Photograph by John Hill

The Public Theater in New York City by Ennead Architects, 2012. Sometimes the smallest and most discrete of projects can have the greatest impact. Such is my take upon experiencing the new lobby for The Public Theater at Astor Place, and ...Read More

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Where Are the Utopian Visionaries?: Architecture of Social Exchange edited by Hansy Better Barraza Periscope Publishing, 2012 Paperback, 160 pages With one of the most intriguing names of any recent architecture title, Where Are the Utopian Visionaries? asks architects to "consider the people ...Read More

Photo: Alexander Denmarsh Photography

Phipps – Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by The Design Alliance Architects, 2012. Of the various means of measuring and setting goals for sustainability in architecture, the most stringent (at least in North America) is definitely the Living Building ...Read More

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Building in Bloom: The Making of the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens by Mary Adam Thomas Ecotone Publishing, 2013 Paperback, 152 pages The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh opened its ...Read More

5th Floor, 2013. Photo Credit: Josh White. Donald Judd Art © Judd Foundation. Licensed by VAGA, New York Artwork © John Chamberlain. © Lucas Samaras. Dan Flavin © Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Donald Judd FurnitureTM© Judd Foundation.

Art and architecture—all the arts—do not have to exist in isolation, as they do now. This fault is very much a key to the present society. Architecture is nearly gone, but it, art, all the arts, in ...Read More

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Translucent Building Skins: Material Innovation in Modern and Contemporary Architecture by Scott Murray Routledge, 2012 Paperback/Hardcover, 200 pages The history of modern architecture can be written by its materials and effects, especially glass and transparency. From Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace (1851) and Bruno ...Read More

Photograph by Eduardo Eckenfels, courtesy of Vazio S/A

Dead Garden in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Vazio S/A, 2012. The following text and photos are courtesy Carlos Teixeira of Vazio S/A for their Dead Garden installation, part of the White Night festival in September 2012. White Night is the expression originated ...Read More

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Entre: Architecture from the Performing Arts by Carlos M. Teixeira Artifice Books on Architecture, 2012 Paperback, 384 pages The subtitle of this monograph on Brazilian architect Carlos M. Teixeira's studio Vazio S/A is very telling. Instead of "architecture for the performing arts," as ...Read More

Photo: Iwan Baan, courtesy of OMA

Coach Flagship, Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan, by OMA, 2013. In early April Coach opened its flagship Tokyo store on Omotesando, a strip known as much for its high-end fashion houses as for the architects designing them. Most well known are Prada ...Read More

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Diller Scofidio+ Renfro: Architecture after Images by Edward Dimendberg University of Chicago Press, 2013 Hardcover, 248 pages Gracing the cover of film professor Edward Dimendberg's analysis of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's first three decades of output is a photograph of the southern end ...Read More