At 11:14 a.m. yesterday, Princeton University President Chris Eisgruber wrote to its School of Architecture students to tell them that its dean, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, was resigning, effective immediately.
In 2012, architects Paul Dieterlen, Jorge Ruiz Boluda, and Agustín Durá Herrero envisioned a motley crew of guests for an “Inspiration Hotel” conceptual design competition in Spain. The surreal assortment includes Salvador Dalí, Le Corbusier, Albert Einstein, Álvaro Siza, Mies van der Rohe, Steve Jobs, Eero Aarnio, Andy Warhol, and a flock of ducks. With Project Architect Company’s photomontage for its entry to the Haus der Zukunft competition in 2012, the architects wanted to impart a sense of historic Berlin to their scheme. They inserted stills from Walter Ruttmann’s 1927 film Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. At RECORD, we frequently
