In the 1980s, postmodernism reigned supreme in the worlds of art and architecture.
Postmodernist architecture, of course, was a reaction to the minimalist modern architecture of the 1950s and ’60s. But, whereas the Michael Graveses and Robert Venturis of the world were busily designing whimsically overwrought buildings as a reaction to the excessively boring buildings that [...]
A memorial service will be held on Sunday for Martin Del Campo, a San Francisco architect whose firm had a hand in some of the region’s largest projects — and who wasn’t afraid to turn down a job when pressed on its ethics.
Mr. Del Campo died in San Francisco on Jan. 14. He was 84.
As [...]
Dan Saxon Palmer, an architect who with his partner, William Krisel, designed Modernist tract homes that provided the building blocks for Southern California’s suburban boom in the 1950s, has died. He was 86.
Palmer, whose work included custom homes, apartments, commercial office buildings and large-scale design projects, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 22 at Saint [...]
Architect Cheryl “Dennie†Smith has quite a few qualities that client Charlie Abdi says make her a real go-getter — she’s incredible with business development and relationship-building, and she’s a redhead.
“Her claim to fame is not just being a great architect; she’s an incredible planner,†said Abdi, president and chief executive officer of San Diego-based [...]
Rob Faucett is a rare combination. He’s an architect, but has built a career in construction after jump starting his company with a successful design project.
Faucett grew up in Clinton Township and got involved in construction after high school. He worked for several people, then took on some small jobs by himself. In his mid-twenties, [...]
WINCHESTER architects have designed a new £4m embassy for British staff in the Middle East.
Design Engine, based in St Clement Street, landed the contract through a competition.
Their brief was to draw up plans for a new embassy in Sana’a, capital of the Republic of Yemen.
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The practice put forward plans for [...]
In Ayn Rand’s epochal novel The Fountainhead, the brilliant but uncompromising architect Howard Roark riles against “architectural monstrosities†that pander to crass, commercial tastes – and fights a lonely and wearisome battle to uphold “the triumphant role of creatorsâ€.
In Beijing today, in the run-up to next year’s Olympics, a similar battle centred around civic architecture [...]
Cabela’s may have placed Lehi on the map for outdoor enthusiasts, but a project designed by America’s architect du jour Frank Gehry could place the city on the world stage.
To be announced Friday, the mixed-use project — which includes high-end shopping and restaurants, a wakeboard lake, a five-star hotel and convention center, and a residential [...]
Vehicles for use in the building and construction industry have always benefited from the innovations taking place in heavy goods vehicles. But all the main manufacturers are also offering special drive technology, superstructures and other components all designed to cope with the extreme stresses involved in building and construction. At the 28th bauma, which takes [...]
The Minnesota Twins won’t unveil the design for the new downtown ballpark until February, but the debate about whether it should look modern or retro has already begun.
The ballpark is envisioned to combine native Minnesota limestone, large expanses of glass, exposed structural steel and ironwork.
“The design will be about our time,” said Bruce Miller, the [...]
Plecnik (1872-1957), whose work combined the inspiration by ancient architecture with modernity, set his original stamp on the present appearance of Prague Castle, that has been used as the presidential seat since 1918.
Among his other few works in the Czech lands, the most valuable is the Church the Most Sacred Heart in Prague-Vinohrady neighbourhood from [...]
The Vancouver Art Gallery will spotlight one of Canada’s foremost modern artists, architectural innovators and art educators in the exhibition B.C. Binning from January 13 to April 29, 2007. Comprised of more than 50 works by Bertram Charles Binning (1909-1976), the retrospective exhibition provides a comprehensive look at the artist’s prolific career and illuminates his [...]