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The article discusses the destruction of the midcentury Spaeth House in East Hampton, which was designed by the firm of George Nelson and Gordon Chadwick Architects in 1955. The house, known for its combination of Modernism and traditional architecture, was not designated as a landmark and was demolished in 2023. The article raises questions about the preservation of high-quality architecture and emphasizes the need for more efforts in preserving Midcentury Modern houses. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the changing perception of skyscrapers, focusing on examples from the early 20th century. It discusses how buildings like the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building were initially criticized but later became iconic symbols of New York City. The article also explores the factors that influence these changing opinions, such as architectural principles, aesthetic criteria, and the psychological effect of the "shock of the new." It highlights the complexity of evaluating skyscrapers and the evolving nature of architectural criticism. Additionally, the text discusses the initial criticisms and later praise of three iconic buildings in the United States: the Empire State Building, the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, and Rockefeller Center. It emphasizes the importance of public outcry and architectural criticism in shaping the development of buildings. [Extracted from the article]

For the most part, DIGSAU kept the cornice moldings and baseboards, although the oak trim, once a dark brown to frame the burlap walls, is now painted shades of white, off-white, and light gray, as are the plaster walls. PROJECTS MANY ASSUMED that the Barnes Foundation's move from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway within the city, was misbegotten. The architects opened two 10-footlong passages through a former coat room and office to connect directly to the side galleries, and then clad their walls and ceilings with oil-rubbed bronze panels. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,052 RECORD HOUSES HILL HOUSE | LAKEVILLE, CONNECTICUT | JOEB MOORE & PARTNERS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID SUNDBERG DISCRETION seems the favored modus operandi for those seeking to build among the rolling hills of Connecticut. In order to arrive at this seamless effect, Moore created an invisible gutter hidden between the roof plane and the layer of waterproofing. To clean debris from the gutters, the architects designed removable roof boards near the vertical pipes. [Extracted from the article]

The architects built models to test the light's movement; in the Garden Pavilion the rays rake over the sculptural bas-reliefs on the walls created by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,044 PARKS & RECREATION IN PLANNING the expansion of its arrival buildings, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park had certain attributes at the top of its list. In the Garden Pavilion (below, left), daylight from the vaulted chambers illuminates Jaume Plensa's bas-relief Utopia. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,040 RECORD HOUSES A CURVILINEAR, sculptural house on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea convincingly testifies to a skillful melding of topography and architecture. The main bedroom and the larger guest bedroom, at the north end of the house, have their own terraces - and views. From the entrance on the north, the fan-shape structure of the roof echoes the contours of the coast. [Extracted from the article]

The renovation, by Boston-based Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA), has thoroughly transformed "a book barn without charm", as Sheila Kennedy, KVA principal and MIT architecture professor, describes the original incarnation. The porch's ash plywood ceiling demonstrates another KVA specialty: the architects fabricated the CNC-milled panels in their office shop. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,038 RENOVATION, RESTORATION, ADAPTIVE REUSE THE MOST SURPRISING part of visiting the Charles Hayden Memorial Library at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is going inside. [Extracted from the article]

Anthony Vidler, a renowned architectural historian, theorist, and academic, passed away at the age of 82. He had a distinguished career, teaching at prestigious institutions such as Princeton University, UCLA, Cornell University, Cooper Union, Brown University, and Yale University. Vidler was known for his extensive knowledge of architectural history and theory, and he published several influential books. He was particularly recognized for his research on the Enlightenment architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, which shed new light on Ledoux's work within a social and political context. Vidler's contributions to the field of architecture will continue to inspire future generations. [Extracted from the article]

Of course, the $10 million building was designed to be a model of sustainability, using 80 percent less energy than a normally code-compliant classroom or lab. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,035 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES BAR HARBOR is the busiest venue on Maine's idyllic Mount Desert Island, known for its 6,000-acre Acadia National Park and for the island's history as a summer colony for the Rockefellers, Astors, and Vanderbilts. For this small private undergraduate institution, Susan T. Rodriguez | Architecture • Design of New York collaborated with OPAL Architecture of Belfast, Maine, to create a crisply tailored, sustainable, 28,000-square-foot, two-story classroom building. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,034 RECORD INTERIORS RECORD INTERIORS EVEN WITHIN the constraints of a top floor in a six-story brick structure on a tight Manhattan site, it is possible to create an expansive interior environment through the deft manipulation of light and space. Kathryn Dean, principal of the New York firm Dean/Wolf Architects, achieved this feat in her design of the Garden Light Loft for Dr. Bradley Schiff, his wife, Jen Roff, and their two daughters. But Dean, aided by a can-do engineer and a willing contractor, seized the opportunity to create a complex roof structure containing the skylights. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,031 HEALTH CARE PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALBERT VECERKA/ESTO ALTHOUGH Penn Medicine Radnor, which opened in 2020 in suburban Philadelphia, is strictly an ambulatory care center, it belongs to an august medical family tree. PHOTO (COLOR): IN THE COURTYARD, Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects planted a rain garden (this page). A landscaped courtyard is enclosed by two hospital wings, which are linked by a two-level pedestrian bridge (below). [Extracted from the article]

Hines, the project developer, hired the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron as design consultant, and brought in Houston-based Rottet Studio, led by architect Lauren Rottet, as interior designer, with HKS as the executive architect. As Ascan Mergenthaler, Herzog & de Meuron's partner in charge, says, "The usual big atria you see in hotels are repetitive and not interesting. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,030 HOSPITALITY THE NATION'S capital is famous for its stately hotels, palatial brick and limestone piles with paned windows framed by passementerieladen curtains. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,029 TALL BUILDINGS ALTHOUGH Thom Mayne and his firm, Mor-phosis Architects, have designed several supertall buildings (towers more than 300 meters, or 984 feet high), Hanking Center is the first one to be constructed. In working out the design concept with Robert Halvor-son Associates of Chicago, the structural engineer, the architects came up with a slender tower coupled with a detached core, in which elevators, services, and mechanical functions are tucked. Hanking Center is not only taller but even farther detached, with a 35-foot gap between the main tower and its separate core, enabled by a mega brace-frame system that takes care of seismic and wind forces. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,026 RENOVATION, RESTORATION, ADAPTIVE REUSE ONE UNNERVING challenge for an architect is adding onto a revered master's work. On the south end of the dining hall, LRO created a two-story structure, for the caretaker office and practice rooms, that is attached to the Böhm church. Timber girders and trusses lift the flat wood-framed roof of this hall above clerestory windows, so that it becomes an airy, light-filled pavilion on the way to Böhm's church. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,025 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE EARLY MODERNIST architects designed school buildings to create healthy environments for young students by offering easy physical and visual access to the outdoors, aided by large glazed expanses that admitted daylight and fresh air to the interiors. The 14 classrooms (preschool on the ground floor, primary school above) extend along the northern edge, while a shorter block on the west contains cafeterias for both teachers and students. While the building's plan adheres to an orthogonal arrangement, Coulon pulled apart the differently sized square and rectangular classrooms to create indoor alcoves, rooftop terraces, and overhangs for patios. [Extracted from the article]