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Vishaan Chakrabarti on Design Observer
Places, Design Observer’s journal that focuses on architecture, landscape and urbanism, has published an opinion piece from Vishaan Chakrabarti this week. In his writing, Chakrabarti discusses the benefits of hyperdensity and urban development, while calling attention to some problems that arise with densified suburbs and overzealous preservation movements. Of course, the comprehensive article goes into ...
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Architecture of Seduction and the Legacy of Horrace Gifford: Monday, May 6 at The Standard, High Line
Come celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fire Island Pines and the publication of Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction, published by Metropolis Books / Gordon de Vries Studio! Monday, May 6, The Standard, High Line hosts a discussion about Fire Island Modernism and the legacy of architect Horace Gifford, featuring architect Charles Renfro, author Chris Rawlins, New Museum Deputy Director Karen ...
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Advance Praise for Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction
“The sophistication, spaciousness, and graciousness of Gifford’s houses of the 1960s and ’70s are a revelation.” – Terence Riley, architect and curator “The injustice of Horace Gifford’s early death was compounded by the fact that his important contribution to American domestic architecture of the 1960s and ’70s has been overlooked by history. No one can bring Gifford back, ...
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Forthcoming titles announced in ARTBOOK | D.A.P. Spring 2013 catalogue
Four new and noteworthy titles have been announced in the new ARTBOOK | D.A.P. Spring 2013 catalog. Titles include: Visible | Invisible: Landscape Works of Reed Hilderbrand, Never Built Los Angeles, A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America, and Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction. The Spring 2013 catalog also includes and represents, for the ...
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Coolest Architecture Book of the Year Launches in New York: Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies
Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar and Natasha Chandani’s Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies is a humble, thoughtfully designed paen to Lafayette Park, a middle-class residential complex in downtown Detroit that boasts the largest collection of buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe in the world. On Thursday, October 11 at 7PM, the Van Alen Institute and Van Alen Books host architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange in ...
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Home Sweet Architectural Masterpiece: Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies Featured in The New York Times
In today’s New York Times (Home Section), Alexandra Lange interviews Lafayette Park resident Jacqueline Neal on her experience living in Mies van der Rohe’s Detroit architectural masterpiece, as detailed in the new book . HOME SWEET ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE by Alexandra Lange Lafayette Park in Detroit consists of three high-rises, 24 single-story courthouses and 162 two-story town ...
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Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies Preview Party
METROPOLIS BOOKS invites you to a preview party for Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies by Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar and Natasha Chandani. Paperback, 6.5 x 9.5 in. 288 pages, illustrated throughout. ISBN 9781935202929 $29.95 BUY THIS BOOK