[Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism exterior. Image courtesy of the architect]
Arizona State University’s recently opened building shows off Southern California-based firm’s flair
Steven Ehrlich’s new Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in downtown Phoenix seems to send architecture over the airwaves: Vertical stripes painted on the building’s metal façade symbolize the bandwidths of the U.S. radio frequency. “The activity and energy inside the building is broadcast to the community and beyond,” says Ehrlich, who served as design architect in collaboration with AE Architects of Phoenix.
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[Rendering of 714 Westbourne. Image courtesy of the architect]
Developer Monte Stettin and Bruno Bondanelli’s 714 Westbourne combines spaciousness, simplicity and sustainable design
Not all duplexes in West Hollywood attract spillover crowds at their open houses. The exceptions are the units on Westbourne Avenue developed by Monte Stettin and designed by Bruno Bondanelli, which to tend draw people from all over the city. Their second and most recent effort at 714 Westbourne is a case study in the way to insert green housing in the tightly packed neighborhoods of this dense little city, where housing is sought-after and land for development is almost non-existent. Nearing completion, 714 is also an essay in the elegance that the builder can achieve when the commitment to sustainability is married to a love of materials.
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[Rendering of proposed Nestlé headquarters in Glendale, California by Wolcott Architecture Interiors. Image courtesy of the architect]
Roy Huebner and his firm, Wolcott Architecture Interiors, are rethinking the corporate workplace
The Web may be a non-spatial medium, but the online world is exerting a big push on the three dimensions of office space. More to the point, the communication habits of Generation Y—where people call Moscow or Singapore as readily as a friend sitting across the street—are convincing interior design firms like Wolcott Architecture Interiors of Culver City to rethink the design of workplaces for people who take universal access in stride. “The Internet, the I.M., texting—this is how people communicate nowadays,” says Roy Huebner, a senior account executive at Wolcott. “Even the telephone is becoming archaic.”
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[Photo by Joe Pugliese]
The award-winning architect of the Bellagio and Horton Plaza examines inspiration, sustainable design, and the future of architecture
By Layla Revis
Art and Living: What are your favorite architectural styles?
Jon Jerde: We’ve come to the end of traditional architectural styles evolving over hundreds of years into ever-refined movements and pieces. I look more to ideas than styles. For me, the most important architecture connects to people in a very real way. Two individuals who had a profound impact on the quality of space—and who have greatly influenced me—were Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn.
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For luxury housing designer Richard Landry, designer of homes for celebrities Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Murphy, Sugar Ray Leonard and Kenny G, the architect is a stage-setter, fantasist and businessman—all at once
By Morris Newman
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