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"How the Sausage Is Made" – All the recent news that's fit to podcast, on Archinect Sessions #50

2016-01-28T18:44:00-05:00

For our 50th (!!!) episode, we discuss the biggest news items from the last week – everything from the latest BIG and DS+R shake-ups to a surprisingly controversial Seattle homeless shelter – and it's been a doozy. We take a look at:

The "sphincter from which digital art issues" (according to one Archinect commenter), aka DS+R's new Berkeley Art Museum; the controversy surrounding BIG's latest client (referred to here as the Washington "Pigskins"); recent discussions of diversity issues that have arisen on the site; the 25-year old who won a big World War I memorial design contest; MoMA's updated expansion plans; Architecture for Humanity's potential second life; and more.

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Archinect's front runners for the 2016 Pritzker Prize

2016-01-08T15:41:00-05:00

Next Wednesday, January 13, the 2016 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize will be announced. The winner will receive the Pritzker's bronze medal, $100,000, and an avalanche of "what does this mean for architecture" media attention.

Check back here for the winner announcement first thing Wednesday, but until then, revel with us in the contentious practice of Pritzker-Predictions! Our top 6 picks follow:

Steven Holl: the perennial prediction

↑ Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, China

Holl seems like an obvious choice, and his name has certainly echoed before in prediction lists. His work is known for its impressive light choreography and has a far-reaching global roster of projects, most recently including the Reid Building expansion at the Glasgow School of Art and the Nanjing Sifang Art Museum in China.

DS+R: the buzziest

↑ The High Line in New York City.

If buzz were the judge, DSR would be a shoe-in. Their work on the High Line received criticism veering on rapturous, and whil...

Architects and critics bristle at DS+R's Folk Museum sacrifice

2014-01-09T18:20:00-05:00

Yesterday, DS+R announced in their proposal for MoMA's redesign that the American Folk Art Museum would have to be demolished. Backlash from the #folkMoMA community quickly arose: architects and critics called the choice callous and unsustainable, outraged not only by the Folk Art Museum's destruction but also the design that would take its place, and its impact on New York's (and DS+R's) reputation.

We've gathered a slew of responses to the proposal, both indignant and accepting, from Archinect contributors and beyond, and will be following developments closely. Here are a few of those thoughts:

From the Archinect news post, American Folk Art Museum will be razed in Diller Scofidio + Renfro's MoMA expansion:

Donna Sink: "All of DSR's previous work is tarnished by this."

Darkman: "This solidifies Rem Koolhaas as the best architect-thinker of our time, for his original MoMA proposal, "MoMA, Inc." "

thebeigecity: "As for the Folk Art Museum - it was cramped and cloying, ov...

Editor's Picks #271

2012-07-02T16:15:00-04:00

Rowan Moore lamented the lack of nuance and complexity in both the design and historical memory represented by the new RAF Bomber Command memorial in Green Park, London. For his part drmatthewhardy disagreed with Mr. Moore, writing “I don't think anyone expects Rowan Moore to approve of anything classical. This is a fabulous war memorial and an impressive and poignant reminder of the crews and their overwhelming sacrifice

In Lautner's Concannon Residence, from Dust to Dust, Orhan Ayyüce explored the “nebulous subject” of architectural preservation. He questioned “In short, what is worth of preserving and who preserves the privately owned American House? Would the ultimate decision on preserving and historically monumentalizing of such privately owned and architecturally significant structures remain in the hands of their owners and their dedication and educated contribution to the rest of the city's occupants?”

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Rowan Moore lamented the lack of nuance and complexity in both the design and historical memory represented by the new RAF Bomber Command memorial in Green Park, London. Architect Liam O'Connor explaining the inspiration and meaning behind his design concluded “As a memorial, the modern classicism of its architecture: half garden pavilion, half mausoleum, is designed to be both a testament to the sacrifice of the men of Bomber Command and a fitting addition to the ceremonial architectu...

Cooper-Hewitt Selects DS+R as Exhibition Designer and Local Projects as Media Designer

2012-06-28T14:13:00-04:00

Diller Scofidio + Renfro were announced today as designers of the gallery and visitor experience for the reopening of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. New York exhibition specialists Local Projects will act as participatory media designer and develop engaging ways to access digital content at the museum and remotely. The museum campus is scheduled to reopen in 2014.

UPDATE: Cooper Hewitt puts can-do spirit into the house Carnegie built

Charles Renfro does Creative Mornings

2012-06-04T20:54:00-04:00

Charles Renfro, AIA, is a Partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a 75 person interdisciplinary design studio that integrates the performing arts, visual arts, and architecture.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro land Stanford art building deal

2011-04-14T01:35:00-04:00

Robgin Pogrebin of the New York Times reports that Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been tapped to design the 90,000 square-foot Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building. The building was named after the alumni who graciously donated $30,000,000 to its construction.

Construction is expected to begin in 2012 and will be an interdisciplinary arts hub bringing together many of Stanford's disjointed programs.

Via the New York Times