Book Review: Trilogy: SCI-Arc Pavilions

Trilogy: SCI-Arc Pavilions by Oyler Wu CollaborativeSCI-Arc Press, 2014Paperback, 144 pagesThis book presents three pavilions designed by Oyler Wu Collaborative for SCI-Arc, where husband-and-wife partners Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu teach. This situation is certainly a unique one, since the school has...

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Vote for 2014 Building of the Year

The work I do with World-Architects includes the Building of the Week feature on the American-Architects platform. For 2014 there were 49 such buildings, and voting is open to determine the Building of the Year. The screenshot below gives a peek of the buildings in the running, but head over to American-Architects...

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Book Review: Sand and Golf

Sand and Golf: How Terrain Shapes the Game by George WatersGoff Books, 2013Hardcover, 140 pagesJust like architecture and landscape architecture have reoriented their practices in part toward sustainable ends – designing buildings and landscapes that use less energy and respond to their local contexts...

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Today's archidose #809

Here are some of my photos of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, wrapped by curators Sebastiaan Bremer and Florian Idenburg & Jing Liu of SO–IL for their BLUEPRINT exhibition.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute...

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Today's archidose #808

Here is a sampling of some panoramic photos recently added to the archidose pool.Maison des Associations - Fécamp by G2 architectes, photographed by David Cousin-Marsy:Computer model of a Mies van der Rohe-designed golf clubhouse, by Heiner Engbrocks:Kurkowa 14 estate - Apartamenty Kurkowa 14 by Maćków...

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Sorkin Builds

[All photographs courtesy of Michael Sorkin Studio]If I had a nickel for every time I've read somebody comment in response to one of Michael Sorkin's opinion pieces something like, "What does he know? He hasn't built anything," I'd probably have, well, a dollar and some change. To me that point does...

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Today's archidose #807

Here are some photos of the Rowing Pavilion (2010) in Alange, Spain, by José María Sánchez García, photographed by José Carlos Melo Dias.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just:::...

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Book Review: Performative Skyscraper

Performative Skyscraper: Tall Building Design Now by Scott JohnsonBalcony Press, 2014Paperback, 164 pagesWhen in Chicago last fall I stopped by the office of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) to do a studio visit for World-Architects. If any firm is known for tall buildings, it is AS+GG....

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Sculpting the Architectural Mind

This sounds like a conference worth attending, taking place at Pratt Institute in early March:Sculpting the Architectural MindNeuroscience and the Education of an ArchitectIn recent years, architects have been mining new research in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, object-oriented philosophy, and...

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Going Underground in DC

It seems appropriate that the drive to transform a unused underground trolley station into a venue "for presenting, producing, and promoting cutting-edge arts, architecture, design, and creative endeavors" should take place in Washington, DC. The city, after all, is home to Harry Weese's beloved METRO...

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Today's archidose #806

Here are some photos of Emerson College in Los Angeles, California, by Morphosis Architects, photographed by Riley Snelling; see more photos on the photographer's website.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram...

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2015 Driehaus Prize Winner

David M. Schwarz is the 2015 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize. But, if the website of his firm, David M. Schwarz Architects (DMSAS), is any indication, the $200,000 prize is just a step below gracing the cover of a phone book. Which begs the question, "Are Yellow Pages and other phone books...

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2015 Mumford Lecture: Rebecca Solnit

Mark your calendars: Thursday, April 2 is the 2015 Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism, to be given by writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit. The 11th annual lecture is presented by the Graduate Program in Urban Design, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York...

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Slat Happy

Earlier today I did two microblogging things:1. I deleted my "archidose" Tumblr page/account, and2. I set up a new "Slat Happy" page on Tumblr"Huh?" you ask, "You had a Tumblr?" Yes I did, and I'll admit it wasn't anything special, something I set up as an outlet for very short, image-based posts, featuring...

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Today's archidose #805

Here are some photos of models from the architectural competition for an overall refurbishment and extension of the “Badisches Staatstheater” theatre in Karlsruhe, Germany, photographed by Frank Dinger. The two first prize winners will develop their designs for the competition's second stage.Delugan...

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