Studio VARA Revitalizes a Spacious Apartment in San Francisco’s SoMa Neighborhood
The apartment, which looks out to the Bay Bridge, features ample exposed concrete, white oak accents, and a luxe travertine bathroom.
https://metropolismag.com/interiors…
The modernist enclave that tested a utopian vision of LA
Part of the Crestwood Hills dream lives on in a canyon above Sunset Boulevard (so glad Curbed is doing these long form pieces).
https://la.curbed.com/2019/4/30/184…
Kuth Ranieri + TLS transform a dilapidated roller coaster into steel mesh aviary in china
Tom Leader Studio Landscape Architecture (TLS) and Kuth Ranieri Architects’ winning proposal for a new 74-hectare urban park at the foot of lion mountain in Suzhou, China.
https://designboom.com/architecture…
Another view on Sea Ranch and its SFMOMA exhibit
I review the exhibit, The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
https://archpaper.com/2019/05/sea-r…
David Baker Architects Designs Healdsburg’s Intoxicating Harmon Guest House
Piazza Hospitality and David Baker Architects.
https://interiordesign.net/projects…
A Look Back at the Work of Several Celebrated Photographers
An important piece by Pierluigi Serraino, AIA.
architecturalrecord.com/articles/13…
Opinion: What Was the Bauhaus?
The legacy of the legendary design school is both universal — and universally misunderstood.
https://nytimes.com/2019/04/30/opin…
Balfron Tower
We're all to blame for the gentrification of Erno Goldfinger's brutalist Balfron Tower, says Owen Hatherley, so stop getting angry at the architects.
https://dezeen.com/2019/05/03/balfr…
Martin Puryear, Citizen-Sculptor
One of my favorite American artists, Martin Puryear, goes to Venice.
https://nytimes.com/2019/05/03/arts…
Watergate is a place, too
Once at the forefront of D.C. development, can the (in)famous complex adapt for a new generation?
https://curbed.com/2018/4/25/172724…
The Lost Legacy of Harry Weese
Why the Marcus Center and Kiley grove are not historic.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/…
This Tiny Museum Fits Inside an Elevator Shaft
Those Kalmans are brilliant!
https://nytimes.com/2019/04/21/nyre…
How the Bauhaus Came to Aspen
The Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke and Bauhaus-trained artist Herbert Bayer helped transform Aspen into a cultural and skiing mecca. More than a half century later, here's what remains.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
The Move: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Produce a Movable Spectacle at a Gigantic Scale
Aaron Betsky visits the Shed.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Exclusive: Pete Buttigieg debuts a radical new approach to campaign branding
Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially announced his candidacy for president with a sporty new logo and design tool kit.
https://fastcompany.com/90334160/pe…
Grieving the Future I Imagined for My Daughter
This article is not about design. But it is a powerful piece by fellow design writer and pal Julie Kim.
https://theatlantic.com/family/arch…
The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed
Follow the money... Manhattan’s new luxury mega-project was partially bankrolled by an investor visa program called EB-5, which was meant to help poverty-stricken areas.
https://citylab.com/equity/2019/04/…
Painting the Beyond
A great review of Hilma af Klint.
https://nybooks.com/articles/2019/0…
