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Supergraphics pioneer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon dies at 95

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, the influential California-based graphic designer and landscape architect, passed away on May 7th in San Francisco at the age of 95.  Stauffacher Solomon died a prominent member of the design community whose career advanced aside an unusual synthesis of modern art, design, and architecture with many noted collaborators...

Tue May 14, 2024 02:45
NG House, Curicó - Chile by Cristobal Vial Arquitectos

This work corresponds to a first home. Located on land a few kilometers from the city of Curicó. Given the geographical conditions, the integration of both near and distant views is proposed, taking advantage of its proximity to the immediate existing vegetation and the domain of the Andes Mountains.    The project proposes, from its initial proposal,...

Tue May 14, 2024 01:45
Mexico City’s fraught water crisis could prove decisive in the upcoming national elections

It’s a crisis a decade in the making and, without dramatic fixes, experts say the city could be approaching “Day Zero” — when a city simply runs out of water — around June. That would leave up to 20 million people in and around the capital facing a summer without running water. June also happens to be the month when Mexico will choose its next president....

Tue May 14, 2024 00:46
Rafael Pelli and Gruen Associates push to restore father César’s masterwork San Bernardino City Hall after 52 years

César Pelli was a rising architect when he got the job of designing a new City Hall for San Bernardino. [...] a push is on to renovate City Hall and restore it to use. The lead architect: Rafael Pelli, son of César Pelli. [...] “The idea is to preserve what’s great about it and make it better,” Pelli said of the building. “The bones of it...

Tue May 14, 2024 00:46
A Slice of Earth by studio_GAON

The ancient moniker for Seoul’s Namsan Mountain resonates with historical echoes—Mokmyeoksan. Since 1392, when the Joseon Dynasty unfurled its reign and anointed Seoul as Hanyang, Namsan assumed paramount importance in the intricate tapestry of Feng-shui. Here, the convergence of natural energies and strategic positioning was palpable. The mountain’s...

Tue May 14, 2024 00:46
Ennead and Dattner share first SPARC Kips Bay images ahead of 2031 completion

Ennead and Dattner have shared preliminary project visuals to accompany the latest announcement of their winning bid to deliver the Science Park and Research Campus (or SPARC) Kips Bay to the East Side of Manhattan. The project for the New York City Economic Development Corporation will culminate with a new 700,000-square-foot academic building to...

Tue May 14, 2024 00:46

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