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Recent books: “194x” by Andrew Shanken and “Militant Modernism” by Owen...
Two recent reads on Modernism: 194x by Andrew M. Shanken (2009, U. of Minnesota Press) Andrew is a assistant professor of Architectural History at the University of California, Berkeley. I was familiar...
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Recent Books: Leadville, Concrete Island & The Architecture of Happiness
I haven’t posted on here in a long time, so what better way to get back into my blog than with a brief recap of three books I’ve read this month. Leadville by Edward Platt - This book was suggested to...
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Brian Sewell: I don’t care what Clement Greenberg thinks about Arshile Gorky
In an article for today’s London Evening Standard titled Mother’s Boy art reviewer Brian Sewell discusses the new show at the Tate Modern, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective. In a review that reveals far...
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A Seaside Weekend: The Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, in Photos
The first stop on our weekend getaway was the last stop on the National Express coach, Southsea. After a brief stop at Portsmouth (which is only about a 10 minute drive away, at most) where all of the...
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Book review: Visual Planning and the Picturesque by Nikolaus Pevsner
While not truly a “lost” Pevsner book, this represents a monumental effort by editor Mathew Aitchison to pull together a huge amount of material compiled for a book on Picturesque town planning by...
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Gehry’s Art Gallery of Ontario is Retro Frank Gehry at His Finest
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) completed an extensive renovation in 2008 that transformed its building on Dundas Street in Toronto. Work began in 2004 and cost $276 million. Led by Frank Gahry,...
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FAT Saturday: Thornton Heath Library & The Museum of Croydon
Thornton Heath Library Facing a weekend with nothing to do for the first time in ages, yesterday I set off to see the newly refurbished Thornton Heath Library by FAT Architects (or, more formally:...
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Monograph or Manifesto? Fernau + Hartman’s Improvisations on the Land
I’m always a little surprised when my free issue of Architectural Record arrives, seeing as I haven’t subscribed to it since I stopped getting it with my AIA membership a few years ago. The final issue...
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