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Poetry as Rescuing Angel: The Angel Island Immigration Station by Architectural Resources Group, Tom Eliot Fisch, and Daniel Quan Design
Angel Island, San Francisco Bay: Long abandoned and near demolition, an important part of American immigration history was saved by writings on the wall.
by ArchNewsNow June 21, 2011 | 
(Department of Photographic Archives, State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation) |
You Survived: Introduction: Your Firm Survived the Recession - Now Foster a Thriving a Practice.
by Michael S. Bernard, AIA, and Nancy Kleppel, Assoc. AIA June 14, 2011 | 
(David R. Tribble) |
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Book Review: "Post-Traumatic Urbanism," guest edited by Adrian Lahoud, Charles Rice, and Anthony Burke
A collection of essays highlights the recognizable and unrecognizable shifts and changes in cities following both mad-made and natural disasters.
by Dr. Anuradha Chatterjee June 10, 2011 | 
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Book Review: Diving into Architecture from Every New Angle: Reading Guillevic's "Geometries"
Why an obscure book of French poetry in a flashy translation goes to the heart of every architectural practice.
by Norman Weinstein June 3, 2011 | 
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INSIGHT: Collaboration and Compromise: A Misunderstood Aspect of the Design Process
True collaboration is a symbiosis between the architect's design ideas, a project's setting, and the intentions of its users.
by Peter Gisolfi, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP June 1, 2011 | 
(Robert Mintzes) |
Book Review: Wake-up Calls for Color-Challenged Architects: Two recent books point the way to advanced imaginings of color
"Light Color Sound: Sensory Effects in Contemporary Architecture" by Alejandro Bahamon and Ana Maria Alvarez, and "Color Moves: Art & Fashion by Sonia Delaunay" edited by Matilda McQuaid and Susan Brown
by Norman Weinstein May 27, 2011 | 
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Book Review: "Immaterial World: Transparency in Architecture": Marc Kristal crystallizes increasingly complex notions of transparency with a light touch.
Although most of the 25 projects discussed are well-known, they take on additional meaning in this sensitively curated selection.
by Norman Weinstein March 25, 2011 | 
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A Tale of Two Pools: Q&A with Paulett Taggart
It was the sunniest of pools, it was the foggiest of pools, but the architectural approach is similar: there is nothing unnecessary.
by ArchNewsNow.com March 23, 2011 | 
(Tim Griffith Photographer (top) / Bruce Damonte Photography (bottom)) |
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One-on-One: Architecture as a Social Instrument: Interview with Bjarke Ingels of BIG
It is not for nothing that this young architect is referred to as the "Yes Man" with a willingness - and ability - to please just about everyone.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky March 1, 2011 | 
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Book Review: "Visual Planning and the Picuresque" by Nikolaus Pevsner. Edited by Mathew Aitchison
A rediscovered manuscript unveils a portrait of the famed architectural historian as neglected urban designer. His commitment to the picturesque aesthetic for buildings and towns is as urgently needed as ever.
by Norman Weinstein February 1, 2011 | 
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Designers of the Year: An Interview with Verda Alexander and Primo Orpilla of Studio O+A
Today Contract magazine named Verda Alexander and Primo Orpilla of San Francisco's Studio O+A Designers of the Year. We caught up with them in their office before they headed east for the festivities.
by ArchNewsNow January 28, 2011 | 
(David Wakely) |
The Ten Commandments of Architecture
by Jim Childress, FAIA January 21, 2011 | 
(Centerbrook Architects) |
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Book Review: How New Urbanism's Case Triumphs Best Through "The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary" by Dhiru A. Thadani
Thadani's oversized reference charms, infuriates, and enlightens.
by Norman Weinstein January 14, 2011 | 
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Q&A with James Anderson, LEED AP re: Low Impact Development
LID is an alternative, cost-effective method for those who want to be sensitive to sustainability, but lack the resources to pursue LEED certification.
by ArchNewsNow January 11, 2011 | 
(Llewellyn-Davies Sahni) |
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Book Review: Cities for People, by Jan Gehl
Copenhagen's urban-space guru explains the principles, practices, and priorities that make cities more livable - beginning, but not ending, with dethroning King Car
by Bill Millard January 7, 2011 | 
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Best Architecture Books of 2010
Ten books pointing the way to larger professional horizons
by Norman Weinstein December 3, 2010 | 
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One-on-One: Putting Colors Together: An Interview with Will Alsop
For Alsop, it is the act of painting, the state of losing control - its imprecision and intuitiveness - that best define his initial vague intentions - and what ultimately brings him close to the mystery of inventing new architecture.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky November 30, 2010 | 
(Roderick Coyne) |
A Meditation on the Beauty of Zaha Hadid's Door Handle
Hadid's design issues a challenge: define beauty by lyrically playing with illusion.
by Norman Weinstein October 28, 2010 | 
(© Courtesy of Valli & Valli) |
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Book Review: The Architecture of Patterns, by Paul Andersen and David Salomon
A new book considers how the Modernist adage "form follows function" has stuck around in a whole new guise.
by Ann Lui October 28, 2010 | 
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Book Review: "Architecture and Beauty: Conversations with Architects about a Troubled Relationship": Yael Reisner exuberantly interviews architects about beauty
Any of you architects seen Mr. Keats Lately?
by Norman Weinstein October 12, 2010 | 
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