Episode 3: Our Buildings, Our Selves, With Guests Paul Goldberger and Zach Mortice
04.22.2025
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The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design
03.31.2025
Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
Our Buildings, Our Selves, Featuring Guests Michael Kimmelman and Kate Wagner
03.18.2025
Episode 2 of the Common Edge podcast explores the question: The age of the starchitect is over, what’s next?
Episode 2 of the Common Edge podcast explores the question: The age of the starchitect is over, what’s next?
Style Is Not Beauty, Just As Religion Is Not Faith
03.04.2025
Why the executive Order on federal buildings is doomed to failure.
Why the executive Order on federal buildings is doomed to failure.
Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a New Monthly Podcast
02.17.2025
Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?”
Episode 1: Witold Rybcynzski and Kurt Andersen explore the age-old question, “What is ugly?”
How Should Architects Respond to the L.A. Conflagration?
01.16.2025
The lesson here might be: listen first, design second.
The lesson here might be: listen first, design second.
It’s Hard for Architects to Be Transparent About Fees
11.25.2024
If the profession is to survive, however, we have no choice.
If the profession is to survive, however, we have no choice.
Worshiping the Old Isn’t Historic Preservation
10.24.2024
To keep buildings alive and relevant, some flexibility is required.
To keep buildings alive and relevant, some flexibility is required.
Four Decades in a House of Your Own Design
09.05.2024
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
Confessions of a (Mostly) Analog Architect
08.21.2024
The fit between digital design and the hands-on world of construction.
The fit between digital design and the hands-on world of construction.
Buildings Are Not Sacred, but We Can Find Beauty Through Them
07.17.2024
There’s no design recipe for it.
There’s no design recipe for it.
Why So Many Banal Boxes? Because Architecture Reflects the Ethos of Its Time
05.30.2024
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
When Is Architectural Symbolism Hypocrisy?
05.02.2024
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
Is This Ugly or Heroic? An Eyesore or Gem? What Is ‘Ugly’?
03.27.2024
Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
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 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.
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