paper-or-plastic:

185 Post Street, Brand + Allen Architects, San Francisco, 2009

Interesting adaptation of historic building

Definitely an elegant building, however, this was going to be the site for OMA’s SF Prada HQ back in the early 2000’s. Unfortunately, it never became realized. Would have loved to have seen an OMA Prada epicenter in SF.

paper-or-plastic:

Villa Savoye before reconstruction

ROBERT FRANK’S THE AMERICANS

Just saw Robert Frank’s The Americans exhibit at The Met. Do yourself a favor and just go see it.

Even the trailer was a masterpiece. Very effective use of music.

And the view of SF from the top the hill.

Checked out a new part of the city that I never really explored before. Bernal Heights.

ninakix:

Maya Lin’s original competition submission for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Architectural drawings and a one page written summary. It was chosen from 1,421 entries submitted. (via 37signals)

Maya’s always been a minimalist, but what’s so striking about this is how minimal it really is - here, you only see the bare minimum of what you absolutely have to see to understand the concept, and nothing more. I find this laudable. As a side note, the choice of colors is fantastic.

Maya Lin was still an undergrad architecture student at Yale when she won this competition. She was 21! An amazing accomplishment to say the least.

quartey:

“The world is too small and the issues too large for architectural firms not to become aware of and involved in them. Teaming with the planning disciplines to succeed in this century will be necessary to solve major issues. Transportation, urban design, environmental planning, economic and community planning disciplines are all key in the next generation of architectural work.”

- Phil Enquist

If you are in the Syracuse University area on October 27th, check out my former boss, Audrey Matlock, lecturing on “Maximum/Minimum” at the school of architecture. The image is the Medeu tennis center in Almaty, Kazakhstan.