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Interview with Alfredo Brillembourg about Torre David and the Future of the Global South


Exterior of Torre David, Caracas. All photos courtesy Daniel Schwartz and The U-TT Chair at ETH Zürich Just a few weeks after winning the Golden Lion at the XIII Venice Architecture Biennale, Alfredo Brillembourg of Urban-Think Tank (U-TT), spoke September 19 at the Rice Design Alliance Fall 2012 lecture series addressing the future of architectural [...]

10.19.12 Architecture
Infrastructure

Architect as Politician: An Interview with David Robinson

David Robinson leads a discussion of a plan for Dunlavy Street at the site for the Montrose HEB. Photo by Chris Curry. David Robinson is an architect who has served in a number of different public positions—chair of the urban design committee for the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, president of the [...]

09.27.11 Environment
Infrastructure

Handmade, Homegrown Books

Chapbooks by Beverly Dahlen and Jamie Townsend Everywhere, a surfeit of essays and articles bemoan the declining fortunes of the book and the publishing industry’s deepening crisis. Even though there have been some recent hopeful reports of better times ahead, overall, the news is: the book is dead, there’s no hope. Get. Out. Now. Despite [...]

09.24.11 Reviews

Translating Nature to Architecture

This doubleheader post presents a complete video (above) of a lecture by Sou Fujimoto and an interview (below) with Fujimoto by Neeraj Bhatia. The Japanese architect came to Houston to accept the second annual Spotlight: The Rice Design Alliance Prize. The award recognizes an exceptionally gifted architect in the early phase of their professional career. [...]

10.01.10 Architecture
Environment

Making It Right?

Aerial view of Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans showing Make It Right projects. Flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and Brad Pitt’s foundation, Make It Right, asked many of the world’s most creative architects to help. The cover story in the current issue of Cite (81), written by [...]

04.14.10 Architecture
Environment

Chipperfield and the Menil Masterplan: An Interview with Josef Helfenstein

Possible site of future “gateway” to the Menil, Richmond Hall (left) and the Richmont Square Apartments (right) at the corner of Loretto and Richmond [Photo Raj Mankad] In the May issue of Cite (78), Marc El-Khouri wrote about the recently announced selection of David Chipperfield Architects by the Menil Collection to create a new master [...]

05.29.09 Architecture

The Julia Ideson Building: An Interview with Barry Moore

Rendering of Julia Ideson Building Restoration and Expansion [Courtesy of Gensler] In the Spring 2008 issue of Cite (74), Anna Mod wrote an article entitled “The Librarian Returns: Rehabilitating Houston’s Beloved Julia Ideson Building.” Click here to download a pdf copy. After the recent groundbreaking, Raj Mankad interviewed Barry Moore, a frequent contributor to Cite [...]

03.04.09 Architecture
Preservation

An Interview with Hanif Kara

Hanif Kara [Photo courtesy of Adams Kara Taylor] Hanif Kara was brought to Houston on October 1 by the Rice Design Alliance. Since co-founding Adams Kara Taylor in 1995, an engineering practice based in London, Kara has pushed the envelope for new forms, material uses, prefabrication, and sustainable construction. He has worked on major award-winning [...]

12.12.08 Architecture