Tag Archives: Thom Mayne

Architecture Linkage

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Might the New Traditionalists in architecture have a point after all? I was peddling pretty much exactly this piece to editors back in the 1990s and got precisely nowhere with it. NOT THAT I’M BITTER OR ANTHING. Trad … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Linkathons | Tagged architecture, Leon Krier, public art, Thom Mayne | 1 Comment

Handmade Hipsterism v. Glass-and-Steel Globalism

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I was wandering in the East 40s yesterday when I came across a hipster coffee joint. As I looked at the wooden sign in the window advertising their goods, I had to suppress a snicker: an unfinished wooden … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Arts & Crafts movement, coffee houses, Frank Gehry, globalism, hipsters, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, neoliberalism, New York City, Peter Zumthor, Thom Mayne, Zaha Hadid | 7 Comments

Linkage

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: While Miami has the largest number of surviving Art Deco buildings of any place in the world, the number 2 city on the list might surprise you. Back here, I toured some Art Deco buildings in downtown … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Books Publishing and Writing, Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged '70s movies, art deco, Bronies, Clarence Thomas, dream sequences, Frank Gehry, James Ellroy, Jeffrey Toobin, Mumbai, My Little Pony, President Obama, Santa Monica, Supreme Court, Thom Mayne | 4 Comments

Tragedy is Easy; Planning is Hard

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: It helps in planning, as in life, to have a sense of identity. And I don’t mean “brand”, although in practice branding and identity exercises are often comprised of the same interchangeable BS. At least in terms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Education | Tagged Antoine Predock, architectural competitions, branding, Enrique Norten, eric eisenberg, identity, Jean Nouvel, Morphosis, Peter Eisenman, planning, Rutgers, strategic ambiguity, Thom Mayne | 11 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “Whether we like buildings as pure formal objects is another matter, and not of primary significance. What is truly significant is whether architecture creates a place.” Link.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged architecture, christopher alexander, Cooper Union, Criticism, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Thom Mayne, urbanism | 3 Comments

Thom Mayne Must Be Stopped

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Last weekend, I was finally able to get up close and personal to Thom Mayne’s Pritzker prize-winning (i.e. the “Nobel of architecture”) CalTrans 7 District Headquarters located across the street from City Hall in the heart of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Photography | Tagged CalTrans building, concrete, crimes against good taste, crimes against style, Los Angeles, Pritzker Prize, scaffolding, steel, Thom Mayne | 26 Comments

Linkathon

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Thom Mayne needs to be stopped. Link tks to Fabrizio del Wrongo. It’s good to be a retired EU bureaucrat. Nothing if not a dynamo. Birth Tourism Yarn Du Jour. A beautiful nude of Lee Miller by Man … Continue reading →