Issue Preview: Our Summer Issue Debuts Soon

Our summer issue is shaping up to be a great one with an exciting international focus. On tap, Michael Webb recalls a visit to 2013 Pritzker Prize–winner Toyo Ito’s home and shares his experiences visiting some of the architect’s other notable buildings. Webb also turns his attention to the challenges (and opportunities) facing architects and designers in booming South Korea. From Cambodia, we bring you the story of the New Khmer Architecture of the 1950s and ’60s, and the battle to preserve its rapidly disappearing legacy.

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New Michael Webb Posts

FORM contributor and newly-minted honorary AIA member Michael Webb has been doing some serious reading, checking in with a trio of book reviews over on the Views tab of the FORM Mag website. First is White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, which documents a succession of inventive exhibitions at the Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsbugh curated by Raymund Ryan. Next is The Iconic Interior: Private Spaces of Leading Artists, Architects, and Designers, which Webb describes as a "gorgeous indulgence." Finally, Webb reviews Taschen's latest update of its collection of works by Pritzker Prize winning Japanese Architect Tadao Ando, Ando: Complete Works 1975-2012. The November/December print issue of FORM Magazine includes an interview with Ando, for those craving more of Ando's unique perspective.

Design Awards: FORM Contributor Michael Webb Awarded Honorary AIA|LA

We are proud to congratulate FORM contributor Michael Webb, who was awarded the prestigious mark of Honorary AIA|LA at the 2012 Design Awards held earlier this week in recognition for his illustrious career (Webb has published 26 books!). For a rundown on the rest of the night’s winners, click on the following links to see galleries of the Design Awards, Next LA Awards, and CAC Awards.

New Posts by Michael Webb on FORM Views

Over on the FORM Views page, Michael Webb has recently posted a pair of posts that will interest those who like to mix design with media. First, Webb describes the Dziga-Vertov retrospective at the Hammer Museum’s Thornton Wilder. An excerpt from the post: “Beyond the formal brilliance is a fascinating portrait of the Soviet Union—not as the squalid backwater it was, but as a heroic beacon for humanity.”

A second post reviews the new book from Jean-Louis Cohen titled The Future of Architecture Since 1889. Here is an excerpt from that post: “Cohen gives an organic account of how architecture was shaped by social forces, economic growth, war, and advances in technology.”

Michael Webb is a regular contributor to FORM. Check back in monthly for new posts from this author of 26 books, including his most recent, Modernist Paradise: Niemeyer House, Boyd Collection (Rizzoli) and Venice CA: Art +Architecture in a Maverick Community (Abrams).

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