The Mission 66
Evaluating and rehabilitating Yosemite's midcentury modernist park buildings.
https://argsf.com/blog/mission-66-m…
Remembering Neave Brown
A champion of smart public housing.
https://archpaper.com/2018/02/remem…
Density’s Next Frontier: The Suburbs
According to a new study, the continuing low density of inner suburbs is a major cause of the housing crisis—and a potential solution.
https://citylab.com/equity/2018/02/…
ShanghaiTech University / Moore Ruble Yudell
The new campus for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
https://archdaily.com/887648/shangh…
Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art
Mr. Johns, who is now 87 and widely regarded as America’s foremost living artist, has a new retrospective at the Broad called “Something Resembling Truth.”
https://nytimes.com/2018/02/07/arts…
Op-Ed: Johnson’s AT&T Building Is Influential — But Is It Good?
Glad somebody said it!
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Apostle and Apostate: Josef Frank’s Modernist Vision
Left behind in the Internet era is a rich store of essays on design which have limited cultural presence because they are not online.
https://placesjournal.org/article/j…
Getty Assembles Experts for Conservation of Le Corbusier’s Only Three Museums
Le Corbusier's three museums.
https://archdaily.com/888093/getty-…
New book offers fresh look at work of scorned World Trade Center architect
At long last a new book about Yamasaki.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
San Francisco International Airport-The Big Idea Behind the Big Room at Terminal 1
A Conversation with Kuth Ranieri Architects.
http://kuthranieri.com/blog/san-fra…
Why Architects Struggle With Architectural Criticism
Criticism.
http://commonedge.org/why-architect…
2018 Legend: Joan Blumenfeld
Pal Kristen Richards profiles the 2018 Legend Award recipient.
https://contractdesign.com/practice…
The Case for Putting Amazon’s HQ2 in the Suburbs
Will corporations look beyond short term returns?
https://citylab.com/design/2018/01/…
Robert Green, Atlanta’s forgotten master of modern architecture
Report from Atlanta.
http://atlantamagazine.com/homeandg…
How Design for One Turns Into Design for All
Design with a difference: Details from the exhibition “Access+Ability” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
https://nytimes.com/2018/01/24/arts…
Tax Overhaul Leaves Architects Largely Unscathed
In San Francisco, $7 million in federal tax credits helped Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects to transform Fort Mason, a former Army warehouse, into new facilities for the San Francisco Art Institute.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Architecture is facing its own award-season controversy
Chris Hawthorne finds a few buildings for the 25-year Award.
http://latimes.com/entertainment/ar…
Obama center plans won’t destroy Olmsted’s park — they should be improved, not rejected
Meanwhile back in Chicago.
http://chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
Michael Ford the “hip-hop architect”
Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Solange Knowles promote diversity in architecture.
https://dezeen.com/2018/01/23/kanye…
Dogpatch’s jumble of styles suits once-industrial neighborhood just fine
John King checks in from Dogwatch.
https://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/pla…
The women designers who made Herman Miller furniture shine
Sizzling graphics, bright colors, and bold juxtapositions
https://curbed.com/2018/1/19/169104…
Design Within Reach
Alexandra Lange on the new show at the Cooper Hewitt.
https://curbed.com/2018/1/18/169005…
John King on San Francisco, Oakland, and the Challenge of Affordable Housing
A couple of design pals talking about our corner of the world.
http://commonedge.org/john-king-on-…
Tax Overhaul Is a Blow to Affordable Housing Efforts
According to an analysis, the new tax law will reduce the growth of subsidized affordable housing by 235,000 units over the next decade, compounding an existing shortage.
https://nytimes.com/2018/01/18/busi…
Affordable Bill Sorro Community Opens in San Francisco
The development, designed by Kennerly Architecture & Planning, will serve low-income families and adults with developmental disabilities.
http://multifamilyexecutive.com/des…
