The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright – Common Edge
Sep 17, 2024 · Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest architects in history, and he’d tell you so himself. The man in the cape and porkpie hat had an ego as big as any of his buildings, but as they say: If it’s true, it ain’t bragging.
Light and Color: The Spirit-Led Work of James Turrell
Nov 7, 2024 · Last August, I was fortunate to participate in a two-week course on architecture and the human sciences sponsored by the Moving Boundaries Collaborative.Our venues were Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland. Nordic X, as this session was called, was particularly rich, as the theme was “Light in Architecture and the Design of Lighting for Human Wellbeing.”
Design for Global Survival: The 2030 Palette – Common Edge
Nov 11, 2024 · Climate-change impacts ar e rapidly intensifying. Recent events like the catastrophic hurricanes Helene and Milton, wildfires in Australia and the Amazon rainforest, severe flooding in the U.S., Spain, Central Europe, and Southeast Asia, and extreme heat waves across the U.S., Europe, and Africa demonstrate that the need for resilient planning and design solutions has never been more urgent.
The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess
On November 13, the New York City Council will vote on the third and final part of the City of Yes (COY) proposal from Mayor Eric Adams (and Big Real Estate). Called the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO), it has 1,386 pages of zoning changes that make it the most controversial and consequential section for the future shape of our streets, buildings, and neighborhoods.
Wonder and Awe in a James Turrell Skyspace – Common Edge
Nov 13, 2024 · The fall night was crisp and clear. Sunlight was just fading over the Hudson River. I was making my way to the Friends Seminary School on East 16th Street in New York, where I was invited to witness artist James Turrell’s Leading, a “skyspace” that opened last spring at the apex of the newly renovated and expanded school, completed by Perkins Eastman.
Contemporary Architecture and the Modern City – Common Edge
Aug 27, 2024 · O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power have paid for and put up with so much architecture they detested as within thy blessed borders today?”. Tom Wolfe wrote this in his 1981 book From Bauhaus to Our House.The conflict between modern and traditional design has barely abated since, as is ...
The ‘Social Landscapes’ of Lee Friedlander – Common Edge
Apr 22, 2024 · In the photography world, some of the great creators—Walker Evans, for instance, and Henry Cartier-Bresson—are known for perfect composition.What appears in the picture is exactly what belongs in it; nothing that might detract from the photo’s essence is …
Architecture With Empathy In An Age of Division and Discord
Dec 10, 2024 · David Briggs is an architect and founder of Loci Architecture. He has completed hundreds of projects in the academic, housing, residential, and commercial sectors. He is co-founder of Gowanus by Design, a non-profit community organization that is exploring the long-term urban planning challenges around the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.
The Clever Trick for Living in 350 Square Feet – Common Edge
Aug 6, 2024 · For eight years, we’ve lived in a 350-square-foot apartment in a fourplex in Oakland, and we aren’t particularly interested in upsizing. When we tell people this, their jaws usually drop, and they follow with some variation on the theme of I’d kill my partner if we lived in such a small space; Where do you put all your stuff?; or Doesn’t it feel claustrophobic?
Li Wen - Common Edge
Sep 16, 2024 · Submitting to this area’s urban rhythm reveals the power of public art to define a place. More