Book Review: Local Architecture

Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community by Brian-MacKay-Lyons, edited by Robert McCarterPrinceton Architectural Press, 2015Hardcover, 224 pagesGhost, a laboratory run by Canadian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons where architecture students would design and build small structures on land...

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"I'm OK. The world's all wrong."

The quote of this title's post comes from the notebook of Harry Weese, which is featured in a 2010 episode of Chicago Tonight. The 13-minute piece gives a good overview of a late Chicago architect who, like Bertrand Goldberg, has been overshadowed by Mies, SOM, and other architects in the city, even though he produced some of the city's best architecture. It's worth watching if you don't know his...

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Book Review: Fuksas Building Update

Fuksas Building Update by Massimiliano & Doriana FuksasActar, 2015Hardcover, 250 pagesFirst off, I should admit that I don't have nor haven't seen the first Fuksas Building, published by Actar in 2011, which this book updates. So I can't really comment on how well this book extends the content of...

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What's that ↑ up there?

Unless you're reading this post on a mobile device or in your email browser, you're seeing a new widget with three images tucked between the title atop the blog and this post below it. This widget features three recent posts from the World-Architects Daily News, where I am Editor in Chief. Given that a good deal of my time during the day is spent adding posts to the Daily News, I felt it would be...

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Today's archidose #838

Here are some photos of the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux (2015) in Bordeaux, France, by Herzog & de Meuron, photographed by JP2H.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: The Japanese House Reinvented

The Japanese House Reinvented by Philip JodidioMonacelli Press, 2015Hardcover, 288 pagesIn the introduction to Philip Jodidio's new book highlighting fifty recent Japanese houses, the author mentions that Japan and the United States share a preference for single-family houses over apartments. While...

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Today's archidose #837

Here are some photos of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (1963) at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, photographed by Hassan Bagheri.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To...

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