On 05.12.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Françoise Astorg Bollack, AIA, DESA, author of Old Buildings New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations, published by The Monacelli Press and reviewed by Annie Coggan in this issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Author: Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA
Oculus Quick Take: “Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design”
On 04.07.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed journalist Charles Montgomery, author of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design, published by Farrar Straus and Giroux and reviewed by Annie Coggan in the 04.16.14 issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: “How to Study Public Life”
On 02.05.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Jan Gehl, founder of Gehl Architects, and Birgitte Svarre, project manager at Gehl Architects, authors of How to Study Public Life, published by Island Press and reviewed by Annie Coggan in this issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: “The Nature of Urban Design: A New York City Perspective on Resilience”
On 01.13.14, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Alexandros Washburn, Assoc. AIA, former Chief Urban Designer of the NYC Department of City Planning, and author of The Nature of Urban Design: A New York City Perspective on Resilience, published by Island Press and reviewed by Annie Coggan in the 01.22.14 issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: “Makers of Modern Architecture (Volume II)”
On 12.09.13, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Martin Filler, architecture critic for The New York Review of Books, and author of Makers of Modern Architecture (Volume II), published by New York Review Books and reviewed by Annie Coggan in this issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: “Building Seagram”
On 10.28.13, Michel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Phyllis Lambert, Hon, FAIA, founding director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal and author of Building Seagram, published by Yale University Press and reviewed by Annie Coggan in the 11.06.13 issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: “New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future”
On 09.09.13, Michel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed David Halle and Andrew Beveridge, co-editors of New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future, published by Oxford University Press (2013) and reviewed by Annie Coggan in the 09.24.13 issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview here.
Oculus Quick Take: Raymund Ryan
On 07.08.13, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Raymund Ryan about his latest book White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, published by University of California Press (2012) and reviewed in this issue of e-Oculus. Listen to the interview, which took place just before the Oculus Book Talk on 07.08.13. Continue reading “Oculus Quick Take: Raymund Ryan”
Oculus Quick Take: “The Planning Game: Lessons from Great Cities”
On 04.08.13, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed Alex Garvin, Hon. AIANY, about his latest book “The Planning Game: Lessons from Great Cities,” published by W.W. Norton & Company. Listen to the interview on Soundcloud, which took place just after the Oculus Book Talk on 04.08.13. And read Maxinne Leighton’s, Assoc. AIA, book review in e-Oculus here.
Oculus Quick Take: John Belle, FAIA
To celebrate Grand Central Terminal’s centennial, on 02.13.13, Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, interviewed John Belle (FAIA, RIBA, and Hon. PhD) on his book Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives, written with Maxinne R. Leighton, Assoc. AIA, and published by W. W. Norton & Company; Updated Edition edition (December 7, 2012). Listen to the interview, which took place just after the Oculus Book Talk on 02.11.13. Continue reading “Oculus Quick Take: John Belle, FAIA”