But like other architects of his generation, especially those who formed many of their ideas working in Los Angeles’s sprawling suburban maze, Mr. Denari is less interested in perpetuating the myth of the open road than in mining it for new ideas. His work has more to do with exploring adolescent fantasies than with celebrating personal freedom. It suggests a longing for a world — free, open, upwardly mobile — that began to break down more than 30 years ago. — nytimes.com
Last week was Christopher Hawthorne's turn. This week the NY Times' Nicolai Ouroussoff reviews Neil Denari's HL23. View full entry
NewsPlease join Archinect for drinks and socializing next Friday, April 29th, in New York City, at the Samsung Experience space in the Time Warner Building, for a celebration of the launch of Archinect v3.0, and a very special announcement of an exciting new alliance formed byArchinect, Designer... View full entry
"Zaha Hadid, une architecture" will be the first exhibition held inside the Mobile Art pavilion since the installation of the pavilion in front of the Institut du monde arabe. — e-flux.com
For all its dynamism, precision and intelligence, there has always been something a bit antiseptic about Denari's work, as if it were hermetically sealed against emotion as well as imperfection. The New York building, with its fluid, digitally derived profile and facade of glass and panels of embossed stainless steel, won't dramatically change that impression. Its design personality is closer to robotic than balletic. — Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times
As previously mentioned on Archinect here in 2008 and here in 2011. The 156 feet-high, 39,200 square-foot building officially opens in June. Perched next to and on top of the High Line, the 12-unit building is rumored to be selling for as much as $2,600 a square foot according to Curbed. The... View full entry
Please join us for drinks and socializing next Friday, April 29th, in New York City, at the Samsung Experience space in the Time Warner Building, for a celebration of the launch of Archinect v3.0, and a very special announcement of an exciting new alliance formed by Archinect, Designer Pages... View full entry
We're so excited to finally launch the third generation of Archinect.com! This new site reflects over four years of countless design iterations, concept evolutions and infrastructural redevelopments. Since we started redesigning Archinect in 2007 we've also grown our in-house team. We're honored... View full entry
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... one of the big problems in Britain – a country infamous for its visual illiteracy, or so say outsiders – is that architecture isn't taught to children, not much in the home, and much less at school. What an all-embracing discipline it is, though, for teachers and pupils alike: a fusion of art, maths, geometry, geography, physics, technology, politics, economics and environmental concerns. — guardian.co.uk
The Guardian's Jonathan Glancey discusses the architectural education, or lack thereof, in the British early childhood education system. View full entry
The tower is unmistakably a Niemeyer creation. Standing tall in the heat of Brazil’s interior, it’s concrete dressed in a whitewash, the tower, like all his other creations looks as if it has been plucked from a 1960s conception of a city on the moon. — therealbrazil.com
The Buzz from Brazil, reports on Torre Digital TV Tower, 104-year-old Oscar Niemeyer's latest project in Brasilia. News via this discussion. View full entry
Art=Relief is a benefit art auction to raise funds and awareness for earthquake relief efforts in Japan. General Architecture Collaborative is organizing the event to bring together the community of emerging and established artists from the New York area and beyond, in service of another... View full entry
The sculptural form is meant to advertise the center's building-innovation mission. The low, sloping volume encloses tall industrial space for experimentation, while the higher slab building houses labs that focus on a variety of evolving technologies, like indoor air quality. — James S. Russell, Bloomberg
Described as a building "advertising its construction- innovation mission with an angle here, a kink there," the recently opened $41,000,000 and 55,000-square-foot Syracuse Center of Excellence, an incubator dedicated to energy conservation, is a laboratory for sustainable building and energy... View full entry
Trey Trahan, principal of Trahan Architects, worries that architects who leave the industry for a period of time might struggle to keep up with technological advances in their field. — businessreport.com
Business Report.com discusses the ongoing effects of the economic crisis for architects and others involved in the construction industries."There's a huge gap right now between older and younger architects," he says. "That middle group—the one that would take over the leadership of... View full entry
Sponsored Post. Autodesk® Design Suite Premium is a powerful package that extends your familiar AutoCAD® workflow with concept sketching and intuitive visual communication tools. It features the latest releases of AutoCAD®, Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design, Autodesk®... View full entry
I recently got acquainted with Cal Poly Pomona's archives of Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Donald Wexler, Garrett Eckbo, Craig Ellwood and others. These archives contain never published before original drawings, photographs, blueprints, and stories. They were given to the College of... View full entry
Steven Holl just completed construction on his much anticipated Museum of Art & Architecture in Nanjing. The museum celebrates Chinese art and architecture and is based on the Chinese theory of 'parallel perspectives' -- it explores shifting viewpoints and layers in space, while taking advantage atmospheric mists and surrounding water. Green design, recycled materials and energy-efficient geothermal heating and cooling play a large role in the museum's design. — Inhabitat
