AIA Announces 2015 Housing Awards
Check out David Baker's Bayview Hill Gardens affordable housing and the other great 2015 Architect magazine Housing Awards
http://architectmagazine.com/awards…
Florida’s Mecca for Midcentury Modernism Welcomes a New Center for Architecture
The newly renovated Center for Architecture Sarasota opened last month in a 1960 Sarasota Modern landmark, which was once a furniture store.
http://metropolismag.com/Point-of-V…
How Midcentury Architect Gregory Ain Mixed Social Responsibility With Great Design
Many architects pay lip service to the idea that good design can and should ennoble the lives of average people not blessed with bountiful wealth.
http://architecturaldigest.com/blog…
Will S.F.’s Market Street Be Redesigned Into a Place for Play?
Arena/Play, as the installation was called, was one of the hits of last week’s Market Street Prototyping Festival, a three-day trial run of more than 50 projects vying to become permanent additions to the city’s most prominent thoroughfare ahead of its planned reconstruction in 2018.
http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/mar…
The New Whitney Marks a Change in Museum Design
The Whitney Museum reopens on May 1 in a vast space designed to wow artists as much as audiences.
http://wsj.com/articles/the-new-whi…
Vitra and G-star RAW Present Prouvé RAW Office Edition
Jean Prouvé is considered one of the most important designers and engineers of the 20th century. During the 2015 Salone Del Mobile, Vitra and G-star RAW debut the limited Prouvé RAW office edition — a 10-part edition comprising furniture and lamps.
http://designboom.com/design/vitra-…
The Golden Ratio: Design’s Biggest Myth
In the world of art, architecture, and design, the golden ratio has earned a tremendous reputation. It's bullshit.
http://fastcodesign.com/3044877/the…
Build Up or Build Out? Spoiler Alert: The Answer is Neither
The world’s population is going through the proverbial roof, set to surpass 9.5 billion by 2050.
http://architizer.com/blog/build-up…
The Sea Ranch at 50
An Earthly Paradise: In planning, design, and sustainability, the Sea Ranch, now 50 years old, was far ahead of its time.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
The Met Breuer Opens March 2016
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces its inaugural programming at the former Whitney Museum of American Art building designed by Marcel Breuer.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Shulman Home & Studio (Raphael Soriano/Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects)
Picture Perfect: A photographer's midcentury house, little changed over the decades, is sensitively restored for a young family.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
The Style of Substance
A look at recent work from Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners and an exploration into what makes the firm so special.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Roote Angles Two-Storey Family Residence On An Inclined Plot In Japan
Positioned on an inclined tract in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, Roote Architects has completed a timber-clad family residence.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
Suit Filed to Save Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center
As preparations to demolish part of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center continued, lawyer Michael Sussman awaited his day in court.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
Talking to the Man Who Introduced Danish Modern Design to America
A talk with furniture designer, Jens Risom.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/04/jen…
Little-Known Legends from the Bauhaus
A special exhibition at the Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates the museum's newest acquisitions.
http://metropolismag.com/Little-Kno…
8 Projects That Showcase African Innovation
Although the Western media tends to focus on the humanitarian side of architecture in Africa, the continent is home to amazing design of all varieties.
http://architizer.com/blog/african-…
Designboom Visits Renzo Piano Building Workshop In Paris
On a recent visit to the French capital, Designboom visited the renowned italian architect’s studio and model making workshop to get a behind-the-scenes look at where RPBW’s architectural development takes place.
http://designboom.com/architecture/…
The Glorious Landscape Design Of Dan Kiley
The prolific landscape architect's work is on display at New York's Center For Architecture.
http://fastcodesign.com/3044027/exp…
The Circus Comes to Town in Silicon Valley
Columnist Aaron Betsky evaluates three megaprojects currently underway in Silicon Valley for tech giants Apple, Facebook, and Google.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
Yodelay-hee-what?
Thom Mayne designs an Empire State-sized tower for a Swiss village.
http://archrecord.construction.com/…
Can Oregon’s Tiny Houses Be Part Of The Solution To Homelessness?
Since 1950, the American family home has become two and a half times larger, even as fewer people on average are living in them. Is it time to downsize?
http://theguardian.com/society/2015…
Grape Expectations: Historic Wineries in Northern California Wine Country
Grand ambitions make for a dramatic history -- and a dynamic present -- at some of Northern California's oldest wineries.
http://preservationnation.org/magaz…
Page\Park Wins Competition to Rebuild Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art
Page\Park Architects have been announced as winner of a competition to restore Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art (GSA). The Scottish practice, chosen ahead of four other shortlisted architects, will now develop plans to restore the building’s library and all other areas devastated by fire in May of last year.
http://archdaily.com/614840/page-pa…
A Major Influence
Architect A. Quincy Jones’ work is familiar to many people, even if few know the name behind the thousands of homes, churches, educational centers, and commercial structures that flowed out of his office.
http://palmspringslife.com/Palm-Spr…
Striking Photographs of Baltimore’s Mechanic Theatre Demolition
Over several months, photographer Matthew Carbone documented the fall of the 1967 structure by John Johansen.
http://architectmagazine.com/design…
