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.
Fast Company
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…
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.
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This architect is quietly reshaping skylines, from New York to London
Fast Company
6 min read · Jul 6th · William Pedersen, cofounder of the prolific architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, shares the secrets of designing skyscrapers.
The Guardian
‘A great city has been defaced’: why has a poo emoji arrived on Edinburgh’s skyline?
The Guardian
8 min read · Jul 8th · With its spires, castle and monuments, the Scottish capital’s glorious panorama is world famous. Now a looming new addition has appeared – and is causing outrage
Metropolis Magazine
13 Architecture and Design Books to Add to Your Reading List
Metropolis Magazine
7 min read · Jul 17th · Metropolis editors have selected a variety of current and forthcoming books that will be sure to get you through 2021.
Curbed
Even a Starchitect’s Homeless Housing Project Won’t Sway Venice Beach NIMBYs
Curbed
10 min read · Jul 10th · “What they are working towards is a de facto gated beach community.”
Fast Company
‘Softer, more feminine, design’ is the future, says legendary architect Kengo Kuma
Fast Company
4 min read · Jul 19th · Kuma, whose work is explored in a new book from Taschen, details his humanistic approach to architecture in an exclusive interview with Fast Company.
Aeon+Psyche
The sink in the hall: how pandemics transform architecture
Aeon+Psyche
6 min read · Jul 5th · From the sink in the hall to the UV light in the bus depot: how pandemics past and present can transform architecture
Curbed
A Country Home (With a Fireplace and a Mini-Forest) on a Nomad Rooftop
Curbed
3 min read · Jul 12th · Architect David Nosanchuk designed a penthouse that blots out the city for his client, Tom O’Shea.
Digiday
How 100-year-old Architectural Digest is becoming a brand for a younger and more diverse audience
Digiday
3 min read · Jul 13th · Architectural Digest’s global editorial director Amy Astley does not want the 100-year-old magazine to feel stuck in a legacy mindset.
architecturalrecord.com
Tribute: Kristen Richards (1952–2021)
architecturalrecord.com
1 min read · Jul 2nd · The editor of ArchNewsNow (ANN) helped architects, architecture buffs, and fellow architecture writers keep tabs on what was happening around the world.
Dallas Morning News
Celebrating late modern architecture in California — and Dallas
Dallas Morning News
4 min read · Jul 1st · Critic Mark Lamster says a new monograph on photographer Wayne Thom is spurring an appreciation of the formerly disdained.
