Eric Chavkin reviews THE ARTLESS DRAWING: NEIL DENARI, 1982-1996 at the Ace Gallery. I’m taken by it myself. The imagery is sublime if not beautiful. It’s a kind of science fiction film fetish that gave birth to the cult of Archigram and Buckminster Fuller. They are the parents. Jan Kaplicky, Luigi Coloni, and Syd Mead are the children. Each of them and Neil Denari too, are the great, great, great, great grandchildren of Jules Verne.
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Eric Chavkin reviews THE ARTLESS DRAWING: NEIL DENARI, 1982-1996 at the Ace Gallery. I’m taken by it myself. The imagery is sublime if not beautiful. It’s a kind of science fiction film fetish that gave birth to the cult of Archigram and Buckminster Fuller. They are the parents. Jan Kaplicky, Luigi Coloni, and Syd Mead are the children. Each of them and Neil Denari too, are the great, great, great, great grandchildren of Jules Verne.

Übertect #4: ft Steven Holl's Linked Hybrid.

R.I.P. Bill Mitchell, former dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning.

I am still pulling for C. Portzamparc to win, although all signs point to DS+R.

Does Suburbia render a particular community or does it depict a social class? In 1972, Bill Owens then a news photographer for Livermore Independent, shot Suburbia in 52 days. AMERICANSUBURB X

More bad news.

Who partied with Archinect and Bustler?

Discussion Threads
Shay calls out www.quondam.com ??

Did anyone go and want to report back?

Anyone have an update on the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater.

School Blogs
Chris at Bartlett tells us what his favorite building in London is and check out this image of some real cool grating.

Heinz at GSAPP reports in from a project site in Newtown Creek, Brooklyn.