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The House on Chicken Feet, Part 3

Our holiday week of architectural fairy tales concludes here, with Guy Nordenson and Associates re-envisioning — and re-engineering — the tower in "Rapunzel." This will be Places' last post of 2011 as well. Happy New Year!
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Girard the Magnificent

Alexander Girard was interested in important areas many architects eschew: texture, shape, tiny accessories, while simultaneously being a master of layered, gridded orthogonal space. This diversity, which seemed strange at the time, now seems like a virtue, and makes the publication of the first monograph on Girard all the more timely. And what a monograph it is!
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The House on Chicken Feet, Part 2

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From Milk to Superfoods: Supping with the Devil?

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PLACES : KATE BERNHEIMER & ANDREW BERNHEIMER

The House on Chicken Feet, Part 1

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Remembering Gene Summers, 1928–2011

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Accidental Mysteries, 12.18.11

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Martin Venezky

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Saul Leiter and the Typographic Fragment

Saul Leiter’s early color photographs must surely rank as one of the great photographic rediscoveries of the last decade. These are pictures that have you instantly reaching for words like epiphanic, rhapsodic and elegiac to describe their poetic intimations and delicate painterly effects. What kind of preternaturally hyper-trained eye does it take to find and resolve in a picture, in an instant, compositions of such visual complexity and internal harmony?
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FEATURED THIS WEEK : DAVID STAIRS Demythologizing Design: Another View of "Design with the Other 90%: CITIES" The show itself isn't bad as such things go, and better attended than Mark Lamster suggested. It's a compilation, and suffers the decontextualized slings and arrows of such an approach. READ MORE
PLACES : KATE BERNHEIMER, ANDREW BERNHEIMER & GUY NORDENSON AND ASSOCIATES The House on Chicken Feet, Part 3 Our holiday week of architectural fairy tales concludes here, with Guy Nordenson and Associates re-envisioning — and re-engineering — the tower in "Rapunzel." This will be Places' last post of 2011 as well. Happy New Year! READ MORE OBSERVERS ROOM : ALEXANDRA LANGE Girard the Magnificent Alexander Girard was interested in important areas many architects eschew: texture, shape, tiny accessories, while simultaneously being a master of layered, gridded orthogonal space. This diversity, which seemed strange at the time, now seems like a virtue, and makes the publication of the first monograph on Girard all the more timely. And what a monograph it is! READ MORE FROM OUR SPONSORS Being sustainable has never been so profitable. See how the country's most innovative companies are improving their bottom line by staying the course on sustainability. Look into Sappi's paper mills that are setting a new standard for environmental responsibility. Find out more about Sappi here >> Order a copy of eQ003 >> Download a PDF copy >> Two great MFA programs: The Interaction Design program, which explores the role of design in shaping everyday life and the Graduate Program for the Designer as Entrepreneur. Visit MFA Interaction Design >> The Designer as Entrepreneur Podcast >> SVA Website >> PLACES : KATE BERNHEIMER, ANDREW BERNHEIMER & LEVEN BETTS WITH BRET QUAGLIARA The House on Chicken Feet, Part 2 Continuing our winter holiday week of architectural fairy tales, on the theme of magical houses, we present the second installment, in which New York architects David Leven and Stella Betts reimagine "Jack and the Beanstalk." READ MORE OBSERVERS ROOM : JOHN THACKARA From Milk to Superfoods: Supping with the Devil? Two new publications this week have left me sick to the stomach. I just don't think it's defensible any more to turn a blind eye to the social and ecological crimes Big Food is committing, in other parts of the world, so that you and I can eat what we damn well feel like. READ MORE PLACES : KATE BERNHEIMER & ANDREW BERNHEIMER The House on Chicken Feet, Part 1 In the spirit of the winter holidays, we are pleased to present, over the course of the week, three "architectural fairy tales," reimagined by New York firms. Collected by writer Kate Bernheimer and architect Andrew Bernheimer, all of the tales explore, in words and images, the "promise of a magical home." The first installment, on the hut of the Russian witch Baba Yaga, is by Andrew Bernheimer. READ MORE OBSERVERS ROOM : MARK LAMSTER Remembering Gene Summers, 1928–2011 At one point during the construction of the Seagram Building, one of the project architects felt his authority was being undermined and threatened to walk off the job. Mies, who was averse to confrontation and not keen on personal management, took the man to dinner and when the matter came up, offered a little advice: "Nobody gives you authority, you just take it." READ MORE OBSERVATORY : JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 12.18.11 Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. READ MORE OBSERVER MEDIA : DEBBIE MILLMAN Martin Venezky In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Martin Venezky discusses his job as a coupon designer and his journey to becoming one of the design innovators of our time, changing the direction of his career at the age of 33, using unorthodox materials and Cranbrook. READ MORE OBSERVERS ROOM : RICK POYNOR Saul Leiter and the Typographic Fragment Saul Leiter’s early color photographs must surely rank as one of the great photographic rediscoveries of the last decade. These are pictures that have you instantly reaching for words like epiphanic, rhapsodic and elegiac to describe their poetic intimations and delicate painterly effects. What kind of preternaturally hyper-trained eye does it take to find and resolve in a picture, in an instant, compositions of such visual complexity and internal harmony? READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. Enter here >> The place to go for t he latest and most trusted information regarding sustainability in our industry. eQ from Sappi >> It's never too late to start connecting. It's never too late to start connecting. MFA Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts >> Learn About Degrees in Urban Design, Urban Policy, and Urban Studies in New York City. >> AUDIO: DESIGN MATTERS ARCHIVE Andrew Zolli Andrew Zolli, founder of Z + Partners, a foresight think-tank, discusses the future of mass culture. Listen >> More Design Matters Archive >> CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE Ripple Effect Update Update on the Ripple Effect initiative launched by IDEO, Gates Foundation and Acumen Fund to distribute fresh water in the developing world. Originally published July 30, 2009. READ MORE OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE Art Rogers v. Jeff Koons Maps of Cyberspace Aesthetics & Wind Farms PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2005 Superneighborhood 27: A Brief History of Change From hot tubs to bodegas: a Houston subdivision built for the '60s singles lifestyle has found new energy as a multi-ethnic neighborhood. 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