Features Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/type/features/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Thu, 23 May 2024 21:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Greg Esparza pushes the ecological envelope with Cross Cabin in Austin https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/greg-esparza-ecological-envelope-cross-cabin-austin/ Wed, 22 May 2024 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376561 Designed by Moontower founding co-partner Greg Esparza for his young family, Cross Cabin in Austin prioritizes plant-based products, from its cork-clad, cross-laminated timber enclosure and interior walls to the use

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Hill House, designed by Donaldson + Partners, is the result of an all-too-rare creative alignment between architect, client, and builder https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/hill-house-donaldson-partners-creative-alignment-architect-client-builder/ Thu, 16 May 2024 20:07:55 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376207 In the 1990s, after working on special effects for films, Lynda Weinman taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and wrote a

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Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO designs an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, around the premise of a “flooded ruin” https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/tatiana-bilbao-estudio-designs-an-aquarium-in-mazatlan-mexico-around-the-premise-of-a-flooded-ruin/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:46:32 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373840 Located at the confluence of the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean, Mazatlán was called Mexico’s “Pacific Pearl” in the 1950s, when it was a favored destination for Hollywood

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The Van Alen Institute’s move to Brooklyn is just one part of the organization’s “mission shift” toward justice https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/van-alen-institute-brooklyn-organizations-mission-shift-toward-justice/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:10:43 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372233 It had been a busy week for Andrew Brown and Shiloah Coley. By Saturday afternoon, the Van Alen Institute programs and communications staffers were happy to host a respectful crowd

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David Baker Architects realizes a shared office in Birmingham that prioritizes togetherness https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/david-baker-architects-shared-office-birmingham-prioritizes-togetherness/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:07:25 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372006 The Bandsaw Building is a single-story brick structure on a small lot in Birmingham, Alabama. An on-ramp leading to an elevated highway runs behind the property, part of a network

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As labor concerns play a more central role in architectural discourse, employee-owned design firms offer a half-century of precedent https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/as-labor-concerns-play-a-more-central-role-in-architectural-discourse-employee-owned-design-firms-offer-a-half-century-of-precedent/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:13:02 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=371869 Carleigh Pope earned her architecture degree just two years ago, but already she’s an owner of her firm. In October 2023, BNIM, an early pioneer in sustainable design with offices

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Two apartment buildings by HASTINGS in Nashville offer one answer to the country’s affordability crisis https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/two-apartment-buildings-hastings-nashville-country-affordability-crisis/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:49:45 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=371777 When she’s home, a pastry chef living in workforce housing in Nashville has been giving cooking lessons in the shared kitchen on her floor, inviting her neighbors to join as

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An almshouse by Witherford Watson Mann in London offers stylish senior living https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/almshouse-witherford-watson-mann-london-senior-living/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:59:48 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=371595 It’s a bright and clear morning. The sun is beating down on the Appleby Blue almshouses in Bermondsey. Two older men, tops off—as is customary when the sun unseasonably appears

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At Rivermark, Bruner/Cott doesn’t shy away from adding color to Cambridge’s historic, Brutalist shoreline https://www.archpaper.com/2023/10/rivermark-towers-bruner-cott-color-cambridges-historic-brutalist-shoreline/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:09:46 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=343875 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is peppered with modern buildings made by 20th century icons. MIT owns two of the finest examples of campus architecture ever built on the Charles

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LOHA transforms a historic orange-packing house into a diaphanous arts center at Chapman University https://www.archpaper.com/2023/10/loha-historic-orange-packing-house-arts-center-chapman-university/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:04:09 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=343416 “Dancers drive themselves constantly,” the American modern dancer and choreographer Murray Lewis once explained, “producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience.” As Murray and other

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