03.11.2020
How a street-corner vendor symbolizes the incredible, contradictory aspects of a centuries-old place where the concept of urban planning is all but impossible.
How a street-corner vendor symbolizes the incredible, contradictory aspects of a centuries-old place where the concept of urban planning is all but impossible.
03.08.2020
The results of a new survey by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design.
The results of a new survey by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design.
03.01.2020
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
It might be helpful to define its capabilities and its limits first.
02.26.2020
A play featuring Sally Hemings, Adolf Loos, Albert Speer, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
A play featuring Sally Hemings, Adolf Loos, Albert Speer, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
02.25.2020
Photographer Magda Biernat and writer Ian Webster on connecting to “something unfamiliar” and making the trip south to north.
Photographer Magda Biernat and writer Ian Webster on connecting to “something unfamiliar” and making the trip south to north.
02.23.2020
It’s time for planners to begin replacing the R-word of the moment, resilience, with a now not-so-unthinkable one: retreat.
It’s time for planners to begin replacing the R-word of the moment, resilience, with a now not-so-unthinkable one: retreat.
02.14.2020
Instead of knee-jerk screeds against the possibility that the U.S. government might mandate classical design, let’s take this moment to foster a more thoughtful discussion.
Instead of knee-jerk screeds against the possibility that the U.S. government might mandate classical design, let’s take this moment to foster a more thoughtful discussion.
02.12.2020
It’s a vital, diverse and extraordinarily pleasing city.
It’s a vital, diverse and extraordinarily pleasing city.
02.11.2020
A conversation with the group’s national organizer about its recent efforts to reform the profession.
A conversation with the group’s national organizer about its recent efforts to reform the profession.
02.06.2020
Dictating the terms of “beauty” is a very slippery slope.
Dictating the terms of “beauty” is a very slippery slope.
02.05.2020
Architects often complain that there is something wrong with the profession. Is there?
Architects often complain that there is something wrong with the profession. Is there?
01.29.2020
A course for undergraduates aimed at inspiring an awareness of the built environment.
A course for undergraduates aimed at inspiring an awareness of the built environment.
01.26.2020
A new biography by Lizabeth Cohen sheds light on this controversial planner.
A new biography by Lizabeth Cohen sheds light on this controversial planner.
01.21.2020
The panic over the collapse of publishing has subsided, but uncertainty remains.
The panic over the collapse of publishing has subsided, but uncertainty remains.
01.08.2020
He’s a mythological character who haunts architectural discourse because he does something to architecture that doesn’t look like architecture.
He’s a mythological character who haunts architectural discourse because he does something to architecture that doesn’t look like architecture.
01.06.2020
A tribute to a writer who believed in the power of authentic community engagement.
A tribute to a writer who believed in the power of authentic community engagement.
12.30.2019
As France rebuilds a cultural icon, it should also take overdue, promised measures to restore the African heritage it stole and destroyed.
As France rebuilds a cultural icon, it should also take overdue, promised measures to restore the African heritage it stole and destroyed.
12.26.2019
What’s emerging are new ways of thinking about how people express faith.
What’s emerging are new ways of thinking about how people express faith.
12.23.2019
Decades of conflict have ravaged historical sites and structures across the Middle East, and the losses continue to mount.
Decades of conflict have ravaged historical sites and structures across the Middle East, and the losses continue to mount.
12.17.2019
Was George Costanza’s appropriation of the profession a harbinger of where we find ourselves now?
Was George Costanza’s appropriation of the profession a harbinger of where we find ourselves now?
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