Category: Architecture

Colleges Showcase Mass Timber, in Research and on Display

The New York Times – Business:
Campuses across the nation are promoting the sustainable construction material as a low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete.
Eugene Kohn, Architect of Skyscraping Ambitions, Dies at 92

The New York Times – Business:
His firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, became an international force, merging the commercial with the creative in designing some of the world’s tallest buildings.
A Panorama of Design

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A look at design-world events, products and people.
How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Chris Cornelius imparts the lessons of his Oneida heritage in the classroom and other territories.
Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play

The New York Times – Movies:
The India-born director Joshua Ashish Dawson builds digital worlds that ruminate on the future shock of environmental destruction in the real world.
4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
Rafael Viñoly, From the Drawing Board to the Keyboard

The New York Times – Music:
There is something transcendent about the architect’s spaces: something unseeable that you experience when you enter. They are as fluid as music.
An Architect Applies Her Skills to Giving Back

The New York Times – Business:
Diana Kellogg specialized in high-end New York residences. Now, she has designed a girls school in India and is pursuing other projects that address social change.
Taking a Baking Class at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Wisconsin

The New York Times – Travel:
The writer gets a room of her own at the architect’s former home in the Wisconsin hills. A weekend workshop offers ample time to explore the grounds.
In Search for Sustainable Materials, Developers Turn to Hemp

The New York Times – Business:
Hemp blocks are costlier than traditional building products, but they help address environmental issues and can shave 20 to 30 percent off a typical construction schedule.
Where Culture Flows Along London’s River Thames

The New York Times – Movies:
The Southbank Center, the host of this year’s British Academy Film Awards, has become a focal point of the city’s arts and culture scene.
Are Tiny Homes a Solution to the Housing Crisis? These Builders Think So.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing with a constrained market.