Light and Color: The Spirit-Led Work of James Turrell
Nov 7, 2024 · Last August, I was fortunate to participate in a two-week course on architecture and the human sciences sponsored by the Moving Boundaries Collaborative.Our venues were Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland. Nordic X, as this session was called, was particularly rich, as the theme was “Light in Architecture and the Design of Lighting for Human Wellbeing.”
The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess
On November 13, the New York City Council will vote on the third and final part of the City of Yes (COY) proposal from Mayor Eric Adams (and Big Real Estate). Called the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO), it has 1,386 pages of zoning changes that make it the most controversial and consequential section for the future shape of our streets, buildings, and neighborhoods.
Wonder and Awe in a James Turrell Skyspace – Common Edge
Nov 13, 2024 · The fall night was crisp and clear. Sunlight was just fading over the Hudson River. I was making my way to the Friends Seminary School on East 16th Street in New York, where I was invited to witness artist James Turrell’s Leading, a “skyspace” that opened last spring at the apex of the newly renovated and expanded school, completed by Perkins Eastman.
On the Value of Miniatures and Scale Models – Common Edge
Dec 18, 2024 · Isaac MacDonald is a consultant and writer with a focus on systems change and narrative. He holds an Urban Studies degree from Brown University, where he founded the Urban Journal, and was a fellow with Venture for America (2015) and New Leaders Council (2021).
Design for Global Survival: The 2030 Palette – Common Edge
Nov 11, 2024 · Climate-change impacts ar e rapidly intensifying. Recent events like the catastrophic hurricanes Helene and Milton, wildfires in Australia and the Amazon rainforest, severe flooding in the U.S., Spain, Central Europe, and Southeast Asia, and extreme heat waves across the U.S., Europe, and Africa demonstrate that the need for resilient planning and design solutions has never been more urgent.
Will Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” Be a City for All?
Dec 16, 2024 · The New York City Council finally passed the Adams administration’s plan for the “ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity ” (COYHO). In giving its approval, the council made some significant changes to the legislation, which now awaits the mayor’s signature. It remains to be seen whether this far-reaching initiative will be successful in creating more affordable housing.
It’s Hard for Architects to Be Transparent About Fees
Nov 25, 2024 · It is hard for arc hitects to be transparent. As a profession, we’re shrouded in cliches, both internal and external: the Corbu glasses, the black garb, The Fountainhead.As a result, simple honesty about how we work can be complicated.
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rebirth of Artisanship
Dec 17, 2024 · Check your Instagram f eeds or watch YouTube these days and you will likely see inspirational clips of French people getting emotional about the rebuilding of their cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris. Nothing in recent history has united a nation so quickly and cohesively as this effort. If you’re not French, you may be bored of the …
Minoru Yamasaki: The Fragility of Architecture – Common Edge
Jul 1, 2024 · His work —more than 250 buildings in the span of 30 years—was lauded by critics and colleagues, cited for international design awards, and landed the architect on the cover of Time.But today, even practitioners and aficionados might be challenged to name one of Minoru Yamasaki’s buildings beyond his two most infamous creations that no longer exist: the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St ...
In Warsaw, a Student-Designed Architectural Response to Dark …
Dec 19, 2023 · Michael J. Crosbie is a Connecticut-based architect and writer who teaches at the University of Hartford and is Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor. The author of and contributor to some four-score books, he studied architecture at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.