Photo of the Day:
ICYMI: FirstBuild is teaming up with MakerBot and Thingiverse to produce new gadgets, NCARB awarded over $50,000 to architecture programs at Clemson University and Parsons, and J.Crew shot the Glass House for a fall catalog.
From the Magazine: Boston's NADAAA and local firm John Wardle Architects completed the University of Melbourne School of Design's Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building. [ARCHITECT]
Quote of the Day: "The stuff I've been doing with buildings is twisting them so we thought we could do something like that. We tried it and they all loved it. When you sit it down [on a table], the front edge, it tilts up at you. It's like, 'Come and get me baby.' " —Frank Gehry, FAIA, on the bag he designed for Louis Vuitton. [Women's Wear Daily]
Eight Stories for Monday:
New York–based architect and designer David Rockwell, AIA, published a book, What If…?, exploring the intersections of architecture and theater. [ForbesLife]
One developer is transforming out-of-use, underground missile silos into luxury condos for affluent survivalists. [The Wall Street Journal]
London's Tower Bridge unveiled two glass walkways over the Thames. [The Independent]
Safra Group, a São Paulo–based investment firm, is buying London's Gherkin skyscraper for £726 million ($1.2 billion). [Bloomberg Businessweek]
A cement shortage is holding up Michigan construction projects. [Detroit Free Press]
There's a debate over saving the Russell Page–designed garden at New York's Frick Collection, which has proposed an expansion project that would eliminate it. [The New York Times]
A new monograph on the work of Mario Botta. [T Magazine]
The Chicago Tribune's editorial board argues against placing the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which released preliminary renderings last week, on the city's lakefront. [Chicago Tribune]
Step Up, Step Down:
Yale University's architecture dean Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA, is planning to retire after his term ends in spring 2016. [Yale Daily News]
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