My Crystal Ball: An Architect Holds Humanity’s Future in the Palm of His Hand
07.09.2025
Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.

Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.
07.09.2025
Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.
Speculative fiction about our next million years of existence.
02.05.2025
Re: America’s Unauthorized Use of Classical European Architectural Intellectual Property.
Re: America’s Unauthorized Use of Classical European Architectural Intellectual Property.
01.27.2025
In response to a recent executive order about architectural design, the Father of Modernism speaks from beyond the grave.
In response to a recent executive order about architectural design, the Father of Modernism speaks from beyond the grave.
01.08.2025
An architect’s search for clarity in a far-off land.
An architect’s search for clarity in a far-off land.
10.14.2024
How to lure an architect onto the rocks.
How to lure an architect onto the rocks.
12.14.2023
My recent talk to high school seniors.
My recent talk to high school seniors.
09.27.2023
A revealing look at client relationships. An architectural fiction.
A revealing look at client relationships. An architectural fiction.
05.15.2023
The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos nationwide is dire.
The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos nationwide is dire.
01.23.2023
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
ChatGBT is talkative, relatively informed, and something just short of human.
04.20.2022
A parable about the SCI-Arc controversy.
A parable about the SCI-Arc controversy.
03.08.2022
Stare in wonderment at how bygone humans used fantastical “buildings” to define the present and celebrate the future.
Stare in wonderment at how bygone humans used fantastical “buildings” to define the present and celebrate the future.
03.09.2021
The long history of political power and architecture.
The long history of political power and architecture.
01.18.2021
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
Modernism is crumbling beside it. Where does that leave architecture?
09.25.2020
The debate continues…
The debate continues…
07.29.2020
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
Why learning to tell tall tales might help the profession.
07.10.2020
A presidential parody with a prediction.
A presidential parody with a prediction.
05.29.2020
An interactive architectural fiction.
An interactive architectural fiction.
04.16.2020
Why extraordinary times require extraordinary thinking.
Why extraordinary times require extraordinary thinking.
03.31.2020
Near the end of his life, the Baroque master painted an allegory that has resonance four centuries later.
Near the end of his life, the Baroque master painted an allegory that has resonance four centuries later.
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.
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