A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

Some more photos from my recent trip to Berlin, this time two housing projects by Bruno Taut that are part of UNESCO's "Berlin Modernism Housing Estates" listing. The photos were taken during an architectural tour, "Bruno Taut's Colorful Modernism," given by Carsten Sauerbrei of Berlin's architekTour B . Falkenberg Garden City (1913-1916): Hufeisensiedlung (1925-1930): To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

Here are a few photos of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (1984) by James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates, taken by me (on my smartphone) on a recent trip to Stuttgart, Germany. See more photos in my Flickr set on the building. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

I'm heading to Berlin to cover the World Architecture Festival (WAF) for World-Architects, so posts here will be on hold until after Thanksgiving. [Photo: Arena Berlin, WAF venue]

Here are some photos of the Elytra Filament Pavilion (2016) at the V&A in London by architect Achim Menges with Moritz Dörstelmann, structural engineer Jan Knippers and climate engineer Thomas Auer. (Photographs:  Trevor Patt ) Learn more about the installation in this video from V&A: To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

Here are some photos of the Mariehøj Cultural Centre in Holte, Denmark by Sophus Søbye Architects and WE Architecture . (Photographs: Ken Lee ) To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose

When people look back on 2016 sometime in the near future, one way they may view it is as the "Year of Planted Bridges." There's the ongoing saga of Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge  in London but also a bevy of proposals that incorporate this architectural element . [Heatherwick Studio's Garden Bridge | All images courtesy the respective architects, unless noted otherwise] Heatherwick's proposal under former London Mayor Boris Johnson is now in limbo under the administration of Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is anything but in love with the project. Some reports ask if the £185 million bridge is "dead in the water," while some architects have proposed alternatives, namely Allies and Morrison's suggestion to turn the existing Blackfriars crossing into Blackfriars bridge garden . [Allies and Morrison's Blackfriars Bridge Garden] Even if Heatherwick's high-profile proposal is mired in problems (most of it around funding), the idea of a ...

Here are some of my photos of the Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design exhibition that opened Friday at the Jewish Museum in New York. Exhibition design is by Diller Scofidio + Renfro . Read my exhibition review at World-Architects . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos  #archidose