Architecture News from Antarctica

Hugh Broughten Architects and AECOM designed a series of eight interlocking modules on skis for the new Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica. Image, © BASEven under the best circumstances, the practice of architecture is a challenging proposition. Now imagine designing structures for one of the harshest places on earth. That was the task Hugh Broughten, of Hugh Broughton Architects, faced in creating a new Antarctic research station on the Brunt Ice Shelf. 

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Big Night: FORM Magazine Hosts "Work Ethic" Event

FORM Magazine recently hosted "Work Ethic," an event featuring some of the biggest names in architecture and real estate. Image via FORM Magazine.From time to time, FORM Magazine hosts compelling events that bring together architects, designers, developers, real estate professionals and more. Recently, FORM produced another great event—this time a thought-provoking evening held at the Cuningham Group in Culver City. Guests were treated to a panel discussion by architectural and real estate industry titans: John Marx of Form4 Architecture, Michael White of Gensler, Arty Maharajh of Transwestern and Jonathan Watts of Cuningham Group Architecture.

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Looking Back: A Conversation with Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer's iconic Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói. FORMmag remembers the architect. Photo by Rodrigo_Soldon on Flickr.

Over the years, FORM has brought you thought-provoking interviews with some of the world’s leading architects and designers. They’ve discussed and assessed their work, their legacies, and the direction of their professions. As part of an ongoing, Web-only feature, we’ll be bringing you some of the most notable conversations from our archives. To kick off the series, we’re sharing an interview with the legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer that appeared in one of our early issues—May/June 2001. In the Q-and-A, conducted by the architect, critic and architectural historian Roberto Segre, Niemeyer, who died in December at the age of 104, reflects on his work, the design of cities, and the state of architecture in Brazil. As Brazil is about it take the world stage for two major sporting events (the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games), his words are especially thought provoking.

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Double Dutch in Los Angeles

Winy Maas presents the George H. Scanlon Foundation Lecture REDUX at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Image, Winy Maas Peruri 88, Jakarta, Indonesia, architecture and image by MVRDV, in collaboration with The Jerde Partnership and ARUP.Daring architects flourish like tulips in Holland, and two of the top talents are lecturing back-to-back in LA this month. On Wednesday, February 20th, Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV, will review 15 years of invention in the annual Otis College/Scanlon Foundation lecture.  The event will be held at 7:30 PM in MOCA’s Ahmanson Theater at 250 South Grand Avenue. Admission is free, but seating is limited, so go early. On Thursday, February 21, at 6:30 PM, Cal Poly sponsors a lecture by Ben van Berkel, co-founder of UN Studio, at the A+D Museum, 6032 Wilshire Blvd, across the street from LACMA. 

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Valentine's Day Gifts by Design

Looking for a Valentine's Day gift for your design-minded beloved? We've got some suggestions for you. Image via pixabay.com

Valentine’s Day gets a bad rap. Sure, it might be promoted by the greeting-card industrial complex, and the vast majority of the trinkets sold to honor it might be a little on the, shall we say, hokey side. The sentiment, though, is something we can all get behind. In the spirit of the season, we’ve come up with some of our own—and chatted with some architects (and their significant others) who have suggestions that will take you beyond candy and flowers.

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