August 1, 2023 Ι The New York Review of Architecture There aren’t many industries that have been stripped of their architecture as consistently as legacy media. A brief roundup covering just the last few years would include 30 Hudson Yards by KPF, which AT&T/Warner Media sold to developer Related Companies just a month after the… Continue reading The Lord’s Estate
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In downtown Chicago, office conversions are being used to create affordable housing
Architect’s Newspaper Ι June 21, 2023 Last fall, Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) introduced the LaSalle Reimagined plan to revive the sleepy and pervasively vacant downtown LaSalle Street corridor. Its focus will be the conversion of office towers with an emphasis on affordability. A minimum of 30 percent of the units will be… Continue reading In downtown Chicago, office conversions are being used to create affordable housing
SOM’s Baxter International suburban office park is part of a vital but unheralded design legacy
Architect’s Newspaper Ι June 15, 2023 As a young architect with SOM in 1972, Richard Tomlinson saw something special in the Baxter International suburban office campus, which was already underway when he joined the firm. “It was conceived as a dynamic campus that made flexibility a fundamental principle,” he told AN. “What fascinated me about… Continue reading SOM’s Baxter International suburban office park is part of a vital but unheralded design legacy
Australia’s Timber Homes Are Where the Suburbs Meet the Frontier
May 10, 2023 Ι Bloomberg CityLab For an urban form of housing, Brisbane’s Queenslander houses are strikingly close to nature. Rustic but often elegant buildings constructed between the late 19th century and the Second World War, Queenslanders at their most refined are like breezy wooden tents, garden pavilions for full-time living. At their most utilitarian,… Continue reading Australia’s Timber Homes Are Where the Suburbs Meet the Frontier
Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma
The generous windows that line walls of this new apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, do more than just flood its hallways and bedrooms in sunlight: They’re part of a suite of design decisions that reflect the unique needs of its residents. Providence at the Heights, or PATH, is a supportive housing facility operated by the… Continue reading Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma
Public access to Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is on pause as dueling lawsuits play out
April 7, 2023 Ι Architect’s Newspaper Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is one of Chicago’s most idiosyncratic and astonishing architectural sites. Lately, though, it has been ensnared in a disagreement that has shut down public access and programming, as one set of owners of the condo complex in the Near North Side Old Town neighborhood are… Continue reading Public access to Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is on pause as dueling lawsuits play out
Preservation Chicago names The Warehouse, the birthplace of house music, as one of the most endangered buildings in Chicago
Architects’ Newspaper Ι March 21, 2023 Drawn in by the propulsive four-on-the-floor bass that could be heard blocks away through the then-derelict streets of Chicago’s West Loop, in the late 1970s and early ’80s young club-goers gathered at a modest but stylish three-story former industrial warehouse where the party raged from midnight until 8:00 a.m.… Continue reading Preservation Chicago names The Warehouse, the birthplace of house music, as one of the most endangered buildings in Chicago
‘Shelter’ Is the Criterion Collection of Home Makeover TV
Feb. 18, 2023 Ι Bloomberg CityLab Often subtitled, not too eager to explain itself, and mercifully light on quartz countertops and eat-in kitchens. That’s the M.O. of Shelter, the highbrow streaming service for architecture and design-themed TV content.
How a Health Care Clinic Applied Trauma Informed Design to Serve the LGBTQIA+ Community
Jan. 27, 2023 Ι Metropolis Magazine At the Family Tree Clinic in Minneapolis designed by Perkins&Will, a floor-to-ceiling bank of windows faces the street, leading to a lounge filled with sharp, graphic murals by local BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, focused on the theme of healing. Brightly colored Modern furniture matches the art, and polished, sealed… Continue reading How a Health Care Clinic Applied Trauma Informed Design to Serve the LGBTQIA+ Community
Mary Dill Henry’s Life-long Search for the “Vital Forces” of Art and Technology
Jan. 25, 2023 Ι Metropolis Magazine As an art student from California studying at László Moholy-Nagy’s Institute of Design in the mid-1940s, Mary Dill Henry described the world as such in her MFA thesis: “The world we live in is a vast and beautiful place, full of vital forces that work upon us and within… Continue reading Mary Dill Henry’s Life-long Search for the “Vital Forces” of Art and Technology