Enclosed patios shield this studio from a narrow colonial street in a historic part of Mexico City
Author Archives: Michael Webb
‘Like a critically ill patient, Venice’s wounds are proof of a widespread disease’
A deeply depressing and urgent analysis offers previous few glimmers of hope that must be seized if Venice is to survive
Adjaye Associates’ NMAAHC couldn’t be just a building that was a background to its content
The filigree facade of David Adjaye’s museum references the artful metalsmithing of freed slaves
The flood-proof house: Bernheimer Architecture in Rhode Island, USA
AR_EA 2015 Commended
China Art Academy in Hangzhou by Amateur Architecture Studio
[Archive] The campus for China’s leading art school is richly nuanced.
‘Nowhere is the Chinese counter-revolution more apparent’
China’s growing market for contemporary art has spawned an equally revolutionary crop of new buildings
National Stadium in Beijing by Herzog and de Meuron
‘For China, the Games were seen as a coming-out party that demanded a worthy symbol’
‘Quantity is rarely matched by quality’
Back in 2008, China’s focus on rapid expansion left architecture in the slipstream
‘These Eames archives are wonderful – akin to a silent movie acquiring a soundtrack’
An Eames Anthology compiles articles, notes, speeches, interviews, film scripts and letters to give a valuable and rare insight into the minds of Charles and Ray Eames
‘Wright was never mistaken for being modest; Gehry often was’
The divisive architect behind the sculptured facades is brought to life in a new biography