07.16.2025
Local leaders continue to hold on to outdated assumptions about what the city is and could become.
Local leaders continue to hold on to outdated assumptions about what the city is and could become.
07.15.2025
Adaptive reuse in the Czech Republic.
Adaptive reuse in the Czech Republic.
07.14.2025
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
07.09.2025
Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.
Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.
07.08.2025
It’s a mixed bag—with some potential upsides.
It’s a mixed bag—with some potential upsides.
07.02.2025
Planning policies reflect a deep disdain for the poor, prioritizing elite aesthetics over social equity.
Planning policies reflect a deep disdain for the poor, prioritizing elite aesthetics over social equity.
06.30.2025
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
06.26.2025
In the U.S., interior and exterior spaces are outsize because they can be. In France, high density means less individual space—so design matters even more.
In the U.S., interior and exterior spaces are outsize because they can be. In France, high density means less individual space—so design matters even more.
06.25.2025
CannonDesign’s Elisabeth Perrault on her firm’s collaboration with the nonprofit Sunflower Network and Pelli Clarke & Partners.
CannonDesign’s Elisabeth Perrault on her firm’s collaboration with the nonprofit Sunflower Network and Pelli Clarke & Partners.
06.18.2025
Don’t put faith in awards, publications, or PR firms to generate the next project. Instead, demonstrate your value in every completed building.
Don’t put faith in awards, publications, or PR firms to generate the next project. Instead, demonstrate your value in every completed building.
06.17.2025
Why should it be so difficult for pedestrians here to traverse a road or cross the street?
Why should it be so difficult for pedestrians here to traverse a road or cross the street?
06.16.2025
What happens when the people who will rebuild burned-out L.A. are afraid to come to work?
What happens when the people who will rebuild burned-out L.A. are afraid to come to work?
06.11.2025
Retail windows can do so much more than market goods and services.
Retail windows can do so much more than market goods and services.
06.09.2025
In addition to sharing many inherent traits, the fortunes of the former depend on the affordability of the latter.
In addition to sharing many inherent traits, the fortunes of the former depend on the affordability of the latter.
06.04.2025
Scott Johnson surveys his impressive career—and designs—in a new book.
Scott Johnson surveys his impressive career—and designs—in a new book.
06.03.2025
Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of 2025.
Author and educator Steven Heller’s commencement address to the School of Visual Arts’ Class of 2025.
05.29.2025
AI is a tool for design, no more, no less. Humans are the creators.
AI is a tool for design, no more, no less. Humans are the creators.
05.26.2025
The Thomas Jefferson Building, Project 2025, and the unbuilding of Jefferson’s democracy.
The Thomas Jefferson Building, Project 2025, and the unbuilding of Jefferson’s democracy.
05.20.2025
Carl Elefante makes the case for the importance of rehabilitating buildings instead of erecting new ones.
Carl Elefante makes the case for the importance of rehabilitating buildings instead of erecting new ones.
05.19.2025
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
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