Michael McDonough: Published Articles
McDonough, Michael. "Views." Progressive Architecture. July 1977.
McDonough, Michael. "A Boston Griglia Grafica." Domus. February 1979.
McDonough, Michael. "Grid House." Impulse Magazine. Summer 1979.
McDonough, Michael. "Grid House." Arquitectura. January-February 1979.
McDonough, Michael, et alia, editors. VIA 4: Culture and the Social Vision. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1980.
McDonough, Michael. "Grid House and American Ritual." Benzine. Spring-Summer1982.
McDonough, Michael. "Architecture's Unnoticed Avant-Garde: Taking a Second Look at Art in
the Environment." Art in the Land. Edited by Alan Sonfist. New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1983.
McDonough, Michael. "Taste, Risk, and the Party Line." Industrial Design Magazine. May-June
1984.
McDonough, Michael. "Screening Art." Industrial Design Magazine. July-August 1984.
McDonough, Michael. "Gods in Flight." Industrial Design Magazine. November-December 1984.
McDonough, Michael. "A View From the Campidoglio." Industrial Design Magazine. January-
February 1986.
McDonough, Michael. "De-architecture" ID Magazine. November-December 1988.
McDonough, Michael. "Emilio Ambasz and Steven Holl at MoMA." ID Magazine. March 1989.
McDonough, Michael. "Local Hero: First Lady of L.A. Architecture." Metropolitan Home. August
1989.
McDonough, Michael. "The House That Eames Built: A Status Report." ID Magazine. September-
October 1989.
McDonough, Michael. "Six Ways of Looking at L.A." ID Magazine. January-February 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "Appraisal: Where Art is Accountable." Metropolitan Home. February
1990.
McDonough, Michael. "The Artist as Johnny Appleseed." Metropolitan Home. February 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "American Revolutionary." Metropolitan Home. May 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "An American Saga: Esther McCoy and Los Angeles Architects."
Metropolis. March 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "Art in the Afternoon: The Gallery Lowdown." Metropolitan Home.
August 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "Nature, Surrealism, and Folk Design Methodology in the Casa
Malaparte." A+U: Architecture and Urbanism. December 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "House Rules." Departures. November-December 1990.
McDonough, Michael. "Urban Concepts." International Design Magazine. March-April 1991.
McDonough, Michael. "William Spratling, Sterling Star." Metropolitan Home. April 1991.
McDonough, Michael. "Design as an Interrogative." Interior Objects 1991. [catalog] New York:
Gallery 91, 1991.
McDonough, Michael. "Kahn: Mass Approval at Last." Metropolitan Home. October 1991.
McDonough, Michael. "A Perfect Cliffhanger." Metropolitan Home. December 1991.
McDonough, Michael. "In Context: Making the Difficult Connection." Glass Magazine. Winter
1993.
McDonough, Michael. "Outsider Art Is In." Metropolitan Home. January-February 1993.
McDonough, Michael. "New Russian Design." ID Magazine. March 1993.
McDonough, Michael. "Conversation: Massimo Vignelli and Michael McDonough." Glass
Magazine. Fall 1993.
McDonough, Michael. "Eco-Architecture." Metropolitan Home. March-April 1994.
McDonough, Michael. "Gods Too Ancient and Contradictory: In Response to Andrea Branzi."
The Edge of the Millennium. Edited by Susan Yelavich. New York: Whitney Library of Design/ Watson-Guptill Publications. 1994.
McDonough, Michael and Gere Kavanaugh. "A Secret History of Design in Los Angeles." ID
Magazine. March-April 1994.
McDonough, Michael. "Eco-Architecture/Eco-Materials." Metropolitan Home. May-June 1994.
McDonough, Michael. "Currents." The New York Times. April 28, 1994.
McDonough, Michael. "Currents: Design's Future." The New York Times. June 9, 1994.
McDonough, Michael and Bruce Sterling. “Newer New York.” Wired Magazine. January 2000
McDonough, Michael. “e-House2000.” Whole Earth Catalog. Summer 2001.
