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It’s the start of the 2023–24 academic year, so that means a new crop of leaders are beginning the semester. To check in, AN spoke with a set of leading educators about their roles. Each answered a septet of questions; the fourth in this series is Quilian Riano, Dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture. What are your goals and …
Washington is a city of sandstone, marble, and red brick, so the Poplar Grove residence is the last house you’d expect to see in the nation’s capital. Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, principals in the firm BLDUS, eschewed traditional materials and instead clad Linn’s own single-family home in poplar bark, cork, and modified radiata pine. …
BLDUS designs an alley home loaded with high-performance features Read More »
In Issue 8 of their published manifestos, Archigram noted that over time they had become increasingly concerned with matters relating to the human experience: “comfort, facility, satisfaction, enquiry, and above all the effect of all kinds of phenomena upon each other.” Upon entering Peter Cook’s recent show at the Richard Saltoun Gallery, this fascination with …
Tokyo’s world famous Imperial Hotel is slated for a major renovation by Paris firm Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA). ATTA joins the ranks of Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned Japanese architects, Yuzuru Watanabe and Takahashi Teitaro, to add to the Hotel’s legacy. The Imperial Hotel Company first announced its latest intention to build a new …
Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects is designing a new complex for Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel Read More »
The Bentway, a stretch of land underneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway, has served as a place of renewed activation since it was recently revamped. Regularly staged exhibitions and opportunities for placemaking and recreation are a mainstay at the formerly underutilized site that strives to reconnect Toronto to the shores of Lake Ontario. Its latest activation couples …
Architect, educator, and pioneering feminist Debora K. Reiser died on September 19 at the age of 96. The news of Reiser’s passing was shared via social media by Pratt Institute. She is survived by her son Jesse Reiser and daughter-in-law Nanako Umemoto. Together, the three ran the award-winning studio RUR Architecture. Debora Klausner Reiser was …
Debora K. Reiser, Long Island modern architect, educator, and feminist, dies at 96 Read More »
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) were a logical choice for plugging L.A.’s housing crisis. The sprawling metropolis of single-family homes had plenty of space in its backyards for small, compact rental apartments. Is it possible to realize something similar in New York City? Yesterday, New York Mayor Eric Adams declared his ambition to build 100,000 new …
ADUs for NYC? Mayor Eric Adams wants to create 100,000 new homes using public space Read More »
Architect: Hord Coplan MachtLocation: DenverCompletion Date: January 2023 Colorado State University’s (CSU) Hydro building is one of three recently completed research facilities built for the institution’s Spur program, a satellite campus which is located in the recently redeveloped National Western Center, a complex which was master planned in a collaborative effort between the National Western …
Hord Coplan Macht wraps CSU Spur’s Hydro Building in a perforated metal scrim Read More »
This summer, Lake|Flato became the 86th architecture, design, and planning firm to become a certified B Corp. The certification program is run by B Lab, a nonprofit that evaluates companies for sustainable and ethical practices in the following categories: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. The Texas firm joins the ranks of a few other …
A round table discussion in Chelsea, Manhattan hosted by the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club was scheduled to adjourn this evening, but was cancelled late last night. The panel was set to convene representatives from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), tenant rights activists, local politicians, and residents from Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses who oppose …
