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Burberry's Architectural Appliqu�

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2011-12-08 16:43:00
The latest addition to Chicago's Magnificent Mile has polarized the city's architecture critics. Cheryl Kent?Blair Kamin's stand-in at the Chicago Tribune while he takes in all Cambridge, MA, has to offer?calls Burberry's flagship store at Michigan and Ontario "not architecture?it's a building as billboard." Lynn Becker, in a piece on his blog that seems to exist in order to refute Kent …

Half Dose #111: Papillon

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2011-12-11 12:47:00
The following text and photographs are courtesy Hal Ingberg Architecte for the Pappilon installation at Les YMCA du Quebec in Montreal, completed in 2012. Context Papillon (or butterfly in English) is a permanent installation. It is suspended from a concrete block wall that gives onto a substantial parking lot belonging to the new YMCA in the Montreal borough of Cartierville. It was …

Archipendium's 2013 Calendar: Going, Going, ...

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2011-12-24 10:32:00
A couple months ago I posted about Archipendium's 2012 Architecture Calendar. Recently I received the 2013 calendar, which has a similar "bevy of nice buildings." [image courtesy of archimap publishers] It's not too late to pick up your 2013 copy.* [images courtesy of archimap publishers | animation by archidose] *Looks like I wrote that too quickly...or should I say not soon enough? Per …

A Great Way to Break Ground

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2011-12-11 12:47:00
Digging through my blog's "pending" folder on my computer, I came across this rendering of the Parmly Billings Library in Billings, Montana, designed by Will Bruder Architects. The building broke ground last June and is expected to be done the end of this year. [Rendering of Parmly Billings Library | image source] What drew me to the project was actually the groundbreaking …

Monday, Monday

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Ma?opolska Garden of Arts in Krakow, Poland, by Ingarden & Ew� Architects: The featured past dose is the A, B, C Lecture Halls at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland by Zalewski Architecture Group: This week's book review is Ezra Stoller, Photographer by Nina Rappaport and Erica Stoller: (R): The featured past book …

50x50 - 50 States in 50 Weeks

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Over at American-Architects I've been developing a Building of the Week feature that takes a state-by-state look at architecture in the United States in 2013. We are presenting one recent project from each state in alphabetical order, from Alabama to Wyoming. Projects are added every Monday, and this week's building is the South Mountain Community Library in Phoenix, Arizona. Have a project …

My Micro NY

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Today at the Museum of the City of New York, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winner of the adAPT NYC competition for a micro-unit apartment building in Kips Bay. The winner is "My Micro NY" from a team made up of Monadnock Development, the Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation, and nARCHITECTS. Their winning project is a 10-story building with 55 micro-unit apartments ranging …

Today's archidose #645

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Here is a photo of the "Minibib" in Stadtgarten, K�ln, Germany, by Sonja Zimmermann (2009). Photographs are by Matthijs Borghgraef. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or :: Tag your photos archidose

America's Housing Patterns

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
My latest Ideabook at Houzz zooms over the United States, looking at the various patterns created by houses, particularly in the suburbs. Below is a sneak peek, but head over to Houzz to read about fairway housing, fly-in houses, tract mansions, and a few alternatives to traditional sprawl.

Architect's Accidental Historicizing

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Flipping through January's Architect Magazine on the train this morning, something on page 136 caught my eye. A photo of Tour Total, designed by Barkow and Leibinger, seems to be capped by a large ghostly gable. [Tour Total, Barkow and Leibinger, detail of photo by Christian Richters | Scanned from page 136 of Architect Magazine, January 2013] The mirage that perfectly rises …

Today's archidose #646

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Here is a tour of Los Angeles architecture by trevor.patt. A few projects by Morphosis Architects: Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Science Center School, 2004: Salick Health Care Office Building, 1991: Venice III, 1986: 2-4-6-8 House, 1978: A few projects by Gehry Partners: Chiat/Day Office, 1991: Edgemar Center, 1989: Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits, 1984: Loyola Law Campus, 1984: A few projects by Michael Maltzan Architecture: New Carver Apartments, 2009: Inner City …

Monday, Monday

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse in Yangzhou, China, by HWCD: The featured past dose is Two Projects in China by TM Studio: This week's book review is Charles Ross: The Substance of Light by Charles Ross (L): (R): The featured past book review is Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings edited by Jack Flam. : : : …

On the Value of Old Publications

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
The Architectural League's recent digital presentation of Vacant Lots?their 1987 design study and exhibition?prompted me to flip through my copy of the book that presents some essays and designs for ten vacant lots in New York City. The League's study on affordable housing for infill lots sits on my shelf next to a contemporaneous book on affordable housing, which sets next …

Today's archidose #647

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Here are some photos of the new headquarters of Bilbao City Hall in San Agust�n, Bilbao, Spain, designed by IMB Arquitectos (2011). Photographs are by by Pawel Paniczko. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or :: Tag your photos archidose

"Deconstructivist Architecture" at 25

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
It was 25 years ago this summer that the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) held the Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition, curated by Philip Johnson with Mark Wigley. The show featured drawings and models for ten major projects by seven architects: Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Bernard Tschumi. Three have won Pritzker Prizes since 1988, …

Peter Yeadon's RISD Case Studies

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Architect Peter Yeadon, along with his students at RISD, has created studies of various buildings in four contemporary buildings. The silent videos use 3d computer modeling and color-coding to look at the relationship between structure, skin, and mechanical systems. Hearst Headquarters, NYC: Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston: New Museum for Contemporary Art, NYC: Museum of Arts and Design, NY:

28 in 28 #1: Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present: Plans, Sections and Elevations by Andrew Ballantyne Laurence King Publishing, 2012 Hardcover, 320 pages The first "key building" in Andrew Ballantyne's survey from prehistory to present?in a chapter on "culture-defining moments"?is not a building …

28 in 28 #2: A Guide to Archigram 1961-74

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. A Guide to Archigram 1961-74 by Dennis Crompton Princeton Architectural Press, 2012 Paperback, 448 pages On my first (and so far only) trip to San Francisco about 15 years ago, I found a book on Archigram at a small bookstore in …

It's Groundhog Day!

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Like last year, this Groundhog Day post is for all the Ned Ryerson fans out there. (If you're not a fan of Ned click "7" on your keyboard to skip to the best part.)

28 in 28 #6: West Coast Modern

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Daily Dose of Architecture 2013-02-06 21:30:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. West Coast Modern by Zahid Sardar with photographs Matthew Millman Gibbs Smith, 2012 Hardcover, 248 pages The name of this coffee table book with 27 houses is intriguing, for how can one define a modern architecture in an area as large …

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