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It’s been a pretty tough month for Zaha Hadid Architects, with the much-publicized cancellation of t he firm’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium — swiftly followed by a robust response to the world’s media. However, better news for the practice arrived this week in the shape of MMM Corones, a mountain museum atop an Alpine peak that…
Architecture has come a long way since the time of drawing boards, T-squares, and dividers. How do c ontemporary firms deploy software and hardware solutions in an increasingly competitive market when superior workflow is measured in seconds, bytes, and pixels? Architizer recently conducted a survey of architects [PDF] to glean how they use technology, and the…
“Kindergartens and nurseries are for kids, not for adults.”
“The completion of the World Trade Center will finally restore the majestic skyline of Manhattan …” As a blockbuster collaboration between a massive, multinational news corporation and the building’s new architect — Bjarke Ingels, arguably the master storyteller of his profession — it should come as no surprise that the video for this week’s big…
By James Biber, architect of the USA Pavilion at EXPO 2015. Expos, since their inception in the Vict orian London of 1851, have managed to rely on architecture as the leitmotif of modernity. Paxton’s Crystal Palace was the first truly modern building: fully demountable, entirely prefabricated of iron and glass, commissioned by competition, and realized from…
The interesting thing about Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter is that, looking at their diverse projects, many of which involve renovation of heritage buildings, a design philosophy emerges not through a stylistic idiosyncrasy, but a consistent and relentless sensitivity to context.
Beyond the rioting gear, police, looting, and violence, the images of the recent demonstrations in B altimore depict a city crippled by derelict infrastructure. As in many aging American cities, many parts in Baltimore are characterized by urban blight, abandonment, and crumbling buildings — specifically the neighborhoods inhabited by low-income and minority communities. In a recent…
It’s pretty exhausting being a British voter right now: This year’s election campaign has been one o f the most mind-boggling in recent memory — no fewer than seven party leaders took part in April’s televised debate, leaving more questions than answers about the benefits and drawbacks of each manifesto. Public opinion is split, the race…
Salone 2015 was, in a word, disappointing. As an ever-expanding media frenzy, the largest annual int ernational design fair has lost sight of the essentials and diluted the meaning of good design. Even the work shown in the Ventura Lambrate area, where design schools like Eindhoven present student work that hints at the future of design,…