Today's archidose #816

Here are some shots of Der Neue Zollhof (2005) in Düsseldorf, Germany, by Gehry Partners, photographed by Wojtek Gurak.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just::: Tag your photos...

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Firm Faces #21: JGMA

Many of the recent "firm faces" I've featured have been fairly humorous, evidence that architects don't always take themselves so seriously. I think that can be safely applied to Chicago's JGMA, headed by Juan Moreno.This screenshot shows the cartoon visages of Moreno and other executives and leadership...

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Following 432

Although far from planned, yesterday I snapped three photos of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Queens, each one of them anchored by Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue nearing completion on 57th Street.Here it is in the morning, seen from the Court Square 7 stop in Long Island City:Here it is in the...

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Mark Your Calendars, Hamptonites

Parrish Art Museum just announced three years worth of exhibitions to be held at their Herzog & de Meuron-designed building in Water Mill, New York, from next month until 2017. A few of them are architecture-related and those are highlighted below.Platform: Tara DonovanJuly 4, 2015 to October 18,...

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What 20th Century?

First, there was the steampunk reality of No. 15 Renwick, a residential project near SoHo by ODA Architecture:And now, in this entry (1 of 86) from the Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge Competition, there's even more of a sense that the 20th century never happened:Perhaps, 19th-century entourage is just one...

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Book Review: Workforce

Workforce: A Better Place to Work edited by Aurora Fernádez Per, Javier Mozasa+t, 2014Paperback, 160 pages[All images courtesy of a+t]Recently I picked up a couple used books that are all about work: Nikil Saval's Cubed: The Secret History of the Workplace, published last spring, and Studs Terkel's...

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Vote for a Daily Dose

A Daily Dose of Architecture is one of ten blogs nominated in the Architecture category of the 6th Annual JDR Industry Blogger Awards. Given the list of great blogs in contention, I don't really stand a chance of winning, but if you like this little 'ol blog, head over to JDR's website and cast your...

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Aftertaste: Inside Imagination

Parsons SCE's Interior Design Aftertaste symposium, Inside Imagination, takes place on Friday and Saturday at Parsons the New School for Design in New York. I was lucky enough to participate in last year's event, so I can't recommend it highly enough. Details on the two-day event are below.AFTERTASTE...

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A Taste of PoohTown

Recent University College London graduate Nick Elias's PoohTown is the recipient of the Silver Medal in the 2014 RIBA President's Medals Student Awards. Below is a taste of the amazing project, in which, "1920s Slough is revisited to capitalize from the economy of 'happiness' as an alternative industry...

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Today's archidose #815

Here are some shots of the CINiBA/The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (2011) in Katowice, Poland, by HS99, photographed by M Poplawski.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for...

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Mark Your Calendars, Moneybags

As spotted at Artforum, and with my emphasis: The Skystone Foundation has announced that James Turrell’s Roden Crater project near Flagstaff, Arizona will be opened from May 14 to May 17 with limited access reserved at five-thousand dollars per person.Roden Crater, the unfinished magnum opus of Turrell,...

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Shooting Construction

If you like tunnels, tall buildings and other large-scale constructions, head over to ENR to see the winners in their 2014 Annual Readers' Photo Contest (runners up can be found here). Here are a few standouts.[Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant, photographed by Robin Scheswohl] [L: East Side Access...

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Tschumi in PA

Next week Bernard Tschumi is giving a lecture in Pittsburgh, rescheduled from earlier this year when Snowmageddon was predicted but failed to materialize. Details are below.[Acropolis Museum, Athens, 2001-2009] SoArch Spring 2015 Lecture SeriesBERNARD TSCHUMIBernard Tschumi Architects, New York, ParisProfessor,...

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Today's archidose #814

Here are a few wintry scenes for your Monday, President's Day here in the United States.Centre of Excellence - York University, Glendon Campus by Daoust Lestage Architects, photographed by Riley Snelling:Housing Complex Zollikerstrasse by Gigon/Guyer, photographed by Andras Kiss:Modern Wing of the Art...

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Book Review: BIG. HOT TO COLD

BIG. HOT TO COLD. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation by Bjarke IngelsTaschen, 2015Paperback, 712 pages[Wraparound cover – All images courtesy of Taschen]If Bjarke Ingels' Yes Is More from 2009 didn't reinvent the monograph, it at least injected some new life into it. The BIG helmsman used a comic...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

[Stereotank's HeartBeat installation in Times Square, photographed on Friday the 13...

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Slideshow of BIG's W57

Yesterday I walked by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group's W57, a "courtscraper" under construction on Manhattan's West Side. The slideshow has 20 photos from my short jaunt, moving in a clockwise motion from the southeast to the northeast. The building is scheduled to be completed before the end of the year....

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Today's archidose #813

Here are a few photos of the addition to the Regional State Archives (addition 2012, original 1921) in Bergen, Norway, by NAV Architects with VY Arkitektur, photographed by Sindre Ellingsen.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To...

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