McDonough, Michael. “House Lab.” Builder Magazine. January 2001.
McDonough, Michael. "Design Theory and Computing Culture in the Hyper Information Age."
Rana (Number 2). 1996.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. Italy: The State of the Arts. Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1986.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. Memphis and the New Italian Design. Minneapolis,
Minnesota: Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1986.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Fallacy in Wonderland." Metropolis. September 1987.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "MoMA: Deconstructing Deconstructivists." Art News.
Summer, 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Selling The Uneasy Chair." Metropolitan
Home. January 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Real vs. Fake: What's At Stake?"
Metropolitan Home. February 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: State Of The Plate." Metropolitan Home.
March 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: The Ceramics Scene." Metropolitan Home.
April 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: From Paint Box To Salt Box." Metropolitan
Home. May 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Apocalypse Now: The New LA."
Metropolitan Home. July 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Working In The Belly Of The Beast."
Metropolitan Home. October 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Time Marches On Us." Metropolitan Home.
November 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Listen For The Voices Behind The Vision."
Metropolitan Home. December 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Xmas Rap: Give Design A Chance."
Metropolitan Home. January 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Why Black Never Pales." Metropolitan
Home. March 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Why We Love Folk Art." Metropolitan
Home. April 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Sneaking Up On Status." Metropolitan
Home. May 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Now, Our Inalienable Right To Tinker."
Metropolitan Home. June 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Underdog Monuments: An Insider's Tour of
New York." Metropolitan Home. September 1989.
McDonough, Michael and Julie Iovine. "Met Grille: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Bite
Back." Metropolitan Home. April 1991.
McDonough, Michael and Alan Sonfist, Editors. Time Landscape: The Commemorative Booklet.
New York: Leo Castilli Gallery, 1978.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: The People's Court." Metropolitan Home.
August 1988.
McDonough, Michael and Steven Holt. "Downtown: Tom Wolfe's At Our Door: A Bonfire For
The '90s." Metropolitan Home. September 1988.
McDonough, Michael , Editor. Scott-Brown, Denise. "Suburban Space, Scale, Speed, and
Symbol." VIA 3: Ornament. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1976.
Books:
Dreaming Green: Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire by Lisa Sharkey and Paul Gleicher
Architecture: Nature by Philip Jodidio
Architecture Now! by Philip Jodidio
House: American Houses for the New Century by Cathy Lang Ho and Raul A. Barreneche
The Smart House by James Trulove and Michael McDonough
Michael McDonough Architect: Published Commentary
Anon. “The Coolest Rooms on the Planet: Kitchen. Wired Magazine.” January 2006.
Jodidio, Philip. Architecture Now. Taschen: Cologne, Germany. 2005.
Bruce Mau. Massive Change. Phaidon Press: London. 2004.
Alati, Danine. “Travelogic: Michael McDonough Architect makes sense of the unpredictable
world of international travel.” Contract Design. August 2000.
Allen, Gerald. “Postures: two experimental design projects for houses.” Architectural Record. April 1979.
Andrews, Colman. “The Metropolitan Home Showhouse to Benefit DIFFA.” Metropolitan Home. February 1989
Busch, Aikiko. Design is... Metropolis Books/Princeton Architectural Press. January 2002
Calmenson, Diane Wintroub. “The Design Adventures of Michael McDonough: Searching for the Right Questions.” Interiors and Sources. September 1995.
Bethany, Marilyn. “Interiors: What’s Modern Now.” New York Magazine. September 28, 1987.
Busch, Akiko. “Design Explorations 2001.” Metropolis. October 1991.
Gandee, Charles. “Artful Collaboration.” House & Garden. January 1992.
Giovannini, Joseph. “New Angles for a Classic Loft: ’87 Apartment Living.”
