Friday, June 26, 2009

Design Strikes a Defensive Posture Ideas

Design Strikes a Defensive Posture Roland HalbeTHE ART OF DEFENSE At the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters Replacement Building in Los Angeles, the architect Thom Mayne and his firm, Morphosis, placed sinuous steel bollards and benches in a plaza, as though they were outdoor sculptures.Not so long ago, architects were obsessed with the notion that globalism, the Internet and sophisticated new