Living, housing and construction magazine

Shopping mall of the future

MulvannyG2 imagines a shopping mall of the future - Several years ago I flew to Los Angeles to report for the New York Times on a competition called “Dead Malls”. This wasn’t a competition for an actual brick-and-mortar commission, but instead what is sometimes called an “ideas competition”. The idea behind that... Read more>>

It's no HafenCity, but South Waterfront is quietly growing up

In the Travel section of last Sunday's New York Times, writer Gisela Williams takes a look at the HafenCity district in Hamburg, Germany. What she found there got me thinking about Portland's South Waterfront district. HafenCity is a new district at the site of Hamburg's central harbor... Read more>>

Dwelling in Avila

A-cero projected this unique house in Avila using stone, tile and wood in its construction. Here is the project description: A dwelling of generous proportions developed over a single storey to facilitate the indoor-outdoor connection and to make the most of the environment in which... Read more>>

Splitting the split-level: Works Partnership's tandemDUO

Last year Portland firm Works Partnership Architecture won two local AIA awards for unbuilt designs, one for a workforce housing tower and the other for a duplex. The latter, called "tandemDUO", has since been completed. (The liberties taken with upper and lower cases are theirs, not... Read more>>

Edge House

Apolo Architects recently completed this house for a middle aged couple located in Sendai, Japan. The site is situated on a corner lot, with high levels of traffic. To resolve this issue the architects created a surrounding perimeter fence, which is part of the building itself. The... Read more>>

Rose festival indeed: a sneak peak at OCAC's expansion

Jeff Jahn at PORT has made two tours of the Oregon College of Art & Craft's under-construction Drawing/Painting and Photography studio building. And the loquacious art critic/curator/artist likes what he sees. "Though the early drawings didn't excite me," Jahn writes, "after two tours... Read more>>

V36 House

Pasel.Hünzel Architects designed on a former industrial site close to the historical heart of the renowned university of Leiden a series of eleven town houses. The residence comprises two separate dwellings for mother and son, including two spacious and hidden patios. The dark... Read more>>

Recapping 2009 in Portland architecture

2009 was a tumultuous and trying year for architecture and architects in Portland, bringing new life to the skyline even as the profession struggled to eke out its very existence. The year began in January with two major political events: the inauguration of President Obama and then... Read more>>

Roche Residence

Atelier Archiplein renovated an old stove farm house located in Rochebaudin, France. Here is the project description: The goal, here, is to sublimate qualities and the feelings already present on the spot. The large gate is the basic element which generates the entire project: its... Read more>>

Notes on the end of "starchitecture"

In the latest issue of Newsweek, Cathleen McGuigan declares that "starchitecture", the era of ambitious architectural projects meant to call attention to themselves with wild shapes and futuristic materials, is all but dead. The era that began in 1997 with architect Frank Gehry's... Read more>>

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