Mini-Studio in Mexico City, Mexico by FRENTEarquitectura, 2011. Behind a house in a middle-income section of Mexico City sat a storage ...Read More
Mini-Studio in Mexico City, Mexico by FRENTEarquitectura, 2011. Behind a house in a middle-income section of Mexico City sat a storage shed, surrounded on three side by neighboring buildings. Into this gap FRENTEarquitectura inserted an art studio of only 27 square ...Read More
Here are reviews of three journals/magazines that I've received recently; a couple that I'm familiar with and one that is completely new to me. Boundaries #3: A few months ago I looked at the first two issues of Boundaries, a magazine ...Read More
The Arch in Mandal, Norway by 3XN, 2011. Mandal is a town of 15,000 people southwest of Oslo at the very tip of Norway. It overlooks the North Sea, and in every other way relates to the surrounding water, be it ...Read More
2G N.61: Pezo von Ellrichshausen Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2011 Paperback, 176 pages The latest issue of 2G Magazine features the work of Chilean architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofa von Ellrichshausen, aka Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects. Most of the 17 built and unbuilt projects ...Read More
House in Piedra Roja, Santiago, Chile by Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados, 2009. In the contemporary architecture of single-family houses, courtyards are not used as often as they should. Open space, when possible, is more likely found in backyards, creating private ...Read More
Architecture of Authority by Richard Ross Aperture, 2007 Hardcover, 144 pages The Raw and the Cooked by Peter Bialobrzeski Hatje Cantz, 2012 Hardcover, 160 pages Structures of Utility by David Stark Wilson Heyday Books, 2003 Hardcover, 144 pages While most architectural photography would not be considered fine art, ...Read More
Family Crèche in Drulingen by Fluor Architects, 2010. Drulingen is a small town in the Alsace region of northeastern France. One of the main routes into town from the nearby motorway is Rue de Phalsbourg, on which this "Family Crèche" (child ...Read More
Architectural and Cultural Guide Pyongyang edited by Philipp Meuser DOM Publishers, 2012 Paperback, 2 volumes w/slipcase, 368 pages Architecture 11: RIBA Buildings of the Year by Tony Chapman Merrell Publishers, 2012 Hardcover, 273 pages These two books focusing on architecture halfway around the globe from ...Read More
Miami Science Museum in Miami, Florida by Grimshaw. Miami has been fairly busy lately adding contemporary architecture to its urban landscape. Completed in the last couple years are Frank Gehry's New World Center and Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road. ...Read More
Architectural Concrete in Detail: Four Buildings by Miller & Maranta edited by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Design and Building Construction Chair Michael Loudon, Florian Kirfel and Daniel Reisch Quart Publishing, 2011 Paperback, 88 pages My initial familiarization with Basel, Switzerland's Miller & Maranta -- the ...Read More
