2024-12-22T06:08:27-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/38673327/editor-s-picks-251 Nam Henderson 2012-02-20T12:15:00-05:00 >2012-02-20T12:18:23-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hn/hn6v6t6zxjzz68uq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Reacting to the Beach &amp; Howe Tower proposal in Vancouver by Bjarke Ingels Group holz.box argued "still beats 90% of what's out there. i'd love to see this built."</p></em><br /><br /><p> <a href="http://www.xarchitekten.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">x architekten</a>&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/37613019/showcase-oasis-pastoral-care-voestalpine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OASIS, Pastoral Care Voestalpine project</a>, a polygonal, built landscape is featured in the latest <strong>ShowCase</strong>.</p> <p> With her latest edition of <strong>CONTOURS</strong> titled <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/37942258/contours-urbanism-housing-and-the-economy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urbanism, Housing, and the Economy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/20580749/sherin-wing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherin Wing</a>&nbsp;examined the significance of the fact that housing and mixed-use projects in East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America are rapidly increasing. She then went on to question "what are some strategies that firms or individuals working in these nations are taking now? And what are some of the pervasive difficulties and issues stemming from the inherent economic and social factors?"</p> <p> Patrick Decaix of Twoto;&nbsp;art director, designer and flash developer for large-scale online campaigns and web specials, <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/38289835/working-out-of-the-box-patrick-decaix-architect-turned-web-designer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">is profiled in Archinect&rsquo;s latest Working out of the Box</a>.</p> <p> <strong>News</strong><br> Jonathan Glancey <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/37927818/jonathan-glancey-s-final-article-for-the-guardian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wrote his last article as the Guardian&rsquo;s architecture and design correspondent</a>, after 15 years on the job.&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/1906872/donna-sink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donna Sink</a>&nbsp;commented "<em>But what really matters today is the creation of good homes fo...</em></p>