Why the AIA Finally Decided to Alter Its Code of Ethics on Prison Design
12.28.2020
A talk with Raphael Sperry, who helped lead the effort.
A talk with Raphael Sperry, who helped lead the effort.
Justin Shubow’s Insane Push for a State Sanctioned Architectural Style
12.23.2020
Jeff Speck’s response to the recently signed executive order mandating traditional architecture for federal buildings.
Jeff Speck’s response to the recently signed executive order mandating traditional architecture for federal buildings.
Maquettes in Architecture: The Forgotten Joys of Model-Making
12.22.2020
It provides a primal joy that no screen can ever capture.
It provides a primal joy that no screen can ever capture.
Presenting Architecture as Progressive, but Practicing Through Exclusion
12.21.2020
The profession has a problem with diversity and inclusion.
The profession has a problem with diversity and inclusion.
Why Do We Keep Building Waiting Rooms?
12.16.2020
Architects and interior designers should replace these dreary spaces with mobile technology.
Architects and interior designers should replace these dreary spaces with mobile technology.
Mother Nature Knows Best
12.15.2020
What nature understands about color that designers don’t.
What nature understands about color that designers don’t.
Christopher Hawthorne on Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles
12.10.2020
The newest effort organized by the city’s chief design officer.
The newest effort organized by the city’s chief design officer.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: In Praise of Constraints
12.02.2020
The compelling challenge of adaptive reuse.
The compelling challenge of adaptive reuse.
My 15-Minute City: South End, Boston
11.30.2020
Discovering the hometown I never really knew before.
Discovering the hometown I never really knew before.
Water Towers: Iconic Infrastructure, Underutilized Opportunity
11.23.2020
Can these giants of suburban and rural areas do more for the public realm?
Can these giants of suburban and rural areas do more for the public realm?
Architecture Misses Charles Moore
11.18.2020
Everywhere the architect went, he exuded creative energy and joy.
Everywhere the architect went, he exuded creative energy and joy.
The Chicano Moratorium and the Making of Latino Urbanism
11.16.2020
How a seminal event in Los Angeles shaped the thinking of an urban designer.
How a seminal event in Los Angeles shaped the thinking of an urban designer.
Why the Design of a Firm’s Practice is Its Most Important Project
11.11.2020
Considerations for a Relational Basis of Design.
Considerations for a Relational Basis of Design.
The Boundless Banality of Beige: A Rant
11.05.2020
Architect and interior designer Gloria Jaroff is not neutral on neutrals.
Architect and interior designer Gloria Jaroff is not neutral on neutrals.
Household Dame: The Visionary Modernism of Eileen Gray
11.02.2020
A recent show highlights the career of a remarkable designer nearly lost to the mists of history.
A recent show highlights the career of a remarkable designer nearly lost to the mists of history.
The Nature of Design Firms From a Five-Decade Veteran
10.29.2020
Aphorisms on leadership and collaboration.
Aphorisms on leadership and collaboration.
The Death and Life of the Resilient City Movement
10.27.2020
Rising from the ashes: a new, more nimble organization that is applying lessons learned.
Rising from the ashes: a new, more nimble organization that is applying lessons learned.
Public Protests and the Urban Legacies of Colonialism and Military Dictatorship in Nigeria
10.25.2020
The recent anti-SARS protests underscored the utter lack of public open spaces.
The recent anti-SARS protests underscored the utter lack of public open spaces.
Considering Climate Migration
10.21.2020
A strategic narrative of immigration planning for the 21st century.
A strategic narrative of immigration planning for the 21st century.
Hallmark Urbanism and the Future of Small Town America
10.19.2020
Coastal migration due to climate change might well spur a repopulation of small towns and cities.
Coastal migration due to climate change might well spur a repopulation of small towns and cities.
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