Award-winning author and critic Fiona MacCarthy is out to change wrong-headed perceptions of Walter Gropius in her biography. And she succeeds.
Mark Favermann
Visual Arts Review: A Creative Camelot — The Bauhaus and Harvard University
This inspiring show celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Bauhaus.
Book Reviews: A Provocative Trio of Volumes on Architecture and Landscape Architecture
In very different ways and on very different topics, three recent books assuage notions that architecture/design books are formidable reads.
Film Review: A Compelling Look at Dieter Rams, Industrial Design Icon at 86
Rams is a documentary film carefully crafted to be more than a biography of a great designer.
Visual Arts Remembrance: Robert Venturi, An Architectural Provocateur
Robert Venuti’s opposition to the Modernism’s rigid corporate style made healthy waves.
Visual Arts Commentary: Three Temporary Public Art Pieces — A Dialogue with Art and Ourselves
Three bold new public art installations underscore the possibilities of visual and conceptual experiences in 21st century Boston.
Arts Commentary: Conserving Cultural Heritage — the Tangible and the Intangible
Cartagena is a 500-year old urban jewel in the Caribbean. But climate change and rising sea levels threaten its heritage.
Visual Arts Commentary: Now + There — Reinterpreting Public Art in the Civic Environment
An organization dedicated to making Boston a vibrant, contemporary art city.
Visual Arts Review: The Aesthetics of Practical Elegance
The Fuller Craft Museum’s appealing and thoughtful exhibit showcases a wonderful assemblage of diverse utensils and accessories used in domestic as well as professional kitchens.
Visual Arts Commentary: Hugh Ferriss — Architectural Delineator of the Heroic Modern
A visionary ‘Paper Architect’ who influenced popular culture as well as a generation of architects.