When the British architect Norman Foster first presented his proposal to erect a 30-story glass tower atop the existing building, many neighborhood residents were outraged. "A glass dagger plunged into the heart of the Upper East Side," one said. The
As Jasper mentioned already, some of the biggest losses of TU Delft fire was the collection of modernist chairs and priceless documents lost in the flames, among others Breuer and Rietveld Chairs, and a collection of models and original sketches
The subprime mortgage crisis hasn't bruised one chunk of the real-estate market: top vintage modern houses. This week, two midcentury classics hit the auction block. The stunning Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, Calif., designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 and
Following yesterday's breaking news, and the recent update from MADianito, Roemer, from TU Delft's faculty, sends us his updates and photographs (view them in the gallery)...The faculty of Architecture of the technical University of Delft in the Netherlands with more
follows three architectural itineraries through three cities and their histories. Like so many, these cities are caught within the feedback loops of globalization: Silicon Valley in northern California; New York's internal suburbias; and Gurgaon, a burgeoning corporate city outside of
Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than "skilled manual labor," Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen engage in a craftsman’s work. Craftsmanship names the basic human impulse to do a
Richard Sennett examines (similar to John Ruskin and William Morris before him) the role of craft in the past and present and draws out the distinct ethics within "doing something well for its own sake" in his new book The
By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030. With the increasing speed of urbanization, especially in the developing world, scholars are now rethinking standard concepts and histories of modern cities. The Spaces of
Pfeiffer Partners Architects seeking Senior Project Architect in New York, NYPfeiffer Partners Architects, a national architecture, planning and urban design firm is seeking a senior level architect for their NY office. Assignments include large scale academic projects with a focus
Organized by Interni magazine, Green Energy Design was an exhibition of experimental, multimedia installations by some of the top international design talents. The event took place on the beautiful grounds of Milan's Università degli Studi and it was the perfect
