David Hodgson, an MArch student at the University of Sheffield, has won the AJ Students Award for his design of … More
Category: Architecture and Design
From the Lake to the River: Santiago Calatrava’s Retreat
"Architect of defunct-Chicago Spire to design riverfront sculpture" reads the headline to Blair Kamin's story about the announcement of a Santiago … More
Crossing Out the John Hancock Center
The generic city is a city without names. The great city, on the other hand, is a collections of names. … More
When Pigs Fly by Trump Tower
New World Design Ltd., a Chicago design company, has hatched a plan to have giant inflatable pigs hover beside Trump … More
Ground, Sky, Envelope: On the Villa Savoye and the Robie House
This is my response to the first assignment in the Architectural Imagination course I'm taking online from the Harvard Graduate … More
The Architectural Imagination: An Introduction
I've enrolled in my first online course: The Architectural Imagination, offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Design. I completed … More
An American Albert Speer Might Look a Lot Like Philip Johnson
Ian Volner laments how American culture has produced only one fascist with any real panache–Philip Johnson. [I]n our present political … More
Dodger Stadium Is the Third Oldest Stadium in MLB
The grandstand’s massive concrete superstructure contrasts sharply with outfield seating areas that exhibit a breezy nonchalance, courtesy of their hexagon-shaped … More
Looking at Your City Like a Tourist
Today may be one of the last nice days before chilly weather sets in, so I got up from my … More
Zaha Hadid, Baroque Futurist
Say what you will about her buildings, but if you're a fan of architecture the death of Zaha Hadid has … More
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