The New York Times. January 22, 1987
Hernon, Monta Monaco. “Making Your Home Healthy and Green.” Electronic House. February 2001
Ho, Cathy Lang and Raul A. Barreneche. House: American Houses for the NewCentury. Monicelli Press: New York 2002
Huang, Lily. “Stronger Than Steel.” Newsweek. April 2008.
Fordham, John. “Home Evolution.” Sublime Magazine. 2008
Jorge S. Arango. “Green Science.” Hudson Valley Magazine. 2007
Jodidio, Philip. Architecture: Nature. Prestel Publishing: New York. 2006.
King, Lis. “The Future Home Becomes a Reality.” NJ Savvy Living. Winter 2001
Lassell, Michael. “Shack Therapy: What They Did For Love (A Renovator’s Tale).” Metropolitan Home. January/February 1993
Louie, Elaine. “Earthly Offices A Frog Could Love.” The New York Times. July 9, 1998.
Moed, Andrea. “Bamboozler: Designer Michael McDonough keeps finding new ways to use the grass that is stronger than steel. Metropolis. June 1998
Mohoney, David and Keller Easterling. Seaside: Making a Town in America. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press. 1991
Nasatir, Judith. “Michael McDonough: The Sam & Libby Showroom in New York sets a standard
for environmentally correct design.” Interior Design. September 1993
New York Chapter/AIA. New York Architecture, Volume 3. New York: New York Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, 1990
Poggi, Michelle. “e-House2000: A science fiction prediction becomes reality.” MSM. June 2001
Rappaport, Nina. “Labs for Living.” Architecture/House. May 2000
Reis, Michael. “e-House2000: Michael McDonough’s Most Excellent Adventure. Environmental
Design+Construction. January/February 2001
Slesin, Suzanne. “From Hockney to Zuni: A Show House With A Difference.” The New York Times. October 6, 1988
Stephens, Suzanne. “Currents: Just Asking To Be Bent.” The New York Times. June17, 1993
Trang, Corinne. “Building a Life.” Organic Style. January/February 2002.
Yee, Roger. “Kissed By A Frog: No One Escapes the Emotional Experience of Design at
frogdesign, Sunnyvale, California.” Contract Design. June 1996
Yee, Roger. “Pulp Furniture: Yesterday’s newspapers return as today’s delightful children’s
furniture — Eco-sTuff! by Michael McDonough.” Contract Design. July 1997
Wolfe, Tom. “Tom Wolfe on the City of Change.” The New York Observer. December 12, 2001
Wolfe, Tom. “Art Dogs.” Men’s Journal. September 1999.
Allen, Gerald. "Bringing in the Business." Architectural Record. March 1977.
Anon. 91 Objects by 91 Designers. (exhibition catalog) New York: Gallery 91, 1991.
Anon. "Fragmented Architecture in California." Domus. August 1977.
Anon. "Gridmania." WET Magazine. March/April 1979.
Anon. ”Notch Project Showroom of the Best Products Company, Inc." Architecture and Urbanism. April 1978.
Anon. “Dream Retreat: This 925-Square-Foot House Can Grow Like A Family — In Stages.” Metropolitan Home Plans. No. 2, 1996.
Anon. "Upjohn Building All Tied Up." The Villager. June 26, 1980.
Anon. "Una finestra sulla nuova architettura americana." Modo. April 1980.
Anon. "Art and Antiques: Cushy Job." Robb Report. April 1985.
Anon. The Big Car Show: Contemporary Visions of the Automobile. (exhibition catalog)
Indianapolis, Indiana: Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, 1988.
Abrams, Janet. "Perspectives." Blueprint. March 1992.
Backlund, Nick. "Fantasy Portfolio: Lighthouses." ID Magazine. January-February 1989.
Beylerian, George M. and Jeffrey Osborne. Mondo Materialis: Materials and Ideas for the Future.
(exhibition catalog) New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990.
Bob, Paul. "Openings and Art/Coupe de Chair: Michael McDonough." Esquire. January, 1985.
Brown, Patricia Leigh. "Welcoming the Eye, If Not the Body." The New York Times. December 7, 1989.
