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What do you buy an architect for the holidays? Check out Archinect's 2019 Holiday Gift Guide

2019-11-28T11:53:00-05:00

Like them or not, the holidays are here! When it comes to holiday shopping, architects and designers can be a tough crowd to please. Whether you're looking for something practical or whimsical or simply need some inspiration, surprise the architect(s) dearest to you with an item or two (or three) from Archinect's 2019 Holiday Gift Guide.

From unique household items, to sleek everyday-carry essentials, to contemporary classics, this curated selection of gifts is sure to delight any coworker, boss, or your architecturally inclined friends and family. Plus, we have some charming ideas for mini-modernists and aspiring architects.

Baseball's Rightful Place in Architecture History: A Review of Goldberger's New Book "Ballpark"

2019-05-22T12:04:00-04:00

The ballpark building type has been overlooked from accounts of modern architecture history by its most prolific writers. With Ballpark, Paul Goldberger's treatise on the architectural history of ballpark design, he succeeds in assuring his reader that the building type is as worthy of design scholarship as any other.

Join us in celebrating Ballpark, the latest book by Paul Goldberger at Archinect Outpost on Saturday, June 1st, 5-8pm.

The doors will open at 5 and will close promptly after 6 as the conversation begins between Paul Goldberger and Paul Petrunia, the founder and director of Archinect, on the content on his newest book.

Ballpark can be preordered here for pickup at the event, or shipping immediately after the event. Please go here to RSVP for the event.

Slow Reasoning for Fast Times: A Review of "New Investigations in Collective Form," The Open Workshop's Newest Monograph

2019-04-18T15:39:00-04:00

New Investigations in Collective Form, the newest monograph for The Open Workshop, is a timely book at a moment which feels short on time. Our best plans for combating the challenges facing the built environment will not come from the fixity nor the haste of any independent practice, but rather the meticulously thought up and drawn out plans of The Open Workshop and any other individuals willing to venture out into the collective.

Join us in celebrating New Investigations In Collective Form: The Open Workshop, the latest book by Neeraj Bhatia at Archinect Outpost on Friday, April 26, 7–9pm.

Keith Krumwiede will give a short introduction to kick off the event, followed by a panel conversation between Neeraj Bhatia, Noémie Despland-Lichtert and Jimenez Lai.

The book can be preordered here for pickup at the event, or shipping immediately after the event. Please go here to RSVP for the event.

Finding the Artful in Artless Spaces: A Review of Thomas Demand's 'The Complete Papers'

2019-03-26T20:02:00-04:00

Weighing in at over 6 pounds, the breadth of work and reference material makes The Complete Papers, the newest and most comprehensive book from the artist Thomas Demand, an indispensable resource for anyone invested in art, architecture or media theory. The catalogue raisonné compiles all of Demand's individual works, selections from larger series works and the most critical texts from art and architecture historians over a 28 year span.

Join us at Archinect Outpost on March 29th, from 7-9pm to host artist Thomas Demand and The Complete Papers, the comprehensive survey of the artist's photographs to date.

The Candid Musings of a Seasoned Observer: A review of Craig Hodgetts' 'Swimming to Suburbia'

2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00

In his collected book of essays, Swimming to Utopia, Craig Hodgetts appears to be a proud writer, though his career never seems to have depended on it. Throughout the book one finds writing written purely for the thrill of it, and that is precisely why it is arguably more pleasurable than so much other architectural criticism.

Archinect Outpost is hosting Swimming to Suburbia on Saturday, March 16th, from 7-9pm. You can preorder a copy of his book here and RSVP to the event here. Craig will be speaking about the book, followed by a book signing.

Meet Lydia Kallipoliti, Author of "The Architecture of Closed Worlds" and Special Guest at Archinect Outpost

2019-03-05T19:33:00-05:00

You may have seen our review of Lydia Kallipoliti's book, The Architecture of Closed Worlds, or you may be planning to attend our event for the book tomorrow featuring Kallipoliti and Lars Müller, the publisher of her book, but you may not have known about her work and research that led to the landmark publication.

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Screen/Print #68: Phillip Denny Contemplates the Information Overload of Instagram

2018-12-06T15:31:00-05:00

The newest issue of PLAT Journal, "7.0: Sharing," concerns the nature of contemporary sharing that proceeds today with fervor, given the prevalence of social media and screen technologies.

Books and Bots: Conversations on the Future of Architecture Publishing

2018-11-05T10:48:00-05:00

The ease of online publishing has influenced a surge in the production of architecture content—more text, images and video are now created and distributed than ever before. In this sink or swim environment of the global ‘mediasphere’, print-based architecture publishers face challenging questions when it comes to their future financial sustainability and role in a rapidly-changing industry. As Archinect’s own bookshop and event space in Downtown LA’s Arts District, Archinect Outpost, celebrates its first summer, this edition of Architecture Futures invites architecture publishers to reflect on the industry as it stands today and what the next decade may hold. Instead of ‘killing print’ will the fourth industrial revolution induce a mainstream resurgence of physical publications? What is the future role of editor as publishers add AI sorting mechanisms and user-driven editing practices to their oeuvre? What new forms of architectural content may soon exist? I discuss these questions ...

Jack Self, Editor of Real Review (Now Available at Archinect Outpost!), Discusses His "Mystic Process" and the Importance of Print

2018-08-24T11:58:00-04:00

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books, and images that are often organized, published, and disseminated. Redlines seeks to understand the pedagogical and design frameworks that shape this process.

This week we talk with Real Review's editor, Jack Self. Real Review is a publication stemming from a creative partnership between the architectural practice REAL and the design studio OK-RM.