Archinect - News 2024-12-26T21:31:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/91170197/editor-s-picks-350 Editor's Picks #350 Nam Henderson 2014-01-14T13:15:00-05:00 >2014-01-23T21:07:47-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e0vb5jw0j5y3fpfh.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The latest edition of <strong>ShowCase</strong> highlights <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/90770863/showcase-abedian-school-of-architecture-by-crab-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CRAB Studio&rsquo;s Abedian School of Architecture in Queensland, Australia</a>.</p><p><img alt="" title="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/rw/rwjzdyw2jvh4fdrt.jpg"></p><p>Plus, the fourth installment in<strong> Screen/Print</strong> (Archinect&rsquo;s experimentation in translation across media) features "<em>fruity labors</em>" from the quarterly journal <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/90383709/screen-print-4-mas-context" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAS Context's 20th issue, Narrative</a>.</p><p><img alt="" title="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/3l/3ld4ta910zjrbz2g.jpg"></p><p><br><strong>News</strong><br>Architect Magazine <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/90772488/american-folk-art-museum-will-be-razed-in-diller-scofidio-renfro-s-moma-expansion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a> the American Folk Art Museum will be razed for a Diller Scofidio + Renfro's designed MoMA expansion.<img alt="" title="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/xp/xp9p4mzgbh2u7nej.jpg"></p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/AmeliaTH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amelia Taylor-Hochberg</a>&nbsp;Editorial Manager for Archinect, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/90837680/architects-and-critics-bristle-at-ds-r-s-folk-museum-sacrifice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">went to the trouble of gatherin</a>g "<em>a slew of responses to the proposal, both indignant and accepting, from Archinect contributors and beyond</em>".</p><p><img alt="" title="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/i5/i5l4k5uycsukab56.jpg"></p><p><strong>HotelSphinx</strong> thought the excuses/reasons given for demolition were ironic "<em>DS+R is a firm that made a building out of fog for the Expo in Yverdon-les-Bains in 2002. Yes, fog. But aligning floor plates is too difficult? They have got to be joking me</em>".</p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://twitter.com/masoncwhite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mason White</a>&nbsp;of Lateral Office was perplexed.</p><p>"<a href="https://twitter.com/masoncwhite/status/421864280300847104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architects revolt about 2 high-society architecture firms in...</a></p>