Book Review: Leftover Rightunder

Leftover Rightunder: Finding Architectural Potential in Found Materials by Wes JanzHalf Letter Press, 2013Paperback, 96 pagesI've often written that small things don't necessarily equate with small impacts, be it buildings or other projects. It's the ideas embedded within a design that are important,...

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A Few Competitions and Prizes of Note

Built By Women New York CityThe Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation received grants from the New York Building Foundation and the New York Council for the Humanities to identify 100 outstanding structures and built environments, either contemporary or historic, designed and/or constructed by women...

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Book Review: Torre David

Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities edited by Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zürich; photographs by Iwan BaanLars Müller Publishers, 2013Hardcover, 416 pagesThink of "informal housing" and most likely the slums of cities...

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Today's archidose #774

Here are a couple projects in Poland photographed by Maciek Lulko.Brama Poznania ICHOT ("Poznan Gate" Interactive center of Cathedral Island, 2014) in Poznań by Ad Artis Architects:Zespół Szkolno-Przedszkolny nr 12 (School and kindergarden nr 12, 2009) in Wroclaw by Biuro Projektów R2 Rubik Lesław:To...

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Today's archidose #773

Here are some photos of the Market Hall and Central Squares (2012) in Ghent, Belgium, by Robbrecht & Daem, photographed by Maurice Tjon a Tham. Previously the building was featured as Today's archidose #664.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose...

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A Tale of Two Chicagos

There's the Midwestern "Windy City," "City of Big Shoulders," "Second City," etc.:[Photo by John Hill]And then there's the "Mideastern" Chicago, an urban warfare training site for the IDF in the Negev desert:[Chicago #2, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, 2005 | Photo source]The Midwestern Chicago's...

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The Post Is Hating Contemporary Architecture

The New York Post published a couple pieces over the weekend that openly criticize projects dedigned by famous architects. First is an editorial on the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC, designed by Frank Gehry. The yet-to-be-built project has been mired in approvals and budget cuts, and hampered...

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