9 Best Articles in 2021
The Verge
How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world
The Verge
~13 min read · 224 saves · From 2016 · Kyle Chayka · 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 · 196 saves · 2020-10-17 · Lilly Smith · And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
WIRED
What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie
WIRED
3 min read · 185 saves · 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
3 min read · 157 saves · 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
4 min read · 134 saves · 2020-04-08 · Eric Baldwin · Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping cultural production and design.
Curbed
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New York
Curbed
~18 min read · 133 saves · 2020-12-07 · A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
Fast Company
Make your home more bearable with these 5 tips from interior design maven Kelly Wearstler
Fast Company
4 min read · 119 saves · 2020-03-23 · Elizabeth Segran · 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 · 110 saves · 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.
ArchDaily
6 Visions of How Artificial Intelligence will Change Architecture
ArchDaily
6 min read · 106 saves · 2020-03-30 · We curate six visions from the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of how artificial intelligence will impact the future of cities, design, and architecture.
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The Guardian
Paris approves plan to turn Champs-Élysées into 'extraordinary garden'
The Guardian
2 min read · 95 saves · Jan 10th · Kim Willsher · Mayor Anne Hidalgo gives green light to £225m-scheme to transform French capital’s most famous avenue
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Fast Company
Designers reimagine the U.S. Capitol as a brutalist fortress
Fast Company
2 min read · 24 saves · Jan 11th · Mark Wilson · This dystopian vision illustrates what’s so precious about our federal buildings.
Fast Company
How the idea of the tiny house evolved in 2020
Fast Company
2 min read · 24 saves · Jan 1st · Adele Peters · The small-in-size but potentially big-in-impact housing solution made big strides.
The Guardian
Destruction of brutalist architecture in north of England prompts outcry
The Guardian
3 min read · 21 saves · Jan 3rd · Lanre Bakare · Simon Phipps says mismanagement and lack of appreciation is leading to unnecessary demolition
Bloomberg
Make Way for the ‘One-Minute City’
Bloomberg
20 saves · Jan 5th · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
Fast Company
How to redesign any outdoor space you have—even a fire escape
Fast Company
3 min read · 17 saves · Jan 12th · Elizabeth Segran · Andrea Cochran, whose Bay Area landscape architecture firm has done work for Twitter, shares tips for connecting to nature—even when you have very little of it.
The Wall Street Journal
Frank Gehry’s Luxury New York City Skyscraper Has Everything—Except Enough Tenants
The Wall Street Journal
17 saves · Jan 6th · A Manhattan apartment building designed by the star architect is now offering deals on rent; ‘It’s even better for us, living here with less people’
The New York Times
150-Foot Vessel Sculpture at Hudson Yards Closes After 3rd Suicide
The New York Times
3 min read · 16 saves · Jan 12th · It was unclear when the structure, the huge Manhattan development’s centerpiece, would reopen.
designboom
zaha hadid architects: 'tower C' at shenzhen bay super headquarters base
designboom
15 saves · Jan 11th