Engaging Architecture

Engaging Architecture

An Architect Eliminates the Inessential

A new monograph explores John Pawson's uncanny ability to subtract until only perfection remains.
Michael Webb
2.2.20
Engaging Architecture

The Co-Working Space Bringing the Outside In

How young Spanish design duo infused Second Home's Hollywood location—branded as the antithesis of WeWork—with green.
Michael Webb
10.27.19
Engaging Architecture

Living in Works of Art

In "Dirk Denison: 10 Houses," journalist Fred A. Bernstein conducts a conversation with the Chicago-based architect.
Michael Webb
8.14.19
Engaging Architecture

Celebrating Moscow's Avant Garde

A crucible of modernism is being restored.
Michael Webb
8.1.19
Engaging Architecture

A Slate Canopy For a Summer Pavilion In a London Park

The latest addition to the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens.
Michael Webb
7.8.19
Engaging Architecture

'Bauhaus Beginnings' at the Getty Research Institute

Artists teaching design from first principles.
Michael Webb
6.4.19
Engaging Architecture

Enhancing China’s Villages, One Building at a Time

Architectural acupuncture in a rural county.
Michael Webb
5.15.19
Engaging Architecture

The Menil Collection Enriches its Houston Campus

Johnston Marklee create a steel frame for works on paper.
Michael Webb
5.2.19
Engaging Architecture

Visiting Grace Farms in New Canaan, Where Pleasure and Purpose Converge

Exploring a sequence of transparent pavilions set in an idyllic landscape.
Michael Webb
4.16.19
Engaging Architecture

An Iconic Museum Rises From the Qatari Waterfront

A Jean Nouvel-designed masterpiece in Doha.
Michael Webb
4.1.19
Engaging Architecture

Hong Kong Raises the Bar on Train Travel with the Soaring Grandeur of West Kowloon Station

On the other side of the world, trains have regained an allure missing in the US.
Michael Webb
3.15.19
Engaging Architecture

How the World’s Greatest Architects Joined Forces To Create the World’s Most Beautiful Hospitals

In honor of his late wife, Maggie, Charles Jencks embarked on a project to create a serene environment for the terminally ill. Today, more than a dozen of the world’s leading architects have designed a Maggie’s Center.
Michael Webb
3.7.19
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