat with Frank Stella.
https://nytimes.com/2019/02/17/art…
An Amazon Correction: The City Won—and the Company Isn’t Going Anywhere
More on Amazon and Long Island City...
http://commonedge.org/an-amazon-cor…
New Spaces And Products For Our Time
Studio O+A’s Food for Thought Truck travels to various underserved communities and engages the public on how design can be a force for good.
https://nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contra…
‘Paradise at the end of the world’: An oral history of the Sea Ranch (Part I)
A two-part oral history mining the origins and controversies surrounding California’s most bucolic planned community—and forecasting its future.
https://curbed.com/2019/2/20/182315…
‘Paradise at the end of the world’: An oral history of the Sea Ranch (Part II)
Part II.
https://curbed.com/2019/2/21/182321…
A guide to the work of Stanley Saitowitz
San Francisco’s most polarizing designer.
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/27/175…
WeWork Is Retraining a Generation of Architects to Think in Terms of Data
Data influences WeWork’s real estate deals, construction sequence, and design choices. There’s a sense that acquiring data literacy makes architecture relevant in a tech-dominated era.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
Brutal beauty: how concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept
After a generation in the doghouse, concrete is more fashionable than ever. So why don’t we take better care of our brutalist architecture?
https://theguardian.com/cities/2019…
New Spaces And Products For Our Time
How hybrid spaces, mash-ups, and creative collaborations are changing how we work, live and play.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
IA Interior Architects and Studio O+A Collaborate on McDonald’s New Chicago Headquarters
Corporate culture redesign.
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
Metro Bike Hub at Los Angeles Union Station
Architectural Resources Group creates a modern structure that complements the terminal’s historic language and materiality.
https://archello.com/project/metro-…
SFMOMA’s Sea Ranch exhibition dwells on an idealized past
John King weighs in on The Sea Ranch exhibit at SFMOMA.
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/ar…
Tiny apartments fill David Baker’s 388 Fulton block in San Francisco
San Francisco's first market-rate, micro-units.
https://dezeen.com/2019/02/13/388-f…
Five years after Detroit’s bankruptcy, design fuels recovery
Matt Shaw reports in from Detroit.
https://archpaper.com/2019/02/five-…
Jasper Johns, American Legend
The artist’s work has managed to speak both to and for the country’s consciousness for the last 60 years — and he’s not done yet.
https://nytimes.com/2019/02/18/t-ma…
In Praise of Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect
Still working at age 95, Pritzker Prize winning Irish-American architect Kevin Roche is an enigma.
http://commonedge.org/in-praise-of-…
Why America’s New Apartment Buildings All Look the Same
Why it all looks the same.
https://bloomberg.com/news/features…
Extreme architecture: The great lengths (and heights) of high design
Pals MRY and Mark English find themselves in extreme conditions.
https://archpaper.com/2019/02/archi…
Landmark Donald Trump’s Buildings
Will Trump be historic?
https://slate.com/business/2019/02/…
Ai Weiwei and Frank Gehry Talk Art, Legos and Being Cultural Renegades
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the artist and the architect.
https://nytimes.com/2019/02/12/t-ma…
The Bizarre and Confounding Influence of Dubai on Africa’s Emerging Cities
Instant urbanism.
http://commonedge.org/the-confoundi…
Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles of Design, illustrated by his ingenious products
Gary Hustwit and Trollbäck+Company created this beautiful rendition of the designer’s timeless rules for good design.
https://fastcompany.com/90303267/di…
Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color
The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
