|
Two Books to Accelerate the Translation of Ideas into Practical Forms
New books on design research and transformational ideas through architectural history have potent practical uses: "The Designer's Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design" Sally Augustin and Cindy Coleman; and "100 Ideas That Changed Architecture" by Richard Weston
by Norman Weinstein February 24, 2012 | 
|
The Big Chill: Leers Weinzapfel Associates' Chiller Plants Reinvent the Art of Infrastructure Work
Thoughtful analysis, ingenuity, and the ability to envision design opportunities create a unique exercise to "make something of beauty" in urban settings.
by Charles Linn, FAIA February 22, 2012 | 
(Peter Aaron/Esto) |
|
INSIGHT: Bringing Art to the Streets without Breaking the Bank
An architect explains how he used innovative materials and a close-knit alliance of stakeholders to provide economical solutions to create an artful amenity for a city's public transit passengers.
by Walter Geiger, AIA, FARA February 14, 2012 | 
(© 2011 Walt Geiger Studios LLC, Raymond Martinot, photographer) |
Book Review: How to be a Useful Architectural Critic: Alexandra Lange's Perspicacious Primer Points the Way
"Writing about Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities" - use it often and you'll never think of the word "critic" pejoratively again.
by Norman Weinstein January 26, 2012 | 
|
|
Good Deeds: Multi-Service Center South, St. Vincent de Paul Society, San Francisco
Q&A with Susie Jue, vice president of philanthropy for IIDA NC, about the Chapter's pro bono project to renovate the city's largest homeless shelter.
by Kenneth Caldwell December 22, 2011 | 
(© David Wakely) |
Best Architecture Books of 2011
10 Books Sparking Creative Inspiration Plus Escapist Fare for Financially Fickle Times
by Norman Weinstein December 16, 2011 | 
|
|
One-on-One: We architects are politicians: Interview with Giancarlo Mazzanti
"Now is the time to think of how architecture can change the world. We architects can assume that role and make a real difference in how people live and behave."
by Vladimir Belogolovsky December 13, 2011 | 
(©Sergio Gomez) |
INSIGHT: At the Intersection of Medicine, Technology, and Design: Hybrid Operating Rooms
Technology has enabled the transformation of classic operating rooms into dynamic, multi-purpose environments - requiring a new design approach for architects.
by Ross A. Cole, BAM Architecture Studio December 6, 2011 | 
(Jim Fiora Studio) |
|
Call for entries: ArchNewsNow / MOO Competition
If you could hand your business card to one person in the world, who would it be?
by ArchNewsNow December 1, 2011 | 
|
"Unbuilt Washington": The National Building Museum explores some breathtakingly beautiful and some simply bizarre proposals to shape - or re-shape - America's capital
From a pyramid honoring Abraham Lincoln and a Modernist Ponte Vecchio for the Washington Channel Bridge to height limits, two architect/curators discuss the eye-opening array of what-might-have-been architecture and urban design projects that would have made Washington, DC look very different today (and tomorrow). November 22, 2011 | 
(National Archives, Washington, DC) |
|
Michael Sorkin: Architectural Critic as Scam Scanner and Urban(e) Design Sage
Sorkin's "All Over the Map," a sprawling miscellany of recent essays on buildings and cities, a triumph of enlightened nay-saying and affirmation.
by Norman Weinstein November 11, 2011 | 
|
Mixing It Up with Elders: An Interview with Byron Kuth and Liz Ranieri
"In its current state, the senior living industry is all about isolating senior communities from the larger communities around them. We're proposing a very different social structure."
by ArchNewsNow October 18, 2011 | 
(Kuth/Ranieri Architects) |
|
You Survived Part 2: Mapping the Path to your Next Project and a More Predictable Workload
It is essential to establish a specific, easy, and brief Go/No Go decision process, allowing you to quickly determine where to invest limited marketing resources.
by Michael Bernard, AIA, and Nancy Kleppel, Assoc. AIA October 4, 2011 | 
(David R. Tribble) |
When a Train Rumbles Past this Recording Studio, Nobody Hears It: SubCat Studios by Fiedler Marciano Architecture
Syracuse, NY: A downtown cultural redevelopment project has rapidly established itself as a catalyst to rebrand and revitalize the city's core by promoting a supportive environment for the arts within the downtown area.
by ArchNewsNow.com September 30, 2011 | 
(Chris Cooper) |
|
INSIGHT: Small-Scale Solution to Alternative Energy Resistance
Why the assumption that an industrial-scale response is required to produce green energy in the vast quantities required to power this country is wrong.
by Peter Gisolfi, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP September 27, 2011 | 
(Robert Mintzes) |
Book Review: Pencils that Refuse to Die: Meditations about New Books on Architectural Drawing
Three recent books dealing with architectural drawing by pencil you need to read: "Eleven Exercises in the Art of Architectural Drawing: Slow Food for the Architect's Imagination" by Marco Frascari; "The Architect's Sketchbook" by Will Jones; and "Robbie Cornelissen: The Capacious Memory" by Lex ter Braak and Edwin Jacobs
by Norman Weinstein September 23, 2011 | 
|
|
One-on-One: Architecture that leads to a point: Interview with Daniel Libeskind
"Every building, every city should have a story."
by Vladimir Belogolovsky September 20, 2011 | 
(©Studio Daniel Libeskind) |
Book Review: "One Million Acres & No Zoning": Lars Lerup's Outrageous Encomium to Houston Instructs and Infuriates
This isn't some dryly academic reconfiguration of trendy urban planning theory. I recommend it for the intrepid.
by Norman Weinstein August 18, 2011 | 
|
|
One-on-One: Architecture of Emotion and Place: Interview with Bartholomew Voorsanger, FAIA, MAIBC
The architect's aspiration to create expressive, dynamic spaces is absolutely the key to his work.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky August 17, 2011 | 
(©Voorsanger Architects PC) |
Book Review: Talkin' 'Bout (Not) My Generation: Uplifting Gen X Architects Showcase Pragmatic Optimism
In "New York Dozen: Gen X Architects" by architect Michael J. Crosbie, the framing of each architectural firm is extraordinary.
by Norman Weinstein July 29, 2011 | 
|
