Practice

While utopias are products of an immanently positive act of design, dystopias have the potential to use failure to inform our architectural and social reality.

With the its local scene gaining momentum, the Chicago Architecture Biennial is threatening to steal some of the Venice Biennale’s thunder. (Please don’t give me concrete shoes!) One of the most exciting things in Chicago — and part of what is fueling the momentum of the Biennial — is the schools there. They have a…

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…

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” While Woody Allen regards mortality with his typically brilliant humor, it is not a subject that everyone can approach with such dry-witted stoicism. They say the only certainty in life is death, and this harsh truth brings with…

Running a successful architecture practice is more than just program diagrams and foundation details : the operational side of things is equally important when it comes to keeping the firm afloat and it takes both business sense and creativity to spur growth. For project managers, accounting is paramount. It is important to keep close track of…

Foster + Partners has been awarded the task of designing the main stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium near Doha will house the opening and closing ceremonies for the event, and its forward-thinking design aims to take stadium design to the next level. Instead of creating a free-standing object…

Chicago architects, decorators, design enthusiasts, and savvy shoppers have a lot to celebrate this year. The Merchandise Mart, the epicenter for design in Chicago, has added four new showrooms to its LuxeHome collection located on the 1st floor of this iconic building. These include the Miele Center, Scavolini Store Chicago, Wood-Mode Lifestyle Design Center, and…

David Chipperfield Architects has been selected to develop a new design for the Southwest Wing for m odern and contemporary art at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The renovation and redesign will enhance the connection between the museum with Central Park, and will double the size of the roof garden. Inside, the galleries will be…

If you needed further evidence that the world of architectural design is transforming fast, look no further than Marc Kushner’s new book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings, released this week in conjunction with the architect’s uplifting TED Talk. When establishing just howfast, though, one particular question that Marc poses stands out amongst the…