Stories by Alan G Brake
“Hudson Yards is a billionaire’s fantasy of the future of city life”
“Amazon HQ2 will strain spaces and systems on which all New Yorkers rely”
“When will a more ambitious and influential spirit return to the New York design scene?”
“Calatrava’s transit hub feels utterly scrubbed of memory and dislocated from New York”
Coded Couture exhibition in New York presents garments that detect lies and read tweets
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak criticises Apple Watch
Architecture for Humanity relaunches as Open Architecture Collaborative
Future of Foster + Partners’ 3 Sutton Place skyscraper in New York under threat
NASA is developing a quiet supersonic passenger jet for overland flights
Daniel Arsham evokes knocked-through walls with SCAD installation
Virgin Galactic reveals updated passenger spacecraft and restarts test flights
New York’s Metropolitan Museum unveils new logo in advance of satellite Met Breuer opening
“DS+R’s education building suggests architectural innovation can still be put to the public good”
“New York is rapidly evolving beyond a Manhattan-centric identity”
MIT researchers plan “death of the traffic light” with smart intersections
WHY expands Louisville’s Speed Art Museum with a corrugated metal facade
Hauser & Wirth opens LA gallery designed by Creative Space and Selldorf Architects
SHoP and West 8 masterplan extends Philadelphia skyline across the Schuylkill River
10 Years of Studio Job on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York
“New York should give Breuer’s building lasting protection”
University of Texas architecture dean leaves post over new campus gun law
Converted warehouse office by Domaen features sculptural plywood meeting rooms
