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Architecture
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The Right Coast
Tour a Hudson Valley Midcentury Modern Dream Home
Physician and homeowner Carol Harracksingh takes WSJ on a tour of her stunning Midcentury Modern glass home, designed by renowned architect Toshiko Mori. Photo: Cory Hill for The Wall Street…
Ahead of Schedule
Oregon Supreme Court Rules That the Practice of Architecture Includes Development of Master Plans
In a rare opportunity to interpret Oregon’s statutory requirements for licensure of architects, the Oregon Supreme Court recently held that the development of master plans constitutes the “practice of architecture”—even…
PropertyProf Blog
Fellowship Opportunity with the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities
By Chris Odinet
This just in from Sarah Schindler (Maine):Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the HumanitiesCall for Fellows, 2017-18The Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities is pleased to announce a…
Land Use Prof Blog
Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities – Call for Fellows, 2017-18
From Sarah Schindler: Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities - Call for Fellows, 2017-18The Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities is pleased to announce a call for…
The Right Coast
Dubai to have tower dangling in the air? – Khaleej Times
A New York-based firm is proposing that Dubai be the site of a futuristic, asteroid-suspended skyscraper that orbits around the world.The speculative Analemma Tower - which is being proposed by…
The Right Coast
Dubai to have tower dangling in the air? – Khaleej Times
A New York-based firm is proposing that Dubai be the site of a futuristic, asteroid-suspended skyscraper that orbits around the world.The speculative Analemma Tower - which is being proposed by…
The Right Coast
Living in the Land
But in recent years, progressive architects have started to take on topography too, and embed houses into their surrounding landscapes a technique that might have made the iconic writer and…
The D&O Diary
Book Review: Building Art – The Life and Work of Frank Gehry
During a March 2015 trip to Paris, I visited the city’s newest art museum, the Fondation Louis Vuitton (pictured below), which had opened the preceding November. The museum is located…
Land Use Prof Blog
LEGOLand urbanism
I am just back from spring break, which included for me a visit to LEGOLand in California. I was pleased to see there a major exhibit on world urbanism; well,…
Land Use Prof Blog
They’re making a movie about Jane Jacobs
It's called A Matter of Death and Life: A Movie about Cities through the Lens of Jane Jacobs. Apparently there was a screening in LA last week. Probably out soon.…