Staying soft vs Tightening
“Tightness erodes clarity. Tightness reduces expansion. Tightness broadens fear, scarcity, and the feeling of being powerless. Tightness keeps me wound in my own Small Self, forgetting entirely about everything that exists beyond the tightness. Tightness looks like turning away from reality. It looks like worst-case-scenario, all-or-nothing thinking. It looks like ‘What if this doesn’t go …
Drew Mandel Architects completes a multi-textural house in a Canadian forest
Drew Mandel Architects designed a house in n Milton, Canada with exteriors of metal, brick and wood that is centred around a walnut staircase. Read more
Featured on Time Sensitive Podcast
I am feeling honored and a bit nervous sharing this interview of yours truly featured on the remarkably thoughtful Time Sensitive Podcast, a labor of love by Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman. (I originally met Andrew because he has been reading my blog for years.) They are two deeply thoughtful and smart humans nurturing deep …
Foster + Partners to design King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia
British architecture studio Foster + Partners is designing the six-runway King Salman International Airport in Riyadh, which is set to become one of the world’s largest airports. Read more
Brick extension opens up Dutch home to forested garden
Dutch practices Space Encounters and Studio Vincent Architecture have completed BD House, an extension of a 1950s villa with a brick garden pavilion intended to create the feeling of « living in the forest ». Read more
Dezeen’s top five houses of November 2022
A dwelling overlooking a Scottish loch like a modern-day castle and a tiny home in Switzerland converted from a rustic wood store are among Dezeen’s Houses of the month for November. Read more
A$AP Rocky launches design brand Hommemade at Design Miami
American musician A$AP Rocky has launched a design studio with a sculptural piece called Shroom Cactus created in collaboration with Italian design studio Gufram displayed at Design Miami. Read more
Planners approve « destructive plans » to revamp postmodern Sainsbury Wing
Westminster planners have approved the controversial plans by New York studio Selldorf Architects to remodel the postmodern Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown-designed Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery. Read more
Shifting Fields carpet tile collection by Kerry Deffley for Shaw Contract
Dezeen Showroom: flooring brand Shaw Contract has launched a collection of carpet tiles named Shifting Fields, which features flecked surfaces in colours informed by nature. Read more
« Leave this beautiful city alone » says commenter
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Studio Libeskind’s design for a contemporary extension to the iconic Boerentoren tower in Antwerp, Belgium. Read more
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