Inside The New Offices of NetApp
Hybrid cloud data services and data management company NetApp recently reached out to interior design firm Studio O+A to design their new office in Sunnyvale, California.
https://officelovin.com/2019/08/05/…
This small Indiana town is a hotbed of utopianism
New Harmony has attracted eccentric spiritual groups, social reformers, intellectuals, and artists.
https://curbed.com/2019/8/5/2074896…
David Baker Architects on Growing a Team-Based, Family-Friendly Practice
David Baker discusses the struggles of striving out on one's own, how DBA's work culture has changed over the years to become more family-friendly, and what new research arenas mean for the practice.
https://archinect.com/features/arti…
Airports of the Future
Harvey Milk Terminal 1, San Francisco International Airport. A Gensler/Kuth Ranieri joint venture.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Hovering house: Studio Vara’s family home appears to rise from its Palo Alto plot
This new home for a family of five in Palo Alto is the brainchild of San Francisco based Studio Vara.
https://wallpaper.com/architecture/…
Charles And Ray Eames Made Life Better By Design; Their Home Was No Exception
The Eames House on NPR.
https://npr.org/2019/08/02/73808307…
The Two Most Dangerous Words In Architecture: Style and Beauty
I think this essay is useful. But does it elevates architecture beyond the political economy?
https://commonedge.org/the-two-most…
Steve Nygren integrates European housing typologies in new Atlanta neighborhood
Residences that take cues from the canal houses in Belgium and the Netherlands, and minimal wood-clad homes in Scandinavia feature in this new development on the outskirts of Atlanta.
https://dezeen.com/2019/07/30/seren…
10 Design Cities You Should Know
From Jakarta to Tulsa, these locales each offer a standout example of architecture, urbanism, or design.
https://metropolismag.com/homepage/…
Alicia McCarthy
Interview with artist Alicia McCarthy.
http://paulsonfontainepress.com/wp-…
‘It didn’t matter if someone liked it’: six architects and designers revisit their first commission
From a beach cafe to a social housing ziggurat: this is where it all began for Norman Foster, Asif Khan and others.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
Cesar Pelli: The Architect as Gardener
Pal Michael Crosbie pens a personal tribute to Cesar Pelli.
https://commonedge.org/cesar-peli-t…
A Sense of Calm Reigns at a California Country Retreat by Pfau Long Architecture
Our friends at Pfau Long do such clear work. Art Gray captures it beautifully. If I were a zillionaire I would want a house like this (with a little more art and modernist clutter).
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
Cesar Pelli, Designer of Iconic Buildings Around the World, Dies at 92
Cesar Pelli RIP.
https://nytimes.com/2019/07/20/arts…
Beginning the Bauhaus
Julie Taylor on the Bauhaus (at the Getty).
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Masters of Design: at home with Richard and Ruth Rogers (VIDEO)
Architect Richard Rogers and chef Ruth Rogers at their house in Chelsea (video).
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Obf_Dhg…
19 New Architecture and Design Books For This Summer
The editors at Metropolis gather architecture and design books both past and present.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
CMG to bring back 1912 feel for San Francisco Civic Center overhaul
Backed by a supergroup design team that includes Kennerly Architecture + Planning, Gehl Studio, HR&A, and others, CMG’s proposal seeks to retool the multi-block plaza and pedestrian mall to better fulfill the original 1912 Beaux Arts plan.
https://archpaper.com/2019/06/cmg-1…
Witold Rybczynski on Charleston, Small Scale Development, and the Need for “Locatecture”
Charleston.
https://commonedge.org/witold-rybcz…
Let Christopher Alexander design your life
Alexandra Lange revisits "A Pattern Language."
https://curbed.com/2019/7/11/206864…
An Urban Oasis
How progressive design built Village Green, an affordable “garden city” in the heart of Los Angeles. I loved living here.
https://la.curbed.com/2019/7/11/187…
Green Design Moves at Cal Poly’s New yakɁitʸutʸu Residential Community
Sustainable strategies for student housing.
https://buildordie.com/vdta-blog/ca…
I’ve been designing offices for decades. Here’s what I got wrong
Our pal Verda writes for Fast Company!
https://fastcompany.com/90373440/iv…
Vincent Van Duysen: The Way to a Modest Architecture
Precise details.
https://archdaily.com/911731/vincen…
Does the Bauhaus Still Matter?
RECORD takes a long look into the short-lived school.
https://architecturalrecord.com/doe…
Modern design pioneer Ruth Adler Schnee reflects on life, career
Works by Ruth Adler Schnee, Alexander Girard, Ray Eames and others is featured in the Denver Art Museum exhibit “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America.” It’s up through Aug. 25.
https://gazette.com/ae/modern-desig…
