9 Best Articles in 2021
The Verge
How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world
The Verge
~14 min read · From 2017 · Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder of Third Wave, a strategy consultancy based in Berlin that works with small-scale industrial manufacturers. The company’s clients range across Europe, the...
Fast Company
‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the West
Fast Company
2 min read · 2020-10-17 · And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
WIRED
What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie
WIRED
4 min read · From 2017 · Herzog and De Meuron's new philharmonic in Hamburg, Germany is an impressive feat of technology.
The New Yorker
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
The New Yorker
4 min read · 2020-06-17 · What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
ArchDaily
When Machines Design: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Aesthetics
ArchDaily
5 min read · 2020-04-08 · Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping cultural production and design.
Curbed
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New York
Curbed
~19 min read · 2020-12-07 · A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
The New York Times
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
The New York Times
8 min read · Feb 3rd · 432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate.
Fast Company
Make your home more bearable with these 5 tips from interior design maven Kelly Wearstler
Fast Company
4 min read · 2020-03-23 · We’re going to be homebound for months; better make your space as cozy as possible.
ArchDaily
How the Dutch Use Architecture to Feed the World
ArchDaily
4 min read · 2020-01-24 · The Netherlands is the world’s second-biggest exporter of agricultural products, owed to its innovative use of an architectural typology: the greenhouse.
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These architects popularized the open office. Now they say ‘the open office is dead’
Fast Company
4 min read · Apr 19th · Clive Wilkinson Architects championed open offices for big companies such as Google and Microsoft. Now, as the pandemic has led to a massive overhaul of work life, they envision something completely…
Curbed
Meet the Teen Who Hates 432 Park More Than Anyone
Curbed
3 min read · Mar 26th · She’s an 11th-grader in Vancouver.
The New York Times
What Does Home Mean to Us? Not the Same Thing It Did Before the Pandemic
The New York Times
~14 min read · Mar 24th · We’re tired, and so are our living spaces. As we emerge from lockdown, architects, writers and others reflect on how we’ll reinvent them — and what matters now.
Los Angeles Times
Tiny houses and shipping containers may help homeless people in L.A. Are they humane?
Los Angeles Times
9 min read · Apr 15th · Is a tiny house really a glorified toolshed? Are the unhoused serving as guinea pigs for architect's design experiments? Our columnist visits L.A.'s new wave of shelter solutions.
The New York Times
Michael Friedlander, Urban Architect of Offbeat Designs, Dies at 63
The New York Times
4 min read · Apr 1st · He was best known for the Spring Street Salt Shed, a crystalline structure that appears, with a little imagination, to form a coarse grain of salt.
ArchDaily
Architectural Lessons of LEGO
ArchDaily
1 min read · Mar 26th · In this episode, Stewart purchases a box of LEGOs and uses it as a springboard to talk about what he’s learned from the toy block system.
ArchDaily
Would You Pay for Virtual Architecture? What the NFT Craze Means for the Future of the Design…
ArchDaily
3 min read · Apr 2nd · How will NFTs change the architectural profession and place value on renders in a new way?
Fast Company
Architecture has a racist past. These artists radically reimagined it
Fast Company
5 min read · Mar 15th · A new MOMA exhibit explores architecture and Blackness.
The New York Times
Donald P. Ryder, Architect of Black Heritage Sites, Dies at 94
The New York Times
5 min read · Apr 14th · His firm, which he formed with J. Max Bond Jr., designed public works commemorating the civil rights movement as well as the Schomburg Center in Harlem.
The New York Times
‘What Would I Do?’ Frank Gehry, 92, Is Too Busy to Retire
The New York Times
9 min read · Apr 13th · The Pritzker-winning architect is focusing on social justice projects — and can be something of a lightning rod — but he also has lighthearted pursuits.
