The City quietly told developers this week that it will no longer fund a 150-unit affordable senior housing project proposed in the wealthy Forest Hill neighborhood, citing rising costs and neighborhood pushback. [...]
Neighbors have also railed against the project at community meetings since 2016 when the project was first funded, claiming impoverished tenants at the affordable housing project would endanger their neighborhood.
— San Francisco Examiner
The Parrish Art Museum’s upcoming show, Image Building: How Photography Transforms Architecture, looks at the relationship between architecture, photography, and the viewer. This comprehensive survey features influential images by historical and architectural photographers from the 1930's... View full entry
Overlooking the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, the Hollyridge Home completed a well-deserved makeover this past January by L.A.-based AUX Architecture. Originally built in 1989 and previously owned by Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis from 1990-1997, the 2,849 square-foot home is... View full entry
Short on space, the city-state has since its independence been reclaiming land to build the nation and to rewrite 'unhygienic' episodes of its history. — Failed Architecture
In his essay for Failed Architecture, William Jamieson, a PhD candidate in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, takes a look at Singapore's monumental land reclamation efforts since 1965, the ecological, urban, and cultural implications, and the inevitable erasing of heritage. ... View full entry
After 14 years as the Los Angeles Times' resident architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne is moving on to become chief design officer for the city of Los Angeles. Announced this morning, Hawthorne explained that "beginning next month, [he'll] be working in the mayor's office to raise the... View full entry
Speaking to the Guardian after the announcement of his award, Doshi said that architects and urban planners involved in low-income housing projects – as well as architectural education – needed to move away from their focus on the designer as individual to being far more collaborative, compassionate and invested in the dignity of those they house. — The Guardian
Study up on the impressive body of work of freshly minted Pritzker Prize laureate, Balkrishna Doshi, here. View full entry
Planning ahead for another busy week in Los Angeles? Bustler put together a snappy list of architecture and design events happening around town. This week, the WUHO Gallery will host ikebana events with Ravi GuneWardena, Todd Banham will talk about his latest book “Reyner Banham... View full entry
Wondering what architecture and design events are happening around New York City? Bustler rounded up a snappy list of event recommendations worth checking out. This week marks the opening of Michael Sorkin Studio and Terreform's “Metrophysics” exhibition and the final week of Jeffrey... View full entry
This post is brought to you by the Vilcek Foundation When Vilcek Prizewinner Teddy Cruz first emigrated from Guatemala, he had no idea that San Diego was a border town. He did not speak English, and his relatives had warned him that going downtown would be risky and dangerous. "It took me almost a... View full entry
On the lookout for a new job? Archinect's Employer of the Day Weekly Round-Up can help start off your hunt amid the hundreds of active listings on our job board. If you've been following the feature on our Facebook, Employer of the Day is where we highlight active employers and showcase a... View full entry
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group, The Shed will open to the public in spring of 2019 with commissioned programs filling its expansive multi-use hall, galleries, and theater situated along NYC's High Line. The Shed rendering, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro... View full entry
If you've spent some time on Bustler and Archinect in the past five years, you couldn't escape Fairy Tales, the architectural storytelling competitions held annually by the good people of Blank Space.Launched in 2014, Fairy Tales has attracted thousands of stories, fables, and tales from... View full entry
Out of 125 applications from nearly 40 countries, four finalist architects are still in the running for the 2018 Wheelwright Prize. Bestowed by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the $100,000 grant supports travel-based architectural research outside of the U.S. for a two-year... View full entry
Designed by Michael Graves, the pioneering Portland Building is at once considered to be a postmodern icon as well as the "ugliest building in Oregon". A rectangular block of four, heavily ornamented, salmon and turquoise facades, the building can easily be likened to a small, fancy French... View full entry
The National Building Museum's exhibition Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project examines three cities built from scratch to create the atomic bomb in about two and a half years. Through original documents, photos, artifacts, maps, and models the show... View full entry