Residential Architect Magazine: Culture

Miami Beach Square by Bjarke Ingels Group

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:43:08 EST

Miami Beach Square—a 52-acre redevelopment proposal by BIG with West 8, Fentress, and JPA—would replace the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Edmund Bacon Biography by Gregory Heller

Tue, 14 May 2013 03:59:19 EST

Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, a new biography by Gregory L. Heller, explores his role as a Philadelphia planner and as a third way between the visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses.

Across the Institute

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:30 EST

Dallas, Seattle, Denver, and New York

Win Tickets for the AIA Austin Integrated Design Workshop with John Boecker

Fri, 3 May 2013 04:16:14 EST

Answer Austin architecture trivia to win tickets to the "Integrated Design for Achieving Maximum Building Performance" workshop on May 9 and a chance for tickets to the AIA Austin 2013 Homes Tour.

Questions Mounting for Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Exhibition

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:57:44 EST

Architects participating in 'A New Sculpturalism' at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles are moving forward with their plans, even as reports emerge that Frank Gehry's departure may undermine the exhibit.

See, Save, and Celebrate Our Historic Buildings

Thu, 2 May 2013 11:19:46 EST

In with the new, but hang on to and care for the old as well--that's the message of Preservation Month taking place throughout May.

What Los Angeles Might Have Looked Like

Thu, 2 May 2013 10:55:45 EST

Cities are not only the sum of their parts but also a poignant collection of paths not taken. A new exhibit designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles reassembles the film on the cutting room floor and imagines the metropolis that might have been.

Swinging at the National Building Museum

Tue, 7 May 2013 04:43:13 EST

In its vast building in downtown Washington, D.C., the National Building Museum will host two mini golf courses designed and built by local capital area talent.

Exhibition: The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank

Thu, 2 May 2013 04:07:30 EST

Now on view in Washington, D.C., a tribute to a Swedish Modern trailblazer.

'ARCHITECT Live' Co-Hosts Revealed

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:38:35 EST

Amanda Gann and Karen Tang will join Stephen Chung as co-hosts at the 2013 AIA National Convention.

Texas-Sized Custom Houses in Classic Styles

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:44:47 EST

Michael G., Imber: Ranches, Villas, and Houses offers readers highlights from the architect’s award-winning residential designs. The book also digs into Imber’s process of creating these classical buildings.

Across the Institute

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:55:51 EST

New Orleans, Cambridge, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Salvador

Rafael Guastavino, a Master Builder Behind the Architecture

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:13:47 EST

A National Building Museum exhibition looks at the history and work of Guastavino Co., whose patented vaulting system covers more than 600 buildings in the U.S.

L.A. Exhibition Shows What Might Have Been

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:16:14 EST

Sam Lubell’s “Never Built Los Angeles” now showing at the city’s Museum of Architecture and Design.

Vote Now for 'ARCHITECT Live' Co-Host

Tue, 2 Apr 2013 04:04:42 EST

The AIA has opened voting for the person who will join Stephen Chung, AIA, as the co-host of 'ARCHITECT Live' at the 2013 AIA National Convention in Denver this June.

Elliott and Elliott's Maine Houses, Where Modern Meets Vernacular

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:54:34 EST

In Maine, a house on a meadow, a hill, the water, all reference local typologies and local landscape through a modern lens.

2013 Designs of the Year Nominees

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:15:30 EST

From a flower-shaped, solar-powered LED to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, the best in design for this past year is now being honored at the Design Museum in London.

Reviewed: Maria Semple, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:48:13 EST

Maria Semple's 2012 novel, "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," follows the reclusive Bernadette Fox, an architect whose stellar early promise also frustrates her creativity.

Across the Institute

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:21:10 EST

Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Denver

Henri Labrouste Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, Reviewed

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:47:28 EST

In "Structure Brought to Light," an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, the work of Henri Labrouste is given a deeper context than the ordinary debate between modernists and postmodernists over his legacy.