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August/September 2010
Notes from Metropolis
Design + Policy = Fit Cities

Creating a metropolis that encourages physical activity requires real collaboration.
Features
Random Acts of Architecture

By combining classic modernism with a less predictable approach, the San Francisco– based firm Ogrydziak/Prillinger Architects creates the ultimate art collectors’ house.
Features: The House that Phil Knight Built
Features: Random Acts of Architecture
Features: Great Good Places
Features: Water Dreams
Features: Design + Policy = Fit Cities
Features: The Thrill of Science
Features: A Seamless Experience
Features: House, Interrupted
Features: At Home on the Water
Features: Second Time Around
Features: Abracadabra: Lasagna!
Features: Beneath the Surface
Features: Breaking News!
Features: Too Virtuous
Features: A Better Box Lunch
Features: Breathing Buildings
Observed
The Thrill of Science
A Seamless Experience
House, Interrupted
At Home on the Water
Second Time Around
Abracadabra: Lasagna!
Beneath the Surface
Breaking News!

America
Too Virtuous

The latest Triennial is long on good intentions but short on sex appeal.

In Production
A Better Box Lunch

Black + Blum’s elegantly constructed container makes brown-bagging it a luxury.

Materials
Breathing Buildings

A ventilated-wall system, popular in Europe, holds great promise for existing buildings here.

Productsphere
Going Green

A varied selection of sustainable materials

Text Message
Jamie Drake
talks about the impeccable taste of Angelo Donghia, statement-making design, and 19th-century candlesticks.

Reference Page
Reference Page: August 2010



Ben Katchor
The Eustachian Restaurant
It’s a desperate attempt to avoid confronting the solemn act of eating: the violence involved in the killing of living things and the brutish discharge of biological need.
The House that Phil Knight Built

A controversial new building on the University of Oregon campus—underwritten by Nike’s deep-pocketed cofounder—wants to turn athletes into student-athletes.

Great Good Places

New restaurants that look like they’ve been part of their neighborhoods forever all share a subtle but ambitious social agenda: to create and celebrate community.

Water Dreams

Inspired by Axor’s open-ended brief, four internationally renowned designers reenvision the most intimate room in the home.

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