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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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Hopes for a Taller and Greener Minneapolis
In the suburbs of the Twin Cities, Fritz Haeg made a single-family home more sustainable. The center of Minneapolis, however, is not far behind in its own path towards sustainability. Photo of downtown Minneapolis from Greg Benz Photography. In 2000, the City Council adopted the planner’s Minneapolis Plan of Sustainable Growth, which was then ...
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The Edible Estates Garden #15: Twin Cities
In 2008, Fritz Haeg proposed a very simple idea in his book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn: why not grow what you eat? It was not a complex plan to create something only a professional could maintain. It was the simple idea of growing a food garden on land usually reserved for front ...
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LACMA Announces a New Look
As anyone who visits LA can tell you, the city is very different than a traditional city like New York. The transportation, architecture, atmosphere, and dress are different. In an age where technology seems to be wash a glaze of similarity over many cities, LA and New York still contrast dramatically in lifestyle. Now LA ...
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Haitian Hospital Sets a New Standard
Partners in Health opened a new hospital in Haiti yesterday, just 30 miles north of Port-au-Prince. While building a hospital is accomplishment in itself, the organization has also set a new record with the project’s completion. Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) is the world’s largest hospital to run completely on solar power. The organization had ...
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Cultured Magazine | Fire Island Modernist
In their Summer 2013 issue, Culture Magazine feature Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction as one of their selections for this summer’s books to read. From Cultured Magazine: Blending cultural and architectural history, “Fire Island Modernist” ponders a fascinating era through an overlooked architect-Horace Gifford-whose life, work, and colorful milieu trance the operatic ...
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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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Designers & Books | 7 Books on Mies van der Rohe
Thanks for the View Mr. Mies featured on Designers & Books website as one of the 7 books on Mies van der Rohe. From the Designers & Books site: These 7 books on architect Mies van der Rohe (b. March 27, 1886, d. August 19, 1969) were chosen or written by our contributors, including Massimo Vignelli, Stanley ...
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MASS Design Group on Architectural Record website
Photo © Iwan Baan The Architectural Record article about MASS Design Group discusses their project, The Butaro Hospital in Rwanda for which the book published by MASS further highlights strategies to improve health and strengthen communities through design. Laura Raskin writes, “Before 2007, people living in ...
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Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses his new book on ARCHITECT Magazine website
From the ARCHITECT Video Series An ongoing discussion about the ways technology, the economy and other factors are transforming architects relationships with their jobs. Weekly, different thought leaders in and around the profession will share their insights about the future of the architecture workplace. http://www.architectmagazine.com/business/whats-next/ Hardback, 6.5 x 9.5 128 pages, 150 color images ISBN 9781935202172 Publication ...