Sydney Franklin
Mid-20th-century Latin American design is taking over New York, as last month saw the opening of two major exhibitions showcasing the power and promise of Latin American modernism. Indeed, the last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in design from these cultures, and the storied region is finally getting its due. Plaza of the…
As an eco-friendly alternative to concrete, rammed earth has been trending for a minute; suffice it to say that the sustainable and cost-effective building solution has come a long way from ancient times. By using natural and usually local materials like sand, soil, clay, chalk, lime, or gravel, compressed into blocks, rammed earth buildings have…
Picking out the perfect coffee table and sofa for your living room is a major design decision. Not t o mention choosing the right bed, because you’ll spend one-third of your life sleeping on it. Architizer’s Product Catalog is the best place to find the latest top picks in residential furniture. Check out these 11 pieces…
What can music teach us about architecture? When it comes to the storied history of modernist design in Southern California, Gabriel Kahane can give a musical lesson or two in this historic building genre. Released last year, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s latest album “The Ambassador” features ten tracks about ten street addresses in his birthplace of…
New York needs a lesson in the conservation of its most natural resources and urban ecologist Mariel le Anzelone is here to edify us with the PopUp Forest, an ephemeral forest set to be dropped in the heart of Times Square next summer. Her buzz-worthy Kickstarter campaign has garnered national attention and raised over $32,000 so…
The winner of the 2013 Pitching the City event may well be one of the coolest ideas to infiltrate Ne w York in the last decade. As the world’s largest crowd-sourced civic project, + POOL has revolutionized our concept of recreation in the city. Very soon, we will be able to swim in an outdoor pool…
During my lifetime, the only notable new construction in my hometown has been a basketball arena, th e KFC Yum! Center. Sure, we have the late Michael Graves’s Humana Building, but since its debut in 1985, Louisville’s architectural legacy has barely moved past postmodernism. The new millennium bore the promise of the REX-designed Museum Plaza, a…
Can invisible be innovative? Sometimes architecture that is thoroughly integrated into its environme nt is the most impressive to view. Launched earlier this week, Marc Kushner’s book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings features 100 different structures that push the boundaries of design. We previously saw how some of these projects represent a transformation from…
Imagine the experience of entering a stubby, brutalist building with claustrophobically low ceilings and dim lighting. Then, envision a pair of 10-foot glass doors opening to a skylit atrium with scarcely a barrier between the ground and the sky. The biological need for humans to work, live, and play in large spaces alludes to our…