Matthew Allen

Mar 13, 2025 | architecturalrecord.com | Matthew Allen

Cultivating a way of living that’s equally comfortable inside and out is an aspiration with as many inflections as there are cultures. A house in Kailua, Hawaii, by Mork-Ulnes Architects draws on both Modernist and Indigenous traditions, effecting a melding of building types developed in contrasting climates. From San Francisco, the architects—where they met their clients—picked up the dream of California living, epitomized by the famous Case Study houses throughout the state.

Jun 26, 2024 | foxync.com | Matthew Allen

Foxy 107.1-104.3 Featured Video CLOSE “Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, In Ghana’s Blackstar Square, In Johannesburg, in Pittsburgh, In Birmingham, Alabama and Birmingham England, We are missing Michael Jackson, But we do know that we had him And we are the world.” Maya Angelou, 2009 On June 25, 2009, the world stopped for a moment, knowing it was forever changed. beloved across borders and cultures, took his last breath. On that day, 15 years ago, his death was completely...

Jun 1, 2024 | medium.com | Matthew Allen

Impact-Site-Verification: 586a0286-3ea5-47e4-ad29-d563e1fb59b1The engrossing collection "Table For Two" by Amor Towles includes a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood and six short tales set in New York City. Celebrated for "A Gentleman in Moscow" and "The Lincoln Highway," Towles explores the complexities of contemporary relationships and the enduring effects of brief meetings.

Apr 18, 2024 | nyra.nyc | Matthew Allen

To suss out the future of architecture beyond the wave of automation currently sweeping the field, Mario Carpo turns in his latest book to a genealogy of avant-garde bricklayers. He begins his epic tale with the Renaissance celebrity architect Filippo Brunelleschi, perhaps the closest embodiment of Adolf Loos’s famous quip that “the architect is a bricklayer who’s studied Latin.” Then there’s Frank Bunker Gilbreth, the wily American brickmason who studied the scientific method.

Apr 1, 2024 | headphoneaddict.substack.com | Matthew Allen

In the Bible’s Old Testament, the Songs of Solomon poetically expresses how to treat your woman before and while making love. It describes sex as a holy covenant between man and bride. The adjacency of sex and religion has long been taboo in Christian circles. Marvin Gaye, a devout believer in Christ and a staunch connoisseur of earthly temptation, sought to reclaim the holy amalgamation between the spirit and the flesh throughout his career.