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archpaper.com | Jack Murphy
For decades, Ronald Rael has been on a quest to spread the gospel of constructing buildings with earth. His ambition is evident across his 2009 book Earth Architecture, his website eartharchitecture.org, his extensive work with Rael San Fratello and Emerging Objects, and his teaching and research at UC Berkeley. Most recently, he has been exploring mobile 3D printing with mud, as seen in an installation for Desert X.
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2 weeks ago |
archpaper.com | Jack Murphy
In Berenice Abbott’s photographs of 1930s New York City, the signage of the bustling city often overwhelms the building facades. Signs—especially illuminated ones, ringed in neon or dotted with individual bulbs—are an important part of the cultural expression that is essential to why facades are endlessly interesting subjects for architects.
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3 weeks ago |
archpaper.com | Jack Murphy
One aspect of Milan that makes it an enjoyable city is the scale of its seemingly endless blocks of midrise apartment buildings, many of which were built as infill after the city was heavily bombed during World War II. Ranging from 5 to 8 stories in height, the residential units are typically pressed against the front facade, leaving an open courtyard in the center of the block.
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3 weeks ago |
archpaper.com | Jack Murphy
Ahead of the annual AIA convention, which begins today in Boston, an anonymous group is calling for AIA members to request an audit of the organization’s finances and to ask questions about its leadership.
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1 month ago |
archpaper.com | Jack Murphy
Depending on how you’re keeping score, Pennzoil Place in Houston is either Philip Johnson’s last modern building or his first postmodern one. Regardless, when it was completed, in 1975, Ada Louise Huxtable called it a “towering achievement” and awarded it the superlative of Building of the Year. The building was commissioned by Hines to lease to two oil companies—hence its two towers—and is currently owned by Metropolis Investment Holdings.
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