Join us this Sunday, January 30th, at 1 o’clock Pacific Time, for a Zoom book talk with Peter Wyeth, author of The Lost Architecture of Jean Welz, and the nonprofit,… Read more Society of Architectural Historians Presents Authors on Architecture: Wyeth on Welz →
Le Journal des Arts reports the iconic modernist home, Maison Zilveli, built by Jean Welz in 1930, may be torn down and completely rebuilt if La DRAC (The Regional Directorate… Read more The Legacy of Jean Welz and Maison Zilveli Garner Support as Potential Rebuild Looms →
We are pleased to share this lecture by the architectural scholar Christopher Long, Professor at University of Texas at Austin, on the occasion of Adolf Loos’ 150th birthday anniversary. Based… Read more Happy 150th Birthday, Adolf Loos! →
Through five subsections of its Fall exhibit, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York proves how Austrian architects have influenced the spaces around us in all three dimensions. Until February 17th,… Read more A Peak into “Resident Alien,” New York’s nod to Austrian Architects →
Thursday, October 24th, 7 PM–Architecture Professor Christoper Long, who specializes in Central European architecture at UT Austin, will be lecturing on the Groags at a BookPeople event in Austin, TX.… Read more BookPeople Hosts Groag Lecture →
We’re pleased to announce that DoppelHouse Press has received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Jacques and Jacqueline Groag, Architect and Designer: Two Hidden Figures of the Viennese Modern Movement by architecture… Read more Graham Foundation awards DoppelHouse with a grant for new art & architecture book →
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2. MicroparcelizationDingbat apartments, with their famously vulnerable “soft story,” are at the heart of the new Los Angeles earthquake retrofitting law. Read the LA Times article for an in depth look at this city-wide issue.