Portuguese Modern: An Architectural Tour
“The Paula Rego House is all about form. The mechanical systems are so integrated with the building that they’re invisible.”
Image: Mark English Architects
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Mexico’s UNAM Campus: Revolution Past and Present
Mesoamerican motifs and revolutionary ideals live on in a dynamic fusion, at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México campus in Mexico City – an independent university with a rich and deep cultural heritage.
Image courtesy Mark English Architects.
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Sonja Trauss: Pro-Housing SF Candidate Advocates for Affordability
“San Francisco’s old guard wants to keep you out by preventing you from finding housing, which is driving rents sky-high. Why would you want to vote for them?”
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Mexico’s Vasconcelos Library: A Unique Building Concept
“ It’s an interesting building from the inside. The books hang from a ceiling structure in open cages. Visitors walk along bridges, catwalks, ramps, and stairways, all within a giant 70-foot shell. Inside, it’s clean and orderly, a refuge from the chaos outside.”
(Image: Mark English Architects)
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Lyon’s La Confluence District: Walking Tour
The French city of Lyon’s “La Confluence” is a bold island of modernity exists on a sliver of land between two rivers. “Part of the logic of making the architecture more bold is to make it interesting from all angles.” How does this compare with similar redevelopment efforts in San Francisco?
Image: Mark English Architects
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Casa Gilardi by Luis Barragán
“Color isn’t just a surface decoration for Barragán. It’s not an afterthought. It’s foundational to his architecture. His spaces can’t stand alone without the color.” Image courtesy Mark English Architects
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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From Hand to Computer: Drawings for Communication
Earlier, we showed the power of hand drawings as communication tools. Now, we do the same with CAD – taking it to the next level.
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Bernardo Urquieta: Drawing & Design
“Is there a right and a wrong in art that applies to everyone? Through sketching and observing, you discover for yourself the environment that surrounds and supports you. You create your own thoughts, your own personal ideas, your own experience, your own rules. I believe that this is the basis of human freedom.”
– Bernardo Urquieta, AIA
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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San Francisco in 2100: Best and Worst Case Housing
“Architects can help to envision what density could look like. Paris is a lot denser than San Francisco, and yet we’re still willing to travel thousands of miles to enjoy it.”
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
