Feb 18 Balancing privacy and community with design in cohousing By Corinne Segal Architect Laura Fitch describes cohousing communities as "privacy within your home, and community at your doorstep."… Continue reading
Nov 15 Designers try building an eco-friendly house by 3-D printing bricks and tiles By Cynthia Stone, KQED These architect-designers are experimenting with 3D printers to eventually build houses and work spaces out of organic materials such as sand, salt and coffee grounds. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 7:54 London skyline rising but the history below ground is far more fascinating By PBS NewsHour Where once stood a 16th Century theater that first staged Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a new London complex, including a 37-story residential tower, is rising. As the skyline changes at a head-spinning clip, archaeologists, by law, are digging down, uncovering… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:04 A new wing at Tate Modern, more space for underrepresented artists By PBS NewsHour London’s Tate Modern has become the most visited modern art museum in the world since its grand opening in 2000, drawing 5 million visitors a year. Renowned for its innovative architecture and use of interior spaces, Tate Modern is putting… Continue watching
Apr 13 These photos prove you should look up on your daily commute By Corinne Segal Growing up in Hong Kong, where he is still based, Andy Yeung saw geometric repetition and patterns of light hidden in the sky-high structures of the city. Continue reading
Mar 31 Zaha Hadid, fearless pioneer for architecture, dies at 65 By Corinne Segal Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect known for the uncompromisingly bold designs that pushed the boundaries of architecture, died Thursday in Miami at 65. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:22 Architecture becomes a tool to fight poverty through this Pritzker winner By PBS NewsHour Architecture's highest prize was awarded to Chile's Alejandro Aravena, a man little known outside his field who is working to address real world problems of urban housing. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Aravena to discuss his philosophy as a designer. Continue watching
Jan 13 Photos: The elegant, problem-solving designs by architecture’s top prize winner By Corinne Segal Alejandro Aravena, an architect known for his innovative approach to solving urban problems through social design, received the Pritzker Prize on Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 28 Ellsworth Kelly, acclaimed abstract artist, dies at 92 By Corinne Segal Ellsworth Kelly, who helped pioneer postwar American abstract art, died Sunday at 92 in his home in Spencertown, New York. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 7:02 The crumbling, picture-perfect Italian town that’s making a comeback By PBS NewsHour, Frank Carlson There are just seven year-round residents -- and who knows how many cats -- in the Medieval Italian town of Civita di Bagnoregio, also known as the dying city. The picturesque hilltop town, visited by droves of tourists, is built… Continue watching