The issue 78/79 of Design Quarterly (journal published in 1970 by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis) was completely dedicated to possible … [Read more...]
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“Don’t you think there is enough anxiety at present?” The 1982 Debate Between Christopher Alexander and Peter Eisenman
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER: The thing that strikes me about your friend's building -- if I understood you correctly -- is that somehow in some intentional … [Read more...]
Deserto Rosso #0 – ‘Festschrift per gli 80 anni di Peter Eisenman’
"I have to think that all that happens to me is my life" (Monica Vitti in "The Red Desert") A "Festschrift" is a celebratory book made in honour of … [Read more...]
Alvin Boyarsky, Chicago à la carte, The City as an Energy System (1968)
This post introduces a series of heterogeneous articles on Chicago, the city and its architecture: sparse attempts to convey different looks at the … [Read more...]
The House of Glass Was Suddenly All Solid Walls, A Project by Anne Holtrop (2006)
Not much happens in A.M. Homes's short story "The Weather Outside Is Sunny and Bright": the protagonist visits her Alzheimer's mother, takes a bath, … [Read more...]
House Within a House /1: Todoroki Residence by Hiromi Fujii, Ichikawa (1976)
Hiromi Fujii (1937) is a Japanese architect who started his career in 1964 collaborating with Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti … [Read more...]
“Is all Architecture Truly Political?” A response to Quilian Riano by Ross Wolfe
Gunter Rambow, “Utopie Dynamit” (1976) If a mantra could define present-day architectural debate, that would surely be the self-assertive claim that … [Read more...]
Unemployed into Self Employed, an article by Leon Krier, 1985
This article was kindly sent to us by Gabriele Mastrigli. Altough we're not fond of Leon Krier past speculations and despite the controversy about his … [Read more...]
Elias Zenghelis: The Aesthetics of the Present, 1988
A beautiful article signed Zenghelis on the 1988 Architectural Design monograph "Deconstruction in Architecture" (AD profile #72, published as part of … [Read more...]
