Compelling Ideas for the New Presidio Parklands
Hit Parade I just attended a marvelous presentation by five internationally renowned landscape and architecture teams offering ideas for shaping a 13 acre parkland site in San Francisco’s historic...
View ArticleGenealogy and the Charleston Single House
Sideways There is something wonderful about opening what appears to be the front door of an early 19th century row house in Charleston, South Carolina — and finding yourself not inside, but outside on...
View ArticleMaking An Entrance on Streets and Stoops
Arrivals, Public and Private A World Series parade changes the urban experience. The passage becomes the plot. Streets fill with people and become vast open-air rooms. This all became apparent today as...
View ArticleSelling Sunset Headquarters: A Landmark of Environmental Design
Time Inc., the owner of Sunset Magazine, has just announced it is exploring the sale of Sunset‘s historic seven acre campus in Menlo Park, California. I can understand why — the land, which is in the...
View ArticleArchitecture To Buy Or Eat
Holiday Houses Time to think about the architecture enthusiasts on your gift list. Luckily I have some suggestions! In 2011 British brothers Robert and Gavin Paisley founded a business called Chisel...
View ArticleComing of Age in SOMA (South of Market)
Aging in Place Holidays and the end of the year make me think about ritual and renewal and continuity and change — I am beginning to sound like an alumni magazine! My office recently moved to San...
View ArticleMore Barn-Inspired House Plans
Three-Part Invention One good barn deserves another! I have written about this house type as a rich source of design ideas before, and here is the latest Farmhouse Modern variation designed by...
View ArticleArchitect-Designed Home Products
Design for Living Architects have been designing fabrics, furnishings, and fixtures for the home since the pharaohs (some of whom could well have been architects in their own right — or at least major...
View ArticleApple’s Spaceship Campus as the New iPentagon
Or is it a late Renaissance fortress, or another Swiss Collider… The building of Apple’s vast new circular Campus 2 in Cupertino, CA — an architectural riff on their original 1 Infinite Loop address,...
View ArticleThe New Frank Gehry Biography
Paul Goldberger’s magisterial new 513 page book, Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry (Knopf), is a superb achievement and a compelling read for anyone interested in modern architecture....
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