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Havana Revisited: Postcards of the Cuban Capital Through the Years

Thanks to its privileged position as a gateway to North America and Cuba’s unique political history, the architecture of the City of Havana has a rich and layered quality rarely found. In a new book edited by Cathryn Griffith, “Havana … Sigue leyendo

Reclaimed Modern / Julian Weber Architects

Architects: Julian Weber Architects
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Area: 292.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Tucker English From the architect.… Dwell Development LLC, the award- winning design/build firm focused on building modern sustainable homes, is leading the charge for innovative architectural Sigue leyendo

Reclaimed Modern / Julian Weber Architects

Architects: Julian Weber Architects
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Area: 292.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Tucker English From the architect.… Dwell Development LLC, the award- winning design/build firm focused on building modern sustainable homes, is leading the charge for innovative architectural Sigue leyendo

Preservationists Lose Battle to Save Orange County Government Center

Yesterday Orange County legislators decided to “take no action” against blocking the “destructive” rebuild of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center. The plan, deemed by architecture critic Michael Kimmelman to be “vandalism,” will remove one of the building’s three sections and replace it… Sigue leyendo

Renton House / Stettler Design

Architects: Stettler Design
Location: Renton, WA, USA
Project Team: Daniel Stettler, Will Payne
Lot Area: 3,500 sq. ft.
Area: 3500.0 ft2
Year: 2011
Photographs: Dale Lang From the architect.… Perched above Lake Washington, this new house offers a series of Sigue leyendo

Fate of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center to be Decided Tomorrow

Tomorrow legislators are due to decided the fate of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center. The midcentury icon, listed on the World Monuments Fund’s global watch list, has been the center of a prolonged debate challenging its right to be preserved. 

“The plan is to gut Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center, strip away much of its distinctive, corrugated concrete and glass exterior and demolish one of its three pavilions, replacing it with a big, soulless glass box,” says architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. “[The legislators] can do the right thing Thursday. They can overturn the veto and reconsider demolition.” More on Kimmelman’s call to save the Rudolph landmark, here

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Fate of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center to be Decided Tomorrow

Tomorrow legislators are due to decided the fate of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center. The midcentury icon, listed on the World Monuments Fund’s global watch list, has been the center of a prolonged debate challenging its right to be preserved. 

“The plan is to gut Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center, strip away much of its distinctive, corrugated concrete and glass exterior and demolish one of its three pavilions, replacing it with a big, soulless glass box,” says architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. “[The legislators] can do the right thing Thursday. They can overturn the veto and reconsider demolition.” More on Kimmelman’s call to save the Rudolph landmark, here

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The Cardinal / Modus Studio

Architects: Modus Studio
Location: 831 West Center Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Principal Architect: Chris M. Baribeau, AIA
Area: 370605.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Timothy Hursley Project Manager: David McElyea, Associate AIA
Architectural Team: Aaron Speaks, Graham Patterson, Allison Vandever, … Sigue leyendo

The Cardinal / Modus Studio

Architects: Modus Studio
Location: 831 West Center Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Principal Architect: Chris M. Baribeau, AIA
Area: 370605.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Timothy Hursley Project Manager: David McElyea, Associate AIA
Architectural Team: Aaron Speaks, Graham Patterson, Allison Vandever, … Sigue leyendo

Walter Netsch: The “Radical Mind” That Designed SOM’s Air Force Academy Chapel

Having joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill after World War Two at the age of 27, Walter Netsch was promoted to become a partner at the age of 31. Netsch entered the firm during what was arguably its defining era, when the … Sigue leyendo