9 Best Articles in 2020
The Verge
How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world
The Verge
~13 min read · 222 saves · From 2016 · Kyle Chayka · Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder of Third Wave, a strategy consultancy based in Berlin that works with small-scale industrial manufacturers. The company’s clients range across Europe, the...
Fast Company
‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the West
Fast Company
2 min read · 197 saves · Oct 17th · Lilly Smith · And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
WIRED
What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie
WIRED
3 min read · 185 saves · From 2017 · Herzog and De Meuron's new philharmonic in Hamburg, Germany is an impressive feat of technology.
The New Yorker
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
The New Yorker
3 min read · 157 saves · Jun 17th · What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
ArchDaily
When Machines Design: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Aesthetics
ArchDaily
4 min read · 132 saves · Apr 8th · Eric Baldwin · Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping cultural production and design.
Curbed
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New York
Curbed
~18 min read · 128 saves · Dec 7th · A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
Fast Company
Make your home more bearable with these 5 tips from interior design maven Kelly Wearstler
Fast Company
4 min read · 117 saves · Mar 23rd · Elizabeth Segran · We’re going to be homebound for months; better make your space as cozy as possible.
ArchDaily
How the Dutch Use Architecture to Feed the World
ArchDaily
4 min read · 110 saves · Jan 24th · The Netherlands is the world’s second-biggest exporter of agricultural products, owed to its innovative use of an architectural typology: the greenhouse.
ArchDaily
6 Visions of How Artificial Intelligence will Change Architecture
ArchDaily
6 min read · 106 saves · Mar 30th · We curate six visions from the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of how artificial intelligence will impact the future of cities, design, and architecture.
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Curbed
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New York
Curbed
~18 min read · 128 saves · Dec 7th · A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
The New York Times
How New Yorkers Want to Change the Streetscape for Good
The New York Times
7 min read · 42 saves · Dec 18th · As the pandemic lockdown cleared the roads and as governments instituted popular programs to keep restaurants and small businesses alive, communities have gotten a glimpse at what the city is like…
Fast Company
Two of architecture’s biggest names just pulled out of an ambitious climate pledge
Fast Company
2 min read · 20 saves · Dec 7th · Nate Berg · The high-profile exit of Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects from the pledge, called Architects Declare, exposes deep rifts in an industry that’s grappling with how to control its carbon…
ArchDaily
What Are the Megatrends Reshaping the Architecture Field and the Construction Industry?
ArchDaily
7 min read · 17 saves · Dec 14th · Nicolás Valencia · As the world is facing a series of global transformations, the construction sector should be able to understand and adapt to these megatrends.
Fast Company
Designers turn architectural ruins into gorgeous public plazas
Fast Company
2 min read · 15 saves · Dec 8th · Nate Berg · To save the medieval town of Olot, Spain, architects revive its demolished buildings.
Architects Newspaper
Pioneering landscape architect Carol R. Johnson passes away at 91
Architects Newspaper
3 min read · 14 saves · Dec 15th · Carol R. Johnson had a long and prestigious career at her eponymous landscape architecture firm, touching college campuses and Worlds Fairs alike
ArchDaily
After All, Is Using Wood in Architecture Sustainable?
ArchDaily
5 min read · 14 saves · Dec 7th · Eduardo Souza · Is it possible to still call wood a sustainable building material in the face of rampant deforestation?
Design Milk
Best Architecture Posts of 2020
Design Milk
2 min read · 12 saves · Dec 14th · Caroline Williamson · Design Milk shared all the visual architectural inspiration we could and now we’re looking back at the most popular architecture posts of 2020.
Dezeen
Stefano Boeri designs prefabricated vaccination pavilions to be rolled out across 1,500 Italian squares
Dezeen
3 min read · Dec 14th · Jennifer Hahn · Architect Stefano Boeri has designed prefabricated timber and fabric pavilions, which are set to house Covid-19 vaccination stations in piazzas across Italy from the first half of January.
New Statesman
What Facebook’s empty campus says about the post-Covid world
New Statesman
4 min read · Dec 8th · Headquarters is a new column about buildings and the companies inside them. What do corporate architecture, design and planning tell us about a company, its business and the economy? In 2018, Facebook…
