Patrik Schumacher’s argument about architecture’s problems ignores reality, writes MASS Design Group‘s Alan Ricks. In his recent essay The End of Architecture, Patrik Schumacher argues that architects must reject pluralism, disengage from social and environmental… Read More »“Patrik Schumacher presents a stark and exclusionary vision of the state of architecture”
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a late-night London restaurant with dramatic lighting designed by Cake Architecture to evoke the moody mystery of an Edward Hopper painting. Tucked under a railway in Canary… Read More »“Those interiors need a stiff drink” says commenter
Dutch studio OMA has completed The Jay, a concrete-clad residential tower on the site of the former Bijlmerbajes prison in Amsterdam. Rising 17-storeys, the The Jay was designed by OMA to reference an unbuilt tower… Read More »OMA residential block “pays homage” to unbuilt prison tower
Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris’s Matter and Shape design fair. The sugary pink Smiley chair… Read More »India Mahdavi’s Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
New York architect Ricardo Scofidio, who designed the city’s High Line and The Shed cultural centre, has passed away. Scofidio, who led New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro along with his partner Elizabeth Diller… Read More »Diller Scofidio + Renfro founder Ricardo Scofidio dies aged 89
Charismatic objects that squeak, rumble and clang were produced by industrial design students at Ohio State University who took a weeklong dive into the cinematic art of Foley. A hand-cranked cylinder that rattles like a… Read More »Ohio design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments