Fort Totten Square in Washington, D.C., designed by Hickok Cole Architects, is a sharp departure from the retailer’s usual formula. Hickok Cole Architects designed 345 residential units atop a 125,000-square-foot Walmart in the Fort Totten neighborhood of Washington, D.C. If you heard that urban redevelopment in some Washington, D.C., neighborhoods was being spurred by Walmart, you might think it was a joke: Walmart, with its leviathan stores in the outer reaches of sprawl? But in a bid to crack urban markets, Walmart is piloting new, smaller store designs on infill sites, which sometimes integrate other uses and often connect with
Kim Gordon's site-specific installation, Coming Soon, is on view at Rudolf Schindler’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House in Los Angeles. When two art forms meet, there is always a negotiation. Artist and musician Kim Gordon, best known as a founding member of the rock band Sonic Youth, wrestles with this in her latest site-specific installation, Coming Soon, on view at Rudolf Schindler’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House in Los Angeles until April 26. “It was a constant competition between architecture and art,” says Aaron Moulton, the show’s curator and director of programming for Gagosian Los Angeles, who adds that exhibiting Gordon’s work in the 1936 spec
Students and alumni from Savannah College of Art and Design have designed the SCADpad, a 135-square-foot micro dwelling that can take up residency in under-used parking facilities. Designers claimed eight parking spots to create the three micro dwellings, with amenities such as a raised, edible garden. America’s population surges have historically produced new housing types: balloon-frame houses helped settle the Midwest; garden apartments posed a healthier alternative to burgeoning tenements; Levittown emblematized the Baby Boom. If 70 million millennials represent the largest youthquake to date, then what new residential paradigm will appear for it? Gen Y-ers affiliated with the Savannah
The recent rise in mortgage rates could dampen this year's housing recovery. However, employment growth and the U.S. economy's overall improvement should sustain the market's upward momentum. Click the image above to view a full presentation of these stats [PDF].
Say Goodbye. Monday was your last chance for an unobstructed view of the celebrated facade on the Manhattan building Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed for the American Folk Art Museum. The Museum of Modern Art, the building’s new owner, began erecting scaffolding in front of the structure in preparation to demolish it. Despite loud protests from the architecture world and an attempt by Diller Scofido + Renfro to adapt the building, MoMA is tearing down the former Folk Art museum to accommodate an expansion of its own facilities. On April 15, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien issued the statement
An innovative, conceptual approach aimed at tackling the challenges of world nutrition changes the role of 21st-century Universal Expositions. A model of the Italian Pavilion planned for Expo Milano 2015. After welcoming over 350,000 visitors, Milan’s Salone del Mobile closed its doors yesterday. As preparations for next year’s edition of the annual furniture fair are undoubtedly already underway, the city braces for an even bigger event in 2015 that is anticipated to bring 20 million pilgrims to the design capital over the course of six months. Related links Dispatch from Milan: Where Architects Live Dispatch from Milan: Designers Show Their
This story originally appeared on ENR.com. Architect Robert Hull, a co-founder of the Miller Hull Partnership LLC, died April 7 from complications related to a stroke suffered while he was on sabbatical in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was 69 years old. At his death, Hull was involved in several projects, including a private residence in the San Juan Islands in Washington state; a wastewater treatment plant in Vancouver, B.C.; and a mixed-use development in the mountains of China. He was also leading the design of both a girls' school and a health clinic in Herat, Afghanistan, where he had
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