Forensics Helps Widen Architecture’s Mission
A survey of Forensic Architecture’s work is now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, through May 6.
https://nytimes.com/2018/04/06/arts…
Growing Up in a Glass House: An Architect’s Daughter Explores Modernism’s Shadow
A daughter tells the story of growing up in a glass house, designed by her father, Woodie Garber, once called “Cincinnati’s most extreme, experimental, and creative Modernist architect.”
http://commonedge.org/an-architects…
The Strange Beauty Of Brutalist Architecture, Mid-Demolition
A new exhibition collects stark photos of important architecture as it’s being razed–a phenomenon that’s as wasteful as it is heartbreaking. Heavy at every turn.
https://fastcodesign.com/90167445/t…
A Glass House renovation
Philip Johnson’s masterpiece replaces its ceiling with wood (and plaster).
https://curbed.com/2018/4/10/169807…
A Radical Proposal to Save Union Carbide
Karrie Jacobs on how we should fight the impending demolition of this Natalie Griffin de Blois-designed skyscraper.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Why Factories Aren’t Tourist Attractions Anymore
For a long time, American factories were symbols of technology and modernity. They symbolize something very different now.
https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/b…
Milton Glaser: “Art and design are not the same thing”
A book of over 400 of his posters from the last six decades.
https://designweek.co.uk/issues/12-…
Beyond LEED-Achieving True Sustainability
Ophelia Wilkins on the the Living Building Challenge.
http://kuthranieri.com/blog/beyond-…
A Historic Hotel Helps The Homeless
Lisa Yergovich and David Wessel discuss renovating the historic Jessie Hotel into ATC’s new home.
https://argsf.com/blog/historic-hot…
Continuing Education: Wildfire-Adapted Design
Our pals at Kuth Ranieri are trying to figure out solutions for the fire zone.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Yamasaki’s Regret
The sad decline of Minoru Yamasaki after Pruitt-Igoe.
https://citylab.com/design/2018/03/…
Natalie de Blois: a pioneer of postwar corporate modernism
An appreciation of the trailblazing architect behind some of Park Avenue’s most iconic buildings.
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/3/8/1709…
Blair Kamin on Writing and Reporting on Architecture’s #metoo Moment
Eva Hagberg Fisher chats with Blair.
http://commonedge.org/blair-kamin-o…
What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them
Our pal Liz Ogbu's Ted Talk!
https://ted.com/talks/liz_ogbu_what…
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
The old pier structure was restored and transformed into an expansion for the San Francisco Art Institute.
https://architecturalrecord.com/art…
Finding architectural solutions to LA’s homelessness crisis
David Martin FAIA has provided the seed money for this important effort.
https://la.curbed.com/2018/3/16/171…
‘This is the house that we built’: homeless people on their makeshift residences
When you have to build your own.
https://theguardian.com/us-news/201…
This dire Battersea Power Station development is genuinely dystopian
It follows all the Urban Renaissance precepts, yet this scheme is as grim as the 80s Docklands that Rogers was reacting against, says Owen Hatherley
https://architectsjournal.co.uk/opi…
How did a modernist landmark end up covered in plywood and graffiti?
The Mercantile Library at 1021 Chestnut St.
http://philly.com/philly/columnists…
Poor Need Homes, Not Monuments
Pritzker Winner Balkrishna Doshi's vision should be heeded across the developing world.
https://bloomberg.com/view/articles…
How To Stop Sexual Harassment In Design Right Now
When will #MeToo hit architecture and design?
https://fastcodesign.com/90164118/h…
