‘Not Having to Worry about Proportion, Harmony, and Beauty Is a Cop-Out’
02.29.2024
A conversation with 2024 Driehaus Prize winner Peter Pennoyer.
A conversation with 2024 Driehaus Prize winner Peter Pennoyer.
Can We Create Architecture That Embraces the Sacred and the Secular?
02.26.2024
It’s not spirituality that’s in retreat, but face to face rituals and customs.
It’s not spirituality that’s in retreat, but face to face rituals and customs.
Great American Cities That Teach Architecture
02.22.2024
Learning about urban planning and design outside the studio.
Learning about urban planning and design outside the studio.
Havana’s Evolving Public-Private Landscape
02.15.2024
Can Cuba’s creative class become agents for political change?
Can Cuba’s creative class become agents for political change?
Awesome and Affordable: Making the Case for Great Housing
02.06.2024
A new project in Los Angeles highlights the challenges—and the opportunities.
A new project in Los Angeles highlights the challenges—and the opportunities.
What Is Sacred Architecture in an Increasingly Secular Time?
02.05.2024
Is it space or the people who animate it?
Is it space or the people who animate it?
Why Nearly Every City in the U.S. Needs a Walkability Study
01.30.2024
A talk with urban planner Jeff Speck and his new business partner, Chris Dempsey.
A talk with urban planner Jeff Speck and his new business partner, Chris Dempsey.
How Might We Talk About the Shoreline of San Francisco?
01.29.2024
Bay Lexicon continues Jane Wolff’s exploration of landscapes and how finding a common language can enable better conversations about them.
Bay Lexicon continues Jane Wolff’s exploration of landscapes and how finding a common language can enable better conversations about them.
The Las Vegas Sphere: A Placeless Object in a Placeless City
01.23.2024
The latest Sin City spectacle is just that—spectacle. Pure, crystalline spectacle.
The latest Sin City spectacle is just that—spectacle. Pure, crystalline spectacle.
Sharon Egretta Sutton on the Democratic Power of “Place-Based Activism”
01.22.2024
A talk with the self-proclaimed activist scholar.
A talk with the self-proclaimed activist scholar.
A Model for a Healthier, Adaptive Approach to Community Development
01.17.2024
The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
‘My Photographs Are a Celebration of the Making of Things’
01.09.2024
A talk with Christopher Payne about his recent book, Made in America.
A talk with Christopher Payne about his recent book, Made in America.
Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture?
01.04.2024
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
In Warsaw, a Student-Designed Architectural Response to Dark Times
12.19.2023
The Freedom Pavilion offers a beautiful way to contemplate peace, freedom, and solidarity with Ukraine.
The Freedom Pavilion offers a beautiful way to contemplate peace, freedom, and solidarity with Ukraine.
Bill McKibben on COP28, Maintaining Hope, and Walking in the Woods
12.18.2023
The activist and author offers some perspective on the recently concluded UN Climate summit.
The activist and author offers some perspective on the recently concluded UN Climate summit.
How to Be a Better Architect Than Me
12.14.2023
My recent talk to high school seniors.
My recent talk to high school seniors.
How Madagascar Is Confronting Climate Change
12.06.2023
The island nation is grappling with unique and formidable environmental challenges.
The island nation is grappling with unique and formidable environmental challenges.
Picturing an Exhibition: Closing the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale
12.05.2023
Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
Much in the architecture world, and the world at large, has changed since the exhibition opened.
How Architects Deal With Demolished Designs
11.30.2023
Buildings don’t belong to architects, but to the culture that created them.
Buildings don’t belong to architects, but to the culture that created them.
Climate Lessons From the Floating Villages of Cambodia
11.29.2023
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
Social and cultural values may be as important as hard (and expensive) infrastructure.
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