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Friday Finds 3.27.09
This week the Dwell editors spotted gems from many corners of the blogosphere, from films about monsters to architecture for chickens.
written by: Sarah Rich03.27.09 -
Religious Landmarks of L.A.
As a young city built on the ruins of a Spanish mission, Los Angeles has never had much of an architectural "cathedral culture." But L.A. has always been a magnet for religious free...
written by: David A. Greene02.24.09 -
Palm Springs Modern: Uptown Shopping District
For the past three years, thousands of architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world have flocked to Palm Springs for its annual Modernism Week. Running now through February 21, the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.18.09 -
The Deconstructivism and Digital Design Movements
Manifesto: Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley, “Deconstructivist Architecture” (1988)
written by: Barry Katz02.01.09 -
The Postmodern Movement
Manifesto: Robert Venturi, “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture” (1966)
written by: Barry Katz02.01.09 -
Updike on Modern Skyscrapers
John Updike, the expert critic and novelist, only occasionally took up architecture and design as the sole subject of his prodigious powers of description. Though in sketching the rural barns of...
written by: Aaron Britt02.14.09 -
Affordable, Green Revitalization in Syracuse
As demands rise for sustainability and affordability in residential housing, many academic institutions are racing to hold an edge on innovation in their architecture programs. Syracuse University...
written by: Jamie Waugh02.08.09 -
SCI-Arc Public Lecture Series
I got a note in the mail today about the Southern California Institute of Architecture's Public Programs series for Spring 2009 and I was bowled over. In addition to culling some of the great...
01.26.09 -
House of Futures Past
Prince Charles, long an advocate of sustainability in architecture—including the use of natural building materials and the planting of organic gardens, but very conservative on the aesthetic...
written by: Geoff Manaugh12.23.08 -
Sketches of Spain (and other Gehrys)
What is the purpose of the architectural sketch in the era of computer-assisted design? Is it creative discipline, exploration—or egotism? All three could be argued to be the case when one...
written by: Jamie Waugh11.30.08 -
Ada Louise Huxtable
The New York Times recently featured a refreshing interview with Ada Louise Huxtable, the doyenne of architecture critics, by writer Phillip Lopate.
written by: David A. Greene11.18.08 -
Times Square Theater
Often public architecture seems to happen in all the wrong places. Exhibit A: an empty public structure—say a too-windy pavilion between two skyscrapers. Exhibit B: an exceedingly long line...
written by: Jamie Waugh11.05.08 -
Prefab in Philadelphia
In the design and architecture world, the Museum of Modern Art's prefab exhibition, Home Delivery, was big news during its three-month appearance in New York. It closed just the other day, but...
written by: Sarah Rich10.29.08 -
LA, Salvaged
Inspired by Blake Dollahite's ability to pull together such a stunning home on a tight budget, I started scouring the local scene for some good Architectural Salvage Yards.
written by: Laure Joliet09.03.08 -
Blooming in the Bronx
If all goes according to plans by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, there will be a new affordable, environmentally–considerate residence in the neighborhood in the not-too-distant future.
written by: Jamie Waugh09.03.08 -
Turrell Skyspace Opens
If you ever wondered where architecture and art intersect, look no further than one of James Turrell's "skyspace" installations.
written by: David A. Greene09.03.08 -
Design: It's About Time
On September 18, Dwell deputy editor Aaron Britt will join the AIASF's Architecture in the City Festival, San Francisco's city-wide celebration of architecture, when he leads the panel Design: It's...
written by: Dwell Staff09.14.12 -
Friday Finds 06.15.12
Scroll down for a look at some of our favorite design and architecture finds from the past week.
written by: Diana Budds06.15.12 -
Facade Focus: Metal
While still studying architecture at Eindhoven University, Servie Boetzkes and Jeroen Helder landed a commission through “friends of friends” to build a home in a suburb of Arnhem.
written by: Jane Szita05.22.12 -
SF's Architecture and the City
It's September in San Francisco which means that our local chapter of the American Institute of Architects is hosting its month-long festival of all things Bay Area and design: Architecture and the...
written by: Aaron Britt09.05.11 -
Science Fiction Architecture
For this week's "Three Buildings" column I turned to industrial designer Gustavo Fricke. We featured him and his Oaxaca shop Blackbox in our July/August issue's Design Finder ("Hecho...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.02.11 -
Other Space Odysseys
Last week, Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli opened at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition explores solutions for space travel...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.16.10 -
Going Deutsch
In a German town known more for its medieval castle than its modern architecture, the JustK Haus is a prefab home fit for a family of six.
written by: Jane Szita01.11.12 -
Jeff Sherman's Favorite Buildings
For this week's "Three Buildings" column I turned to Jeff Sherman of the New York architecture firm Delson or Sherman. We're featuring his painstakingly hand-renovated home (a formerly...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.23.11 -
Events this Weekend: 4.8-4.11
Clear your calendar: It's a weekend of closings in the architecture and design gallery scene.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.08.10
