Contemporary Architecture, Modern Design

Click image to expand A Purple Architecture is now available. The books editors Vahid Vadat, James Kerestes, & Ebrahim Poustinchi did an incredible job assembling a talented group of architects to submit work under the notion of “purpleness.” In the book’s prologue the editors set out the agenda: “The centuries old topic of how to represent reality, and subsequently how to supplant it, anchors these scenarios. In the past few decades, philosophers like Jean Baudrillard, Gille

Essay titled “20220202_02" Martin was invited by Bryan Cantley based on their friendship, mutual respect, and their prior collaborative drawing and modeling series ( objectspaces[s] + [ _   & Improbable Object[space-s] + ) to write an essay that added some theoretical context to the nature of Bryan's work. There were no guidelines other than a suggested set of possible themes and Martin was given freedom to take the essay in any direction desired. After many failed attempts