The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New books unearth details about houses in Queens, obsolete inventions, Japanese textiles and a pioneering architect.
Category: Architecture
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Modernist Houston Home With Brazilian Curves
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
After living abroad for years, one Brazilian couple wanted a home that showed off their roots. So they built it themselves.
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Christopher Alexander, Architect Who Humanized Urban Design, Dies at 85
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A fierce anti-modernist, he championed vernacular structures, becoming a counterculture hero to many, from New Urbanists to software designers to Prince Charles.
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In Dubai, the Museum of the Future Conveys a Message
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Words of hope, in Arabic calligraphy, were incised into the building’s facade and matched precisely in its interior walls.
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Piero Lissoni Can’t Stop Reinventing His Milan Apartment
The New York Times – T Magazine:
The architect and designer has created a space that celebrates ever-shifting and highly edited juxtapositions.
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On Italy’s Adriatic Coast, an Ancestral Home on the Verge of a Second Act
The New York Times – T Magazine:
The avant-garde curator Giorgio Pace has commissioned the architect Kengo Kuma to help him transform the 19th-century house into a museum.
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Anaïs Nin’s Los Angeles Hideaway Still Keeps Her Secrets
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Shrouded by the pines of Silver Lake, the erotic writer’s minimalist, midcentury residence is a lasting monument to her life and legacy.
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Chris Burden’s Impossible Artworks
The New York Times – T Magazine:
A new book reveals the dozens of planned pieces that the artist, known for his extreme performances and wry installations, left unrealized.