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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) |
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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Flex Space: AECOM Design + Planning Office by Michielli + Wyetzner Architects
The global firm gets a New York office that's as flexible as its corporate style - and LEED Gold to boot.
by ArchNewsNow October 7, 2010 | 
(Alex Severin/Razum Media) |
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One-on-One: The Art of Ennobling Communities: Interview with Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson
These architects have proven time and time again that architecture can transform reality and change attitudes.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky August 24, 2010 | 
(Nic Lehoux for Caples Jefferson Architects) |
INSIGHT: Save What's Left: Architects as Stewards of Our Planet
We need to develop a new design culture of responsibility, one that seeks in every instance to do as little damage as possible to natural systems.
by Peter Gisolfi, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP August 19, 2010 | 
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) |
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Why "Greatest Hits" Lists by Architecture's Stars Should Be Mocked
Transferring the musical or cinematic "greatest hits" list mind-set to architecture is deleterious, and here's why.
by Norman Weinstein August 12, 2010 | 
(C-Monster) |
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Museo MAXXI by Zaha Hadid Architects
Rome, Italy: The ancient city's newest museum is a reminder that here is a woman at the top of the field - and a testament to the fact that women build, and build well.
by Ann Lui July 19, 2010 | 
(R. Galass, courtesy Fondazione MAXXI) |
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Barry Elbasani, FAIA, 1941-2010: A recent conversation with the gruff optimist and realistic urbanist about his history, inspirations, and aspirations.
The architect known for plans and buildings that revitalized American cities passed away last week at 69.
by Kenneth Caldwell July 9, 2010 | 
(ELS) |
Proper English, as in "Crikey, It's the Loo!"
What in the Sam Hill are lippings, we beseeched? Answer: trim. Conversely, our colleagues from across the pond were anxious to know who, precisely, Mr. Sam Hill would be.
by Jim Coan July 2, 2010 | 
(Centerbrook Architects) |
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Small Firm, Global Practice: An Interview with Jim Goring and Andre Straja of Goring & Straja Architects
How they manage an international practice as a small firm.
by ArchNewsNow June 29, 2010 | 
(Goring & Straja Studio, Milan) |
Book Review: Shedding Light on Concrete: Tadao Ando: Complete Works 1975-2010 by Philip Jodidio
Photographic presentation of a poet of light and concrete triumphs over lackluster commentary.
by Norman Weinstein June 8, 2010 | 
(Guido Mocafico) |
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Move the Farnsworth House
Mies built the Farnsworth in spitting distance of the mighty Fox River, and the house is paying a price for his hubris.
by Fred Bernstein May 25, 2010 | 
(Fred Bernstein) |
An Open Letter to Susan Szenasy re: Frank Gehry
by Fred A. Bernstein May 17, 2010 | 
(Fred Bernstein) |
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Book Review: Sage Architectural Reflections from Architecture's "Athena": Denise Scott Brown's "Having Words" distills a lifetime of theorizing and practice into practical and succinct guidance for thriving through difficult times
Brown's occasional papers trace a trenchant trajectory of learning from Las Vegas to learning from everything.
by Norman Weinstein April 27, 2010 | 
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Disappearing Act: North Carolina Museum of Art West Building by Thomas Phifer and Partners and Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Raleigh, North Carolina: A new museum building strives to nearly disappear, deferring to the beauty of the artworks and the surrounding landscape.
by Lisa Delgado April 21, 2010 | 
(© Scott Frances / Courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art) |
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Power to the Past: Cannon Design Regional Offices at The Power House
St. Louis: A design firm transforms a 1928 city landmark to support its highly collaborative, team-oriented work approach that includes space that can be used by the community as well.
by ArchNewsNow April 1, 2010 | 
(Gayle Babcock/Architectural Imageworks) |
Celebratory Meditations on SANAA Winning the Pritzker Prize
by Norman Weinstein March 29, 2010 | 
(Hisao Suzuki, Courtesy of SANAA) |
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Book Review: Keeping the Architectural Profession Professional: "Architecture from the Outside In: Selected Essays by Robert Gutman" celebrates Gutman's legacy as invaluable outsider
Selected essays by a penetrating sociologist of architecture pose the kinds of tough-minded questions needed now to keep architectural professional on-track.
by Norman Weinstein March 26, 2010 | 
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INSIGHT: Iconic Architecture in the Digital Age
New technologies are helping to transform architectural surfaces far beyond the traditional canons of architecture.
by Carlos Ferré March 23, 2010 | 
(ag4/GKD) |
