On November 17th, 2010, BRACKET ISSUE #1 ‘ON FARMING’…
…is the premiere issue of the journal published by the Barcelona based architecture imprint Actar which has its release today at the University of Toronto, where I visited…
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On November 14th, 2010, THE BERLINER STADTSCHLOSS…
…occupied a central position on Berlin’s museum island, and despite much protesting from the West was eventually demolished by the GDR in 1950 after damage from Allied bombings,…
On November 7th, 2010, ANDREA BRANZI AT THE VENICE BIENNALE…
…was really the only highlight for me this year – part of Archizoom, co-founder of the Domus Academy, provocative thinker, writer, philosopher, designer, activist and architect in the…
On October 20th, 2010, LARGO DEI LIBRARI…
…which always gives me pleasure to pass on my way home – is the cutest piazza in Rome, a tiny space with a forced perspective that leads the…
On October 16th, 2010, ‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE?’…
a great quote by architect Vittorio Gregotti shown during a conference presentation at the Swiss Institute ….was the title of this weekend’s conference produced by the Depart Foundation…
On October 13th, 2010, DONATO BRAMANTE’S TEMPIETTO…
…was the highlight of a quick visit a few steps down the hill to our Spanish neighbors at the Real Academia de Espana en Roma for a tour…
On October 9th, 2010, ADALBERTO LIBERA…
…is the Italian Fascist architect (1903 – 1963) who designed the Via Marmolata post office I passed on my evening walk through Testaccio (which is becoming my favorite…
On September 26th, 2010, PIAZZA SANT’IGNAZIO…
…formed by a Baroque confection of buildings designed by Filippo Raguzzini from 1727-1728, is one of my favorite outdoor spaces in Rome – and my best experiences of…
On September 17th, 2010, THE VIEW OF VILLA MEDICI…
…from my studio desk is remarkable – being the dominant structure on the landscape out my Northeast facing windows.
On August 12th, 2010, HIPPIE LAKE COTTAGE…
…is what we walk past on our way to Willard Pond, and every time I see it I think that this is how I want to live when…
On June 23rd, 2010, JAMES WINES…
…the great radical ecologically minded architect and artist of SITE has been a hero of mine since I first picked up his books as an architecture obsessed youth…
On June 21st, 2010, THE SUNDOWN RESIDENCE…
…is not for rent! Some nice friends will be moving in this summer, and staying for the year, while I am on a Rome Prize Fellowship….
On June 19th, BISTROTHEQUE’S ROOFTOP “STUDIO DINING EAST”…
…opened a few days ago on a rooftop overlooking the construction site of London’s Olympic Park… Bistrotheque‘s Studio East Dining, 16 JUNE – 4 JULY 2010, London’s most…
On June 17th, 2010, “CATIOS” OR ANIMAL ESTATES FOR FELIS CATTUS…
…are fascinating (as reported in today’s New York TImes), and though I have to admit I am not a huge cat fan, and tend more towards the dog…
On June 3rd, 2010, “ABOVE THE PAVEMENT—THE FARM! : ARCHITECTURE & AGRICULTURE AT PF1″…
…is the book just out from Princeton Architectural Press (for which I contributed the forward “Above the People: The Meadow, the Vegetable Garden, the Apple Tree, and the…
On June 2nd, 2010, THE “MODERN VIEWS” EVENT IN NEW YORK…
…at the Four Seasons is tonight, to officially announce the project for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s Glass House, and the various…
On May 2nd, 2010, ANNIE NOVAK’S EAGLE STREET ROOFTOP FARM & A NEW PROJECT BY WORK AC…
…both lovely NYC friends – are featured in today’s New York Times Summer 2010 T Magazine Design Issue. (Eagle Street Rooftop Farm / Work AC / NYT webpage)
On March 17th, 2010, 49 CITIES BY AMALE ANDRAOS, DAN WOOD (WORK A.C.)…
…Yasmin Vobis, Michael Alexander, Hilary Zaic, Jose Esparza, Anne Menke, Sam Dufaux, Jenny Lie Andersen, Alexander Maymind, and Willem Boning is a super survey of fantastical unrealized city…
On February 17th, 2010, GUGGENHEIM GAY PARADE DOWN RAINBOW PAINTED RAMPS…
…is my proposal on view in the Contemplating the Void show that opens at the Guggenheim Museum today. (webpage of other proposals)
On February 3rd, 2010, THE BROOKLYN EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD
…planned for P.S. 216 by Work AC is featured in a story today in Metropolis Magazine’s website including an interview with architects Amale Andaos and Dan Wood.