Log 66: Walls

When architects draw plans, they start by drawing walls. These fundamental components of buildings raise a number of disciplinary questions despite (or due to) their ubiquity. What do walls keep out? What do they keep in? What do they allow for, and what do they prevent? What is on the other side of a wall? What is inside a wall? Log 66: Walls tackles these questions through essays and projects from architects around the world.

Dela Anyah tires the taxman. Sofia Boldrini, Rafael Urano Frajndlich & Alexandre Benoit enter stage right. Elizabeth Bowie Christoforetti collects data. Courtney Coffman draws the curtain. Iman Fayyad folds plywood planes. Ben Fehrman-Lee tracks borders. Elle Gerdeman measures increments. Erez Golani Solomon & Michael Fisch read the fine print. gru.a reacts to a retaining wall. Robert Kahn expands on the Villa Giulia. Andreas Lechner grades slabs. Adolfo Del Valle Neira sees seawalls. Manuel Orazi revisits palla al bracciale. Irina Prentice stacks broken blocks. ŠA Atelier installs 057 Wall in Vilnius. Vasily Sitnikov & SUPERFLEX eavesdrop. Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama seeks satisfaction. Anthony Titus hangs paintings. David Turturo agrees to participate. Oscar Zamora perfects the wall. Qiong Zhang topples bricks. Plus observations on border walls, digital walls, a dam detail, murals, mosquito nets, and a mousehole.

Log is an independent journal that has been observing architecture and the contemporary city since 2003. Log 66: Walls is available to pre-order and will ship at the end of May.