Burke, Marnie. "Architects Let Down Their Blueprints." San Francisco Examiner. October 7, 1992.
Constantine, Eleni. "Painted Comments on Perception." Progressive Architecture. May 1979.
Dannatt, Adrian. "Manhattan Project." Building Design. February 14, 1992.
Davis, Douglas. "Post-post Modernism: Symbolismo Meets the Faerie Queen." The Village Voice. December 17, 1979.
Davis, Douglas. "Post-post Art, Where Do We Go From Here?" Images &Issues Magazine. Summer 1980.
Dunlop, Beth. "Coming of Age – Seaside: The Next Generation." Architectural Record. July 1989.
Eigen, Edward. "A Little Yes, a Big No." Oculus. March 1992.
Flanders, Annie. "Ourhaus." Details. October 1983.
Frank, Peter and Michael McKenzie. New, Used & Improved: Art for the 80s. New York: Abbeville. 1987.
Gandee, Charles. "Artful Collaboration." House & Garden. January 1992.
Geibel, Victoria. "Goodbye to the Eighties." Metropolis. October 1989.
Giovannini, Joseph. "Day-Glo Esthetics: The New Downtown Style." The New York Times. March 10, 1986.
Giovannini, Joseph. "Exploring 1986: Six Designers Discuss Their New Ideas." The New York Times. January 2, 1986.
Giovannini, Joseph. "Offices Move Boldly Backward or Playfully Forward." The New York Times. January 19, 1986.
Giovannini, Joseph. "Making More of Materials." Architecture. January, 1986.
Goldberger, Paul. "Architect's Unstable Design Relieves Monotony." The New York Times. June 27, 1977.
Goodman, Lewis. "SITE." Architecture. (exhibition catalog) New York: The Rosa Esman Gallery, 1978.
Graaf, Vera. "Noble Collagen." Architecture & Wohnen. March, 1988.
Green, Donna. "Books, A Fantasy Portfolio." ID Magazine. March-April, 1987.
Hart, Claudia. "Betrayed by Beauty." New York Beat. Fall 1983.
Hales, Linda. "The Line on Contemporary." Washington Post. May 30, 1991.
Hales, Linda. "Avant- Garde Dreams." Washington Post. June 2, 1994.
Hampson, Judith. "Eco-friendly Firms Design with the Environment in Mind." The Courier News. August 1994.
Hirst, Arlene. "Hot Properties/Greenwatch: Eco-Educated" Metropolitan Home. July-August 1994.
Holt, Steven. "Overseas Frequency: New York/Adirondack Rietveld Chair." Axis. Autumn 1986.
Horn, Richard. Fifties Style: Then and Now. Philadelphia: Running Press. 1988.
Herzig, Doris. "Offbeat and Often Shocking." Newsday. March 13, 1984.
Kalins, Dorothy. "Shaking the Tree of Life." Metropolitan Home. May 1990.
Kalins, Dorothy. "The Design 100: Architects We'd Hire." Metropolitan Home. April 1992.
Kaplin, Archie. "Experiencing the Product." ID Magazine. March-April 1984.
Krupa, Frédérique. "Case Study: (Recycled) Paper Architecture." ID Magazine. March 1993.
Krohn, Lisa. "Critique: On the Edge of the Millennium." Progressive Architecture. March 1992.
Lau, Jenni. "Designers Get Correct." W. October 26, 1992.
Lau, Jenni. "What's Your Dream House?" W. March 29, 1993.
Landis, Dylan. "What Designers Know." Metropolitan Home. March 1992.
Light, Ami Gray. "Awards." Architecture. August 1990.
MacNair, Andrew, et alia. "Note sull' architettura." New Americans. (exhibition catalog) Rome, Italy: Provincia di Roma - Commune di Roma, 1979.
MacPhearson, Karen Michelle. "Doghouses at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum." (Interview) National Public Radio. September 1990.
Mayer, Barbara. “Landfill to Living Room: Furniture Created from Cast-offs.” New Haven Register. November 17, 1991.
