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Franck Lloyd Wright is at MoMA
Franck Lloyd Wright was for me – before this very day – the american architect of the falling water house, a few other rich wood-furnished houses around Chicago and a geometric decorated hotel in Tokyo...
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A hidden museum in Nevers
It doesn’t happen much, but when it does, you start thinking this was destiny. I was travelling by train through Bourgogne and was stuck for 2 hours in Nevers because of a social movement of the SNCF....
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Giancarlo Mazzanti at Cité de l’Architecture
Giancarlo Mazzanti Global Award for sustainable architecture Cité de l’architecture, Paris 1st of july 2014 1. HOW DO WE WORK? - team, other architects and other disciplinaries - the competition as...
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Context is everything
As everything in life depends directly on how you look at it, a building or a place is interacting with its context. In the pictures below (from this post), the same places are seen from different...
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When historic views get stronger than economic boom
Here are surprising news about the demolition of bright new buildings to protect Istanbul’s skyline.
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HABITAT III: the role of design, a path to sustainable urbanization
Last friday was held the conference HABITAT III: the role of design, a path to sustainable urbanization at AIA Chapter in NYC. HABITAT III is an international conference held every 20 years. Under the...
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DESIGN! Life depends on us
Yesterday was held an amazing, optimistic, motivating talk by Edward Mazria at the AIA NYC chapter on architects and urbanists environmental urgent responsibility. Here is a report of “DESIGN! life...
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Architecture Research Office 2033
For the 2014 Oberfield lecture at AIA NY Chapter, Stephen Cassell and Kim Yao gave a talk about their work at ARO (Architecture Research Office). Rick Bell, AIA executive director, starts with...
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Archtober is launched! 1st Building of the Day: Public Theater at Astor Place
What a great month coming ahead to be an architect in NY! Wednesday, October the 1st, was launched Archtober. This “festival” is a celebration of contemporary architecture all around the city:...
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Green building tour
For the climate week in NYC, a bunch of passionating events were organized to finally end with the People’s Climate March. This is how I had the chance to visit the LEED-certified Center for Spiritual...
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The future of design
Grimshaw architects NY office hosted a very interesting panel on thursday night about the future of design. Of course, I was there. Of course, I took notes of what was said. Of course, I share them...
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Building of the day: Brookfield Place
This is the story of a whole complex. Brookfield place, 250 Vesey st, American Express tower, 225 Liberty st, and now Brookfield Pavilion, compose a same and continuous design. Everything started back...
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Building of the Day: Kickstarter
Once again, I’m dragged to Brooklyn to an other inspiring and beautiful adaptive reuse project. This time, Archtober led me to visit Kickstarter‘s headquarters, designed by Ole Sondresen architect....
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Building of the Day: Riverside Health Center
This week, archtober got me to the Riverside Health Center, designed by 1100 architect. Here is a front view. The huge renovated red clay “column”, housing the existing staircase, is a strong feature...
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Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey at the Cooper Union
Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey (Ireland) Talk at the Cooper Union, NYC - 2014 October the 28th Organized by the Architectural League It is always hard to say an architect is the best I know, but...
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Tony Fretton at Paris Belleville
Last week, the English architect Tony Fretton gave a speech at the National School of Architecture of Paris Belleville. He presented some of his best works: — Red house, London In this project,...
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Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing
Here is an interesting paper about the key role of hand drawing in architecture. We know it ; but it’s good to have a reminder from time to time !
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Quote about physical limits
The lines traced by architects contain the power of their future materialization and we must use them with great caution and concern. A line on a white page has the ability to split two milieus from...
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