May 17, 2016 by chuck
Critics of the new PATH station designed by Santiago Calatrava say that it looks like a Stegosaurus. Others say it resembles a giant Venus flytrap. As with most things in life, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
I was hired by Blueprint...
May 17, 2016 by chuck
The new Bjarke Ingels' building along Manhattan's West side looks like a tall pyramid. It's a beautiful dramatic shape that breaks the monotony of the skyline. See my pictures here. The obvious question though is, what's happening on the interior?...
May 17, 2016 by chuck
When you study architecture, you are subjected to intense debate and criticism. The stakes are high because people actually have to live in your creations, the thinking goes. But when you leave school, this critical milieu disappears. Much of what...
March 03, 2016 by chuck
Ai Weiwei's sculpture, part of the Megacities Asia Exhibiton at the MFA, is made up of 30 interlocking "Forever" bicycles that form a rising circular tower. The Forever bicycle was ubiquitous in China not long ago, before incomes allowed the...
February 24, 2016 by chuck
Foster + Partners' new flagship store for Spanish tile company Porcelanosa, opened in September. The project is a retrofit of a six story, 1919 neoclassical, 23' x 75' building at the apex of a triangle formed by the confluence of Fifth Avenue and...
February 24, 2016 by chuck
Behind the ordinary exterior of this residence lies a starkly modern interior by Peter Rose and Partners that could be called gleeful in it's ability to circumvent. Required by the town of Bronxville to retain the suburban mock-Tudor exterior of...
February 24, 2016 by chuck
It's a proven fact that if you feed your photographer locally sourced artisanal foods, the photographs from your shoot will look better, and you are more apt to get published. The new Boston Public Market attests to this. A project by the Boston...
February 24, 2016 by chuck
Two new schools by Smith Group, the S. J. Quinney School of Law at the University of Utah, and the Georgia State University College of Law, proffer refreshingly new principles for the architecture of law education. The challenge was to illustrate...
December 25, 2015 by chuck
Peter Rose and Partners' East House made the cover of Dwell this month. See the images here. See the Dwell spread.
March 08, 2015 by chuck
The 2014 Boston Society of Architects Design Awards have been announced and five projects that I had the good fortune to photograph were awarded or received mention. They are: The Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts by Foster and Partners, recipient of the Harleston Parker Award; Harbor Islands Pavilion by Utile, a finalist for the same award; East House by Peter Rose + Partners, which won an honor award in the Housing Design category; Lakeside Guest House by Murdough Design, winner of a design award in the Small Firms category; Allencrest Community Center by Abacus Architects, which received a citation in the Small Firms category. Congrats to the winners! You can see all these projects in the Portfolio section, or by clicking the above links.
August 05, 2013 by chuck
Noroof Architects (Li'l House That Could) husband and wife team, Margarita McGrath and Scott Oliver once again prove that the amount of project space and the need for smart architects are inversely correlated. This one plus Manhattan apartment...
June 12, 2013 by chuck
Even wonder what to do with all those empties? Tired of the same old gyp board construction? Lesley and Jason at STUDIOKCA have a solution--construct a pavilion out of thousands of plastic water bottles filled with colored liquid....
May 24, 2013 by chuck
I recently shot at the Foote School in New Haven for Maryann Thompson Architects. Wow! What a nice place. Usually when I go into a live classroom to take pictures it's a little disruptive to the class. There's always some...
February 27, 2013 by chuck
Here's an interesting firm, Studiokca, that I started to do work for. Headed by husband and wife Jason Klimoski and Leslie Chang, theirs is an unusual practice in that they are literally hands-on with the entire design process.
In addition...
February 26, 2013 by chuck
My old school chum, Eric Thompson, gave me a ring last fall with a project to photograph. It's been 20+ years since we endured lead dust, glue, and eviscerating criticism together, and I have been waiting patiently for my mates to finally realize some fine "A"rchitecture.