McCabe, Kim., Producer. "Eco-sTuff!" Our Home (television show). LifeTime Cable Television
Network. August 1994.
Milne, Victoria. “Material Witness.” ID Magazine. March/April 1990.
Muschamp, Herbert. “Goings On About Town: Explosions.” The New Yorker. March 6, 1989.
Ogawa, Linda. "Interview." TV Tokyo Fashion News (television show). December, 1988.
Pearlman, Chee. "Environments." ID Magazine. July-August 1989.
Pearlman, Chee. "Contemplating 91." ID Magazine. November-December 1991.
Read, Mimi. "A House Glowing With Deep Feeling." New York Newsday. October 6, 1988.
Retzer, Helga and Kristin Riedemann-Feiress. "Video Wand." In memoriam Kongresshalle Berlin.
(exhibition catalog) Berlin, West Germany: Aedes Gallery, 1981.
Rist, Darrell Yates. "Functional Funk." New York Native. August 29, 1983.
Sanders, Richard. "Gas Crisis Goes Over a Barrel." US Magazine. January 1980.
Sherman, Beth. "Waste Not " New York Newsday. September 5, 1991.
Sikes, Gini. "Form Follows Fantasy." Metropolis. January-February 1984.
Slesin, Suzanne. "Architects' Solutions for Clients' Special Needs." The NewYork Times. March 14, 1985.
Slesin, Suzanne. "What Will They Think of Next? It's Under One Roof." The New York Times. May 12, 1994.
Slesin, Suzanne, et alia. The International Book of Lofts. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1986.
Slesin, Suzanne. "24 Doghouses to Bark About." The New York Times. June 7, 1990.
Snell, Amy. "Old News Is Good News At Homasote Company." Recycling Markets. June 13, 1994.
Sokolov, Joel. Product Design 4. Glen Cove, New York: PBC International, Inc. 1990.
Staskowski, David. "Our Guide to the Material World." Metropolitan Home. October, 1990.
Sullivan, Kathleen. "Interview." CBS Good Morning. (television show). October 6, 1988.
Tanaka, Seiichi. The Avant-Gardes in New York. Osaka, Japan: Tanaka Studio. 1986.
Tebbel, John. "Expressionism." Metropolitan Home. April, 1988.
Vogel, Carol. "Currents." The New York Times. August 10, 1990.
Ward, Bernie. "Have a Seat!" SKY. January 1985.
Weimer, Jan. "Shaker." Metropolitan Home. May-June 1994.
White, Lisa. "Eco-Logic." Interior View. January 1996.
Who's Who in The East. Bibliographical Entry. Wilmette, IL, 1994 -continuing.
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders. 23rd Edition. Bibliographical Entry. Wilmette, IL, 1994-1999.
Wilbekin, Emile. "2001: A Design Odyssey." Chicago Tribune. October 20, 1991.
Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our House. (dedication) New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. 1981.
Radio and Television:
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet.” Sundance Channel, New York, NY, 2008
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet.” Sundance Channel, New York, NY, 2007.
“Sustainable Showdown.” Sundance Channel, New York, NY, 2007
“Profiles On Living: The Eco-Friendly House. Interview Segment. Martha
Stewart Living Online. 3-Part Series. MSLO. New York, NY. 2007.
“Design:e2 (the economies of being environmentally conscious)” Nationally broadcast ten-part series. Kontent + Real Films, New York, NY. PBS-TV 2006
“ArcHouse at NextFest.“ Interview Segment. Discovery Channel. 2006
“The Insider's List with Julie Moran: e-House.” Interview Segment. Fine Living TV. 2005.
“Beyond Tomorrow.” Interview Segment. Discovery Channel/Australia. 2006.
“By Design; Alan Saunder.” Interview. ABC Radio National, Sydney, Australia 2006
“Massive Change Radio.” Interview Segment. University of Toronto CIUT. 2003.
“Feng Shui” Interview Segment. Lifetime Television. 1999.