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Making Architecture “Relevant” Will Involve Changing the System It Operates In A new translation of a book by Soviet artist Boris Arvatov sheds light on architects’ ongoing fight for the legitimacy of their work.

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Midcentury Modern in Wellfleet As earthmovers groaned and power saws whined, one of those giant turtles, the pride of Wellfleet, showed up at the site. It might be fairer to say that the turtle showed up not just at the site but at his site,

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Architecture in the Age of Anxiety | BIM Engine by ARCHICAD MIT's Lobby 7 If we don't know who we are, how do we find the confidence to build things? And if our buildings won't speak to us, how can we know what they are? Self-induced highs of perception just won't get us get us to this point of understanding, according to architectural historian Mark Jarzomb...

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Do Creative Minds Matter? | BIM Engine by ARCHICAD Once the curtains lifted and the explosive, starburst chandeliers had risen to the ceiling, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky brought cheers and tears at the Met’s fiftieth anniversary gala at Lincoln Center this year. Baritone Hvorostovsky in a surprise return, despite a brain…

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A Japanese Home Designed Around a Climbable Earthquake-Proof Bookshelf Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are lovely, and can act as a robust focal point in any home, though accessing the high shelves can be a problem. The common sidekick has always been ladders which can also add character and charm, but for smaller homes like in Japan they can be a nuisance, occupying too

Introducing my latest column: Make My Home Healthier - Let me know if you have recommendations of your own. Thanks, Louis Postel

Best Shower-Head – Make My Home Healthier How many times do you think out trudging around in the cold: I’ll be okay once I get into a nice hot shower! Not only hot but hard. It’s got to rain hard over your body, massage the deep soreness and wash it down the drain. But then, once you step in, the stream is…

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‘Ornament is the language through which architecture communicates with a broader public’ Minimalism may symbolise luxury, but it could be time to refamiliarise ourselves with our decorative roots

Frances Gabe, Inventor of the Self-Cleaning House, Dies at 101 Equal parts quixotic dreamer and accomplished visionary, Ms. Gabe made the house do its own scrubbing.

Reframe the Future: How Technology is Changing the Design Process Design Museum Mornings with Richard Kuhn of Perkins+Will How can the design process flourish with new technology? July’s Design Museum Mornings presentation will showcase how you can utilize Big Data, Computational Design, and Conveyance to not only shape the outcome of a project, but the design pro...

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Leaked Guidelines Highlight Facebook’s Challenges Policing Nudity in Art Internal Facebook, Inc. guidelines leaked to The Guardian highlight the social media giant’s challenge defining and enforcing the boundaries between “digital nudity” and “real world art.”

Watching Human Dreams Disintegrate in Photos of the Ultra-Rich Lauren Greenfield's Generation Wealth, a book and exhibition of the same name at the Annenberg Space for Photography, documents the out-of-control growth of the one percent.

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A Straw in the Sky | BIM Engine by ARCHICAD ARCHICAD user David Hertz, FAIA of The Studio of Environmental Architecture uses innovative and unusual materials to create beautiful and environmentally conscious designs. In the post below you will read about how Hertz has integrated an air to water technology called 'Skysource' to produce up to 1...

How to Start a Gallery in Your Apartment We spoke to the owners of five apartment galleries in five cities for their insights on what you must know before launching a gallery in your living room.