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The Protégé’s Turn: Unearthing the Work of a Frank Lloyd Wright Student Who...
Kaneji Domoto in 1995, toward the end of his career, still a hands-on designer in close relationship to nature. All images courtesy of the Kaneji Domoto Family, unless otherwise noted. One of the many...
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Call Daniel Buren’s Artworks “Installations”
Daniel Buren, Photo-souvenir:Observatory of Light, Work in situ. Buren’s temporary transformation of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, in 2016. Image courtesy © Daniel...
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Can Vinyl Really Be Sustainable? One Manufacturer Bets on Yes
Interface’s new luxury vinyl tile. All images courtesy Interface The recent announcement of an LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) coming from Interface, the carpet company that, under the legendary Ray Anderson...
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Joan Clos: The Problem Isn’t Architecture, It’s Urban Design
An overview of Shanghai, China. Image courtesy © Julius Mwelu-UN-HabitatLast October, representatives from all the member states of the United Nations, from parliamentarians to nonprofits working with...
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Behind the Book: The AIA’s 2017 Disaster Relief Handbook
The AIA's disaster assistance handbook. Courtesy American Institute of ArchitectsAfter Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), recognizing the need for more resources and...
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The Art of Unfinished Spaces: An Interview with Pei Zhu
Images courtesy Studio Pei Zhu, unless otherwise specified.For at least a decade China was considered the world’s biggest playground for starchitects. Now the situation is turning around; today there...
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When Frank Lloyd Wright Lived at the Plaza Hotel
Wright’s Plaza suite office featured a mélange of furniture styles, 1955. Courtesy Ezra Stoller / Esto These three never-before-published interviews were conducted by Debra Pickrel while doing research...
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City Whisperers: Why Designers Are Essential to Demystifying Urban Development
Skateboarders and bikers in front of the Hunters Point Community Library in Queens, New York, designed by Steven Holl Architects. Courtesy Alex Fradkin In this interview, Metropolis editor Avinash...
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Is Architecture Finished? Depends on How You Define It
The book comprises interviews and historical and theoretical essays, all of which put forward speculative architectural projects, such as Jonathan Tate’s plan for a public beach and boardwalk in New...
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John Portman is a “Renaissance Architect,” Says Harvard GSD’s Mohsen Mostafavi
Courtesy Iwan Baan “John Portman is a hybrid,” wrote Rem Koolhaas, critically, of the American architect and developer in 1995. Now 92, Portman continues to inhere age-old oppositions—creativity and...
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The Big Ideas Behind Microsoft’s New “Design Language”
Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft began a process of transformation in 2014, which included remodeling its offices around the world. With the aim of fostering a more collaborative,...
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Century-Old Architecture Office Manuals Reveal How Little the Profession Has...
OfficeUS Manual (Lars Müller, 2017) takes a close look at the operations, both historical and contemporary, of the architecture firm. The book polemically repurposes snippets from various office...
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On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Revisiting the Meaning of “Native Architecture”
Trickster. Courtesy Tom Harris Photography “You can count on one hand the number of indigenous professors of architecture who are tenured,” remarks Chris Cornelius, who teaches at the University of...
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Q&A: Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner on American Framing
The balloon-frame construction system was developed in the United States in the 1830s. Widely used in residential and other small-scale construction for a century, it was replaced by platform...
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Can a City Be Feminist?
Leslie Kern’s new book Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-made World releases on July 7. Courtesy Verso Books Defunding the police is a feminist issue. Accessibility in transit systems is a...
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Q&A: From Podcast to Print, Roman Mars Discusses The 99% Invisible City
Courtesy Patrick Vale Over the last ten years, the podcast 99% Invisible has been captivating listeners throughout the world by exposing the overlooked and seemingly mundane aspects of architecture and...
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Q&A: Mariana Pestana Revisits Empathy at the 2020 Istanbul Design Biennial
Buyukada Songlines by Studio Ossidiana, 2020-21 Courtesy Istanbul Design Biennial The word empathy has been thrown around a lot lately. Within the design industry, the often misunderstood term has come...
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Black Landscapes Matter: Q&A with Landscape Designer Walter Hood
BLACK LANDSCAPES MATTER Edited by Walter Hood and Grace Mitchell Tada University of Virginia Press, 200 pp.,$59 cloth/$35 paper Courtesy University of Virginia Press “Black landscapes matter because...
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Q&A: Konstantinos Dimopoulos on the Virtual Cities of Video Games
An illustration of New Orlean’s city plan adapted from the computer adventure game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, in the new book Virtual Cities, which released in November. Courtesy Maria...
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On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Revisiting the Meaning of “Native Architecture”
Trickster. Courtesy Tom Harris Photography “You can count on one hand the number of indigenous professors of architecture who are tenured,” remarks Chris Cornelius, who teaches at the University of...
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