ENGLISH GROUP SPEARHEADS EFFORT TO SAVE THE EARLY BRUTALIST ROBIN HOOD GARDENS
ROBIN HOOD GARDENS. (LUKE HAYES)
What do the English have against works produced by members of the Independent Group? The loose post–World War II group of artists, architects, writers, and critics produced public art, gallery installations, and even architecture. On this side of the Atlantic we always think the Brits save their landmarks—unlike the American tendency to tear them down before they can be landmarked.
WITH THIS PURCHASE OF FIVE ACRES OF WATERFRONT LAND, IS THE SOUTH BRONX NEW YORK’S NEWEST DEVELOPMENT HOT SPOT?
(COURTESY BING)
The Chetrit Group and Somerset Partners are betting big on the Bronx. The developers have recently purchased 5 acres of industrial land along the Harlem River. The Wall Street Journal reported that they plan to build up to six 25-story market-rate apartment towers on the land.
PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURES LOS ANGELES MARATHON SPOTLIGHTS SHINING ACROSS THE SKYLINE
PANORAMA OF THE SPOTLIGHT EVENT BY PHOTOGRAPHER KURT LAWSON. (KURT LAWSON)
On March 13, the Los Angeles sky was emblazoned with a trail of upward-facing spotlights, marking every mile of Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon, stretching 26 miles from Echo Park to Santa Monica. The installation, celebrating the event’s 30th running, and sponsored and designed by shoe company ASICS, used 124 spotlights, totaling more than 7.5 million lumens.
AGGREGATE LAUNCHES “BLACK LIVES MATTER” ON THE ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT
A new online text, Black Lives Matter, launched on March 10th on the architecture history and theory website Aggregate. The idea was created and edited by Meredith Tenhoor and Jonathan Massey and attempts, they claim, to “put architectural history and urban research in service of the Black Lives Matter movement.” The essays in the online journal aim to explain the architectural and urban origins of the present crisis in this country. Further, they analyze how architecture and urban research can help us find ways out of the predicament, and explore how to develop black aesthetics in architecture.
SHANGHAI TALKS> CHRISTOPHER DREW, DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL
AN’S MIDWEST EDITOR (RIGHT) INTERVIEWS CHRISTOPHER DREW OF ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTS IN SHANGHAI. (COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITAT)
Last September, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat invited me to serve as the special media correspondent for its Shanghai symposium, entitled Future Cities: Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism.
I conducted video interviews with dozens of architects, developers, building managers, and others on topics relevant to tall building design and sustainable urbanism. Among the many designers, engineers and other tall building types I interviewed was Christopher Drew, director of sustainability for Chicago’s Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.
PRODUCT> BRILLIANT CONCEPTS: SIX LIGHT FIXTURES THAT DO MORE THAN ILLUMINATE
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(COURTESY LUCEPLAN)
Merging practicality—ingenuity, even—with aesthetics can yield impressive results. These light fixtures and accessories go beyond the basic function of illuminating a space in some very surprising ways.
THE FARM OF THE FUTURE: VERTICAL GREENHOUSE IN REMOTE WYOMING TO HELP GUARD AGAINST FOOD SHORTAGES
ARCHITECTURE, CITY TERRAIN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, NATIONAL, NEWS, SUSTAINABILITY, URBANISM
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
KINDRA COOPER.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
KINDRA COOPER.
(COURTESY VERTICAL HARVEST)
High-yield, vertical greenhouses could be a godsend for outlying regions afflicted with harsh climates, where food supply chains are weather-vulnerable. In Jackson, Wyoming, where approximately 400 inches of snow falls per year in a valley hedged by mountains, much of the city’s produce is trucked in from afar.
“CAROUSEL OF LIGHT” BOOKSTORE IN BUCHAREST OCCUPIES BREATHTAKING 19TH-CENTURY BANK BUILDING
(COURTESY SQUARE ONE)
Forget, albeit momentarily, the speculated death of the print product. Romanian bookstore chain Carturesti has poured millions of dollars into the restoration of a 19th-century former bank building to house its second-largest retail outlet.
ON VIEW> DANIEL ARSHAM TAKES OVER CINCINNATI’S CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
(COURTESY CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER)
Remember the Future: Daniel Arsham
Contemporary Arts Center
44 East 6th Street
Cincinnati, OH
March 20–August 30
Contemporary Arts Center
44 East 6th Street
Cincinnati, OH
March 20–August 30
Remember the Future is the first major exhibition in Ohio by Cleveland-born artist Daniel Arsham. In it, site-specific installations respond to the scale, light, and structure of the Contemporary Arts Center building in Cincinnati.
THESE URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS TOP THE AIANY’S 2015 DESIGN AWARDS
ARCHITECTURE, AWARDS, CITY TERRAIN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, NATIONAL
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
HENRY MELCHER.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
HENRY MELCHER.
(COURTESY HY-FI VIA AIANY)
A jury of architects, landscape architects, critics, educators, and planners has named the 35 winning projects of this year’s AIA New York Chapter Design Awards. “Each winning project, granted either an ‘Honor’ or ‘Merit’ award, was chosen for its design quality, response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique,” the AIA said in a statement. “Submitted projects had to be completed by members of the AIA New York Chapter, architects/designers practicing in New York, or be New York projects designed by architects/designers based elsewhere.” Take a look at the winning teams in the projects and urban design categories below.
ARCHITECTURE TAKES A FRONT SEET ON THIS NEW FILM CENTERED ON BORROMINI’S ARCHITECTURE
SAINT YVES AT LA SAPIENZA, ROME, ITALY. (COURTESY KINO LORBER)
The word “sapienza” means “wisdom” in Italian. It also refers to the Church of Saint Yves at La Sapienza, 1642–1660, designed by Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. In Eugene Green’s film, La Sapienza, Borromini is a hero of the protagonist, architect Alexandre Schmid (played by Fabrizio Rongione). Borromini incorporated the remains of a 14th century church, rather than razing it, a touchstone for Schmid. Geometry reigns throughout: the building is capped by a corkscrew lantern, and triangles and semi-circles are combined with figurative elements.
CHICAGO’S FIELD MUSEUM BECOMES JUST SECOND SUCH BUILDING TO GET GOLD UNDER LEED EB O+M
INTERIORS, LIGHTING, MIDWEST, NEWS, PRESERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
CHRIS BENTLEY.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
CHRIS BENTLEY.
CHICAGO’S FIELD MUSEUM (GOCAL83 VIA FLICKR)
Chicago‘s natural history museum, the Field Museum, announced Monday it has earned a Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (EB O+M) program, becoming just the second museum in the nation to do so. (The Madison Children’s Museum is the other.)
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