https://archpaper.com/2018/03/another-one-bites-dust-hawthorne/
A new study finds that arts establishments are actually more common in affluent and already gentrified—not gentrifying—areas.
Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne to become L.A.’s chief design officer – archpaper.com
News of Hawthorne’s change in job title comes as the region and the city grapple with an ever-increasing housing affordability crisis, a worsening homelessness epidemic, and as the city repairs to host the 2028 Olympic games.
Balkrishna Doshi is the 2018 Pritzker Prize winner – archpaper.com
https://archpaper.com/2018/03/balkrishna-doshi-2018-pritzker-prize/
Dr. Balkrishna Doshi is the 45th Pritzker Prize Laureate for his immense contributions to architecture, education, and socially-conscious urban planning, and the first architect from India to win the prize.
Montreal to begin construction on massive automated light rail – Archpaper.com
https://archpaper.com/2018/02/montreal-set-largest-rail-expansion-decades/
Reseau Express Metropolitain (REM) is a fully automated, .3 billion light rail project that, when completed, will be the fourth largest automated light rail line in the world.
I Made it in San Diego: A Place Maker Builds a Business – Voice of San Diego
Meet a local landscape architect who started a company focused on making it quicker and easier for neighborhoods to turn blighted properties into natural environments for children.
BIG proposes floating villages for San Francisco Bay – Archpaper.com
https://archpaper.com/2018/01/big-bay-resilient-design-challenge/
Goodbye Vancouver, hello San Diego.A major climate-change study predicts temperatures in Metro Vancouver will exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades.Frost and ice wil…
San Diego port transformed by $1.5 billion development – archpaper.com
https://archpaper.com/2018/01/san-diego-seaport-development/#gallery-0-slide-1
The 70-acre waterside development, dubbed Seaport San Diego, will transform a hodgepodge of tourist spots, parking lots, and a fish processing plant into a mixed-use entertainment destination crowned by a 500-foot-tall observation tower.
John Portman, Architect Who Made Skylines Soar, Dies at 93 – NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/obituaries/john-portman-dead.html
Mr. Portman, who was also a developer, built futuristic office complexes and hotels with towering atriums, transforming cityscapes across the world.
2017 Best of Design Awards for Building of the Year – West – ArchPaper.com
San Diego Structure Wins National Award
https://archpaper.com/2017/12/2017-award-best-design-west/#gallery-0-slide-0
The new data comes in the wake of a GOP budget that does little to bolster affordable housing.
Opinion | A Whisper in an Age of Shouting – NY Times
My favorite American monument is a bench named for a forgotten New York hero.