Competitors for the University of Pennsylvania’s ICONOCLAST Design Competition were asked to design a post-apocalyptic Central Park after a fictional eco-terrorist attack left “Bill Di Blastoff” looking for a more democratic, ecological, and beautiful plan.
Tag: architecture
Strand Bookstore Fights to Keep Its Building Off New York City’s Registry of Preserved Landmarks
“By landmarking the Strand, you can also destroy a piece of New York history,” Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden said. “We’re operating on very thin margins here.”
Russia Strengthens Saudi Ties with Offer of a Kandinsky Exhibition, while Prominent Architects Bow Out of $500B Saudi Megacity
Saudi Arabia’s financial prominence in the arts has been under active evaluation in the weeks following journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.
Another Wave of Gentrification Hits the Lower East Side
Hundreds of LES residents voiced their opposition to the proposed luxury high-rises in the area mainly populated by low-income people of color.
Yugoslavia’s Complicated Modernism
The 20th-century architecture of Yugoslavia was the result of a concerted national effort to modernize and unify.
As US Rules for Asbestos Are Sidestepped, a Russian Manufacturer Emblazons Trump’s Face on Their Shipments
There were at least two things Americans should have banned outright in the 1970s when they had the chance: asbestos and Donald Trump.
Danish Artist Drowns Le Corbusier’s Most Famous Building in Fjord
Somewhere in the distance, Celine Dion sings “My Heart Will Go On” as she pours one out for the French architect-idealist.
LA Buildings that Are Shaped Like Other Things
Here are a few of my favorite buildings from LA’s golden age of programmatic architecture in the 1920s.
Kanye West Helped Create These Designs for Prison Chic Prefab Concrete Houses
After music and fashion, Kim Kardashian’s husband is trying his hand at architecture via his new firm, YEEZY Home.
Mapping Chicago’s Concrete and Brutalist Buildings
For a new map published by Blue Crow Media, Chicago-based architect Iker Gil has selected over 50 examples of concrete and Brutalist buildings across the city and its suburbs to highlight.
Designer Tiles Recreate the Façades of Soviet-Style Apartment Blocks
Lined up and stacked, these tiles in a restaurant bathroom make the wall look just like the façade of a Soviet-style panel building.
Designers Float Fantastical Visions of New York’s Park Avenue
What would you do to make the medians on Park Avenue more interesting? 150 entries imagined the possibilities, and 17 finalists were